London borough in United Kingdom
The
London Borough of Redbridge
is a
London borough
established in 1965.
[1]
The borough shares boundaries with the
Epping Forest District
and the ceremonial county of
Essex
to the north, with the
London Borough of Waltham Forest
to the west, the
London Borough of Havering
to the east, the
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
in the south and east, and the
London Borough of Newham
to the south.
The principal settlements in the borough are
Ilford
,
Wanstead
and
Woodford
.
Etymology
[
edit
]
The name comes from a bridge over the
River Roding
which was demolished in 1921. The bridge was made of red brick, unlike other bridges in the area made of white stone. The name had first been applied to the
Redbridge
area and
Redbridge tube station
was opened in 1947. It was earlier known as Hocklee's Bridge.
[2]
History
[
edit
]
The borough was formed in 1965 under the
London Government Act 1963
, covering the whole of the former
municipal boroughs
of
Ilford
and
Wanstead and Woodford
, plus smaller areas from the
Municipal Borough of Dagenham
and
Chigwell Urban District
, which were included to unite in one borough the
Hainault
area which had previously straddled Ilford, Dagenham and Chigwell.
[3]
The area was transferred from
Essex
to Greater London to become one of the 32 London Boroughs.
[4]
Following a review by the
Local Government Boundary Commission for England
, minor changes were made on 1 April 1994 to the boundary with
Barking & Dagenham
[5]
and
Newham
.
[6]
Further changes were made on 1 April 1995 to the boundary with
Waltham Forest
[7]
and
Epping Forest District
.
[8]
The latter change transferred an area around
Grange Hill
and
Roding Valley
tube stations
from Essex to Greater London.
[8]
Geography
[
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]
Parks and open spaces
[
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]
Redbridge has more than 35 parks, playgrounds and open spaces. These include
Hainault Forest Country Park
, with 300 acres of countryside including adventure play areas, cafe and petting zoo; Roding Valley Park, a wildlife sanctuary with a range of flora and fauna and woodland areas;
Valentines Park
, including
Valentines Mansion
, ornamental gardens, bowling green and outdoor gym; and Claybury Woods and Park, a conservation area that features an ancient area of oak and hornbeam woodland, meadows and wildlife ponds.
[9]
Arts and culture
[
edit
]
Valentines Mansion
is a Georgian country house and gardens in the grounds of Valentines Park, Ilford.
[10]
Kenneth More Theatre in Oakfield Road,
Ilford
opened in 1975.
[11]
Redbridge Museum, which opened in 2000, is situated on the second floor of Redbridge Central Library, Clements Road,
Ilford
, along with the Redbridge Heritage Centre.
[12]
[13]
The
Embassy Cinema
is an
Art Deco
former cinema in
Chadwell Heath
. It opened in 1934 and closed in 1966, but is currently the focus of a major
restoration project
.
[14]
Libraries
[
edit
]
Redbridge has 11 libraries across the borough. This includes the Redbridge Central Library, in Clements Road,
Ilford
, which had a major refurbishment in 2012. The libraries offer a number of services including reading clubs, story time sessions, study areas and learning resources. The libraries in Redbridge are operated by Vision Redbridge Culture & Leisure, a Charitable Trust established by Redbridge Council and now operating independently.
[15]
- Aldersbrook Library
- Fullwell Cross Library
- Gants Hill Library
- Goodmayes Library
- Hainault Library
- Redbridge Central Library (in Ilford town centre)
- Keith Axon Library (in Chadwell Heath)
- Seven Kings Library
- South Woodford Library & Gym
- Wanstead Library
- Woodford Green Library & Gym
Governance
[
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]
The local authority is Redbridge Council, which meets at
Redbridge Town Hall
(formerly Ilford Town Hall) and has its main offices at the nearby Lynton House.
[16]
Greater London representation
[
edit
]
Since 2000, for elections to the
London Assembly
, the borough forms part of the
Havering and Redbridge
constituency.
Demographics
[
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]
In 2011 the population of Redbridge was recorded at 278,970.
[17]
In common with the other London boroughs this continues a period of growth; between the 1991 and 2001 censuses the increase was 7.5%
[18]
with a further rise of 15.3% by 2011.
