Grove Green (ward)

Grove Green is an interface area of Leyton and Leytonstone in east London. It is situated with the London Borough of Waltham Forest.

Geography

The ward's boundaries are roughly Midland, Norlington, and Pretoria Roads to the East; the north side of the M11 motorway as far as Leyton High Road to the south; the High Road itself bordering the ward to the west. Other surrounding wards are Leyton to the west, Forest to the north-east, Leytonstone to the east, and Cathall to the south.[1]

Demography

Grove Green ward is the ninth most populous district in the borough,[2] inhabited by slightly less than 13,000 people, with 51% being officially designated of Black Asian and Minority Asian background.[3]

Social issues

The council, as of 2011, assessed 30% of the ward population to be in poverty.[3]

M11 motorway extension

In the early 1990s, the southern part of the ward was the focus of a continuing protest against road-building in general and the M11 extension in particular.[4]

Transport

The ward contains no London Overground, National Rail, or tube stations; only the High Road and Grove Green road itself serve the ward by local buses.[5]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.walthamforest.gov.uk%2Fdocuments%2Fward-profile-grove-green-ward.pdf, p. 1
  2. ↑ http://www.walthamforest.gov.uk%2Fdocuments%2Fward-profile-grove-green-ward.pdf, p. 3
  3. 1 2 http://www.walthamforest.gov.uk%2Fdocuments%2Fward-profile-grove-green-ward.pdf, p. 2
  4. ↑ M11 link road protest#CITEREFCohen and Mawhinney.2C in Hansard19 December 1994
  5. ↑ "List of London Bus Routes | The Transport for London Forum". thetflforum.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-09-14.
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