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  Harringay Location withinGreater London | |
| Population | 22,627 (2011 Census)[1] |
| OS grid reference | TQ316678 |
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| Ceremonial county | Greater London |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LONDON |
| Postcode district | N4, N8, N15 |
| Dialling code | 020 |
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| 51°34′55″N0°05′58″W / 51.5819°N 0.0994°W /51.5819; -0.0994 | |
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Harringay[2] (pronounced/ˈhærɪŋɡeɪ/HARR-ing-gay) is a district ofnorth London, England, within theLondon Borough of Haringey.[3] It is centred on the section ofGreen Lanes running between theNew River, where it crosses Green Lanes byFinsbury Park, andDuckett's Common, nearTurnpike Lane.
The boundaries of Harringay form a rough boot shape in the extreme southern centre of the borough ofHaringey.[4] The western boundary of Harringay is formed by theEast Coast Main Line. The northern boundary is to the south of Turnpike Lane, running parallel to it, somewhere between Sydney Road and Fairfax Road. In the northeast, the boundary roughly corresponds with a line drawn between the south of Duckett's Common and the north end of Warwick Gardens. A line due south of this point, as far as Eade Road, forms the eastern boundary. Southeast of here a line toFinsbury Park completes the southeastern limits.Finsbury Park is officially part of Harringay[5] and forms the south western boundary.
From north to south, between the tip ofFinsbury Park and the top ofDucketts Common, Harringay measures about1+3⁄4 miles (2.8 km).[6] At its widest point, from east to west, it measures about1⁄2 mile (0.80 km).[7][8]
Harringay's main shopping street,Green Lanes, is a busy, cosmopolitan high street. Some shops have a long-established presence. Others reflect the more cosmopolitan nature of Green Lanes and include a large number ofTurkishbakeries,grocers,cafes and a growing cluster ofrestaurants. There are severalpubs including theGrade II listed[9] andPevsner-noted 'Salisbury'.[10] Parts of the 1980 filmThe Long Good Friday[11] and the 1992 filmChaplin[12] were shot there.
Towards the southern end stands the well-preserved,Victoriana-laden 'Beaconsfield' public house. Opposite is the Arena Shopping Park which contains a handful of nationalmultiples outlets, aSainsbury's supermarket, and one of Britain's first "drive-thru"McDonald's restaurants.
A large section of the eastern side of Green Lanes is called Grand Parade. Interrupted only by the gaps introduced by the residential roads running eastwards, Grand Parade runs for nearly half a kilometre from just north ofHarringay Green Lanes railway station to St Ann's Road.[13]
The streets to the west of Green Lanes are known as the 'Harringay Ladder' (due to their similarity to a ladder when seen on a map). The streets to the east behind Grand Parade are known as 'The Gardens'. To the south of 'The Gardens' and Sainsbury's is Harringay's 'Warehouse District'; to the north is 'Woodlands Park'.[14]
Harringay is just under5+1⁄2 miles (9 km) from the centre of London[15] sitting on achalk bed covered by a thick layer ofLondon Clay. The western part of the district is hilly, rising to 138 feet (42 m) at its highest. Further to the west, beyond Harringay, the ground rises steadily to one of thehighest points in London atHampstead Heath, about3+1⁄2 miles (6 km) away.[16] The eastern part of Harringay is low-lying, at between 60 and 90 feet, as the land descends towards theLea Valley, 2 miles (3 km) to the east.[17]
Harringay covers an area of approximately3⁄4 square mile (2 km2).[18] The land use for the area is shown in the table below.