[17]
Redbridge has the third highest proportion of children and a higher-than-average proportion of older adults while the proportion of working age adults is slightly lower than average.
[19]
The population density was last recorded at 4,945 residents per km
2
(the London regional density is 5,199, far higher than the England and Wales figure of 371).
[17]
The healthy life expectancy (HLE) at birth for Redbridge residents stands at 65.5 years for males and 62.4 years for females (the England average HLE is 63.4 for males and 64.1 for females).
[20]
Redbridge is one of the most ethnically diverse local authorities in the UK. 34% of respondents to the 2011 census stated that they were born outside the UK and 65.5% identified as belonging to an ethnic group other than white British.
[21]
Redbridge's largest ethnic group is White British (34.5%), followed by Indian (16.4%),
[21]
and Pakistani (Redbridge has the highest proportion of Pakistani residents of any London borough).
[21]
Population census
Year
| Pop.
| ±%
|
---|
1801
| 4,909
| ?
|
---|
1811
| 6,317
| +28.7%
|
---|
1821
| 7,829
| +23.9%
|
---|
1831
| 8,572
| +9.5%
|
---|
1841
| 9,290
| +8.4%
|
---|
1851
| 9,921
| +6.8%
|
---|
1861
| 16,409
| +65.4%
|
---|
1871
| 22,897
| +39.5%
|
---|
1881
| 29,385
| +28.3%
|
---|
1891
| 51,250
| +74.4%
|
---|
1901
| 77,621
| +51.5%
|
---|
1911
| 117,735
| +51.7%
|
---|
1921
| 152,209
| +29.3%
|
---|
1931
| 196,790
| +29.3%
|
---|
1941
| 230,876
| +17.3%
|
---|
1951
| 270,876
| +17.3%
|
---|
1961
| 254,605
| ?6.0%
|
---|
1971
| 239,337
| ?6.0%
|
---|
1981
| 224,724
| ?6.1%
|
---|
1991
| 231,198
| +2.9%
|
---|
2001
| 238,628
| +3.2%
|
---|
2011
| 278,970
| +16.9%
|
---|
2021
| 310,261
| +11.2%
|
---|
Note:
[22]
|
Ethnic and religious change
[
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]
In common with many London boroughs, the 2011 census showed notable ethnic and religious population mobility in Redbridge. Ethnic groups whose proportions fell in Redbridge were White British (-23% of the borough's total), Irish (-0.9%), and Caribbean (-0.6%). Ethnic groups whose proportions rose include Pakistani (+4.9%), other Asians (+4.4%), Bangladeshis (+3.9%), and other White (+2.9%). Religious groups whose proportions fell in Redbridge were Christian (-13.9%) and Jews (-2.5%). For Jews this represented a fall of over 50% of their number in some wards. Religious groups whose proportions rose include Muslims (+11.4%) followed by Hindu (+3.6%).
[21]
Ethnicity
[
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]
Ethnic Group
|
Year
|
1971 estimations
[23]
|
1981 estimations
[24]
|
1991 census
[25]
|
2001 census
[26]
|
2011 census
[27]
|
2021 census
[28]
|
Number
|
%
|
Number
|
%
|
Number
|
%
|
Number
|
%
|
Number
|
%
|
Number
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
White
: Total
|
?
|
96.3%
|
199,984
|
88%
|
181,134
|
78.3%
|
151,587
|
63.5%
|
118,646
|
42.6%
|
107,974
|
34.9%
|
White:
British
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
137,097
|
57.5%
|
96,253
|
34.5%
|
71,844
|
23.2%
|
White:
Irish
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
5,559
|
2.3%
|
3,900
|
1.4%
|
3,092
|
1.0%
|
White:
Gypsy or Irish Traveller
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
140
|
0.1%
|
185
|
0.1%
|
White: Roma
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
1,104
|
0.4%
|
White:
Other
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
8,931
|
3.7%
|
18,353
|
6.6%
|
31,749
|
10.2%
|
Asian or Asian British
: Total
|
?
|
?
|
19,451
|
8.5%
|
37,177
|
16.1%
|
61,585
|
25.8%
|
116,503
|
41.7%
|
146,833
|
47.3%
|
Asian or Asian British:
Indian
|
?