| Land use type | Percentage of total area |
| Domestic gardens | 22.54 |
| Green space | 20.36 |
| Road | 18.06 |
| Domestic buildings | 17.31 |
| Other land uses | 6.69 |
| Non-domestic buildings | 5.76 |
| Rail | 3.32 |
| Path | 1.06 |
| Water | 0.55 |
The only waterway still running above ground is the man-madeNew River, constructed in 1619 to bring water into London fromHertfordshire. However, two natural rivers still flow through Harringay beneath the ground. These are just two of the manysprings andstreams that used to flow through this part of London from the high ground to the west, down into the River Lea. Stonebridge Brook ran above ground meandering eastwards just to the north of the old Harringay House. It crossed the estate, running roughly beneath present-day Effingham and Fairfax Roads, ran alongGreen Lanes for a short way, and then eastwards north of St Ann's Road and on to the River Lea.[19] Although still flowing underground today, the Harringay section was fully culverted by 1885. Hermitage Brook flowed roughly along the southern boundary of the western part of Harringay and then, staying close to its southern edge, under where the Arena Shopping Park stands today. It was eventually culverted, and now flows underground just to the south of the shopping park.[20][21]
In theIce Age Harringay was on the edge of a hugeglacial mass that reached as far south asMuswell Hill.[22]
The area was then largely covered with forest until theMiddle Ages when it was developed as agricultural land. From 1750 to 1880 Harringay experienced the pressures of the burgeoning population in London. Gradually inroads into the pastoral landscape were made, first for the leisure and then for the settlement of Londoners. By 1900 Harringay had become a respectable outer London suburb with all the land built over and onlyFinsbury Park remaining as a hint of its former character. It remained part ofMiddlesex and was not within the jurisdiction of theCounty of London until 1965. Identified as a single unified urban area from 1900, Harringay was originally split between the old boroughs ofHornsey andTottenham with the boundary between the two running slightly to the west ofGreen Lanes The unification of the two boroughs in 1965, as theLondon Borough of Haringey, brought all Harringay under the control of a single unit of local governance for the first time in more than a thousand years. On many of the roads in West Harringay, it is still possible to see the old Tottenham - Hornsey boundary where the paving stones give way to tarmacked pavement. The oldparish /boroughboundary markers are also still in place on some roads (see picture, right).
The nameHarringay has its origin in theSaxon period and is derived from the name of a Saxon chieftain called Haering.Haering's Hege meant Haering's enclosure. The earliest written form of the name was recorded asHarenhg’ in about 1195. Its development thereafter gave rise to the modern-day names of Harringay (the district of London), theLondon Borough of Haringey andHornsey (another nearby district of London).
From 1750 until the second half of the 20th century, Harringay became a destination for Londoners seeking to relax. Hornsey Wood House,Finsbury Park,Harringay Stadium andHarringay Arena were all hugely popular leisure destinations in their day. The stadium and arena site is now occupied bySainsbury's and the Arena Shopping Park. In the 21st century, Harringay continues to attract visitors from across London and beyond to visit the ever-growing number of popular restaurants, bars, festivals and live music venues. In the years since 2010 the festivals, bar and music studios of the creative hub in the Harringay Warehouse District is also attracting people to Harringay as an entertainment centre.
There is little doubt that the history of transport communications through Harringay had a significant effect on its shape today. InRoman times, a great roadway through the area to the north was established.[24] This roadway endured as a great communication passage to the north and brought much activity through the heart of the area. It also acted as the rough dividing line for land ownership, identifying Harringay's position on the edge ofmanorial and subsequentlyborough boundaries.
In the mid-19th century, the arrival of theGreat Northern Railway (GNR) cleaved western Harringay from the rest of theBorough of Hornsey and set it fair for its subsequent union with the southwesternmost slice of theBorough of Tottenham. The subsequent construction of theTottenham & Hampstead Junction Railway (THJR) almost defined Harringay's present-day southern boundary.
At the2011 census, the population of Harringay was about 22,136.[25]
The ethnic breakdown is: 64%white, 12%black, 12%Asian, 6%Mixed and 5% other. 71% of its inhabitants were born in Europe, with 12% in Asia, 7% in Africa (mainly eastern & southern), and 1% in North America. Within this mix 3% were born in Turkey.[25]
About 41% of the population report themselves asChristian, 14% asMuslim, 1% asJewish and 40% as not religious or no religion stated.[25]
60% of residents are classified as being in the A/B & C1NRS social grades.[25]
Of a total of around 9,199 dwellings in Harringay, approximately 39% areowner-occupied and about 44% areprivately rented accommodation. 14% are public or othercouncil housing. About 40% of the dwellings are houses, with the remainder being flats, most often converted from the largelyVictorian housing stock.[25]
There are four generally well regarded schools located within Harringay. These are shown below together with the number of places available in 2018:[26]
Inspection reports on Harringay's four schools are available at theOfsted website.
Harringay became both nationally and internationally famous for the sporting events that were held in theHarringay Stadium and theHarringay Arena from the late 1920s until the 1980s.Greyhound racing,boxing andspeedway were the main attractions. Today, Harringay is home to theLondon Meteors who are based in the former cricket pitch inFinsbury Park, at the corner of Endymion Road and Green Lanes.
22.5% of Harringay is open space:[18]
Also close by are:
Films shot in part or in their entirety in Harringay include:
TV productions in Harringay include:
There are three bus routes that connect Green Lanes with theCity and theWest End:the 29,141, and341. The nearbyTurnpike Lane bus station offers further connection to the west, east and north.[34]
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