|
?
|
13130
|
|
24078
|
|
33,304
|
14.0%
|
45,660
|
16.4%
|
51,183
|
16.5%
|
Asian or Asian British:
Pakistani
|
?
|
?
|
3475
|
|
6552
|
|
14,888
|
6.2%
|
31,051
|
11.1%
|
44,000
|
14.2%
|
Asian or Asian British:
Bangladeshi
|
?
|
?
|
702
|
|
1976
|
|
4,224
|
1.8%
|
16,011
|
5.7%
|
31,895
|
10.3%
|
Asian or Asian British:
Chinese
|
?
|
?
|
873
|
|
1574
|
|
1,962
|
0.8%
|
3,000
|
1.1%
|
2,918
|
0.9%
|
Asian or Asian British: Other Asian
|
?
|
?
|
1271
|
|
2997
|
|
7,207
|
3.0%
|
20,781
|
7.4%
|
16,837
|
5.4%
|
Black or Black British
: Total
|
?
|
?
|
5,877
|
2.6%
|
9,863
|
4.2%
|
18,112
|
7.6%
|
24,845
|
8.8%
|
26,096
|
8.4%
|
Black or Black British:
African
|
?
|
?
|
1410
|
|
2545
|
|
7,827
|
3.3%
|
12,357
|
4.4%
|
14,573
|
4.7%
|
Black or Black British:
Caribbean
|
?
|
?
|
3372
|
|
5691
|
|
9,126
|
3.8%
|
9,064
|
3.2%
|
8,452
|
2.7%
|
Black or Black British:
Other Black
|
?
|
?
|
1095
|
|
1627
|
|
1,159
|
0.5%
|
3,424
|
1.2%
|
3,071
|
1.0%
|
Mixed or British Mixed
: Total
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
5,831
|
4.2%
|
11,456
|
4.1%
|
12,736
|
4.2%
|
Mixed: White and Black Caribbean
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
1,884
|
1.5%
|
3,204
|
1.1%
|
3,154
|
1.0%
|
Mixed: White and Black African
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
742
|
0.8%
|
1,692
|
0.6%
|
1,717
|
0.6%
|
Mixed: White and Asian
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
1,853
|
0.8%
|
3,251
|
1.2%
|
3,577
|
1.2%
|
Mixed: Other Mixed
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
1,352
|
2.5%
|
3,309
|
1.2%
|
4,288
|
1.4%
|
Other: Total
|
?
|
?
|
1837
|
|
3025
|
|
1,520
|
0.6%
|
7,520
|
2.7%
|
16,622
|
5.3%
|
Other: Arab
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
1,551
|
0.6%
|
2,263
|
0.7%
|
Other: Any other ethnic group
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
1,520
|
0.6%
|
5,969
|
2.1%
|
14,359
|
4.6%
|
Ethnic minority: Total
|
?
|
3.7%
|
27,165
|
11.9%
|
50,065
|
21.7%
|
87,048
|
36.5%
|
160,324
|
57.3%
|
202,287
|
65.1%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
?
|
100%
|
227,149
|
100%
|
231,199
|
100%
|
238,635
|
100.00%
|
278,970
|
100.00%
|
310,261
|
100%
|
Religion
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]
According to the
2021 Census
, the largest religious groupings are
Muslims
(31.3 per cent), followed by
Christians
(30.4 per cent), those of
no religion
(12.6 per cent),
Hindus
(11.1 per cent) no response (5.7 per cent),
Sikhs
(5.7 per cent),
Jews
(2.1 per cent),
Buddhists
(0.5 per cent) and other religions at (0.7 per cent).
The number of Christians in 2011 residing in Redbridge ranked fourth lowest in England and Wales, and 12 per cent below the London average of 48.4%. The number of Muslims in Redbridge has more than doubled since 2001.
[30]
Transport
[
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]
Walking and cycling
[
edit
]
The Roding Valley Way is a designated walking and cycling route between
Woodford
and
Ilford
.
[32]
Elizabeth line
[
edit
]
These services serving these stations were rebranded from
TfL Rail
to
Elizabeth line
in 2022.
London Underground
[
edit
]
Central line: Epping Branch.
Central line: Hainault Loop (follows the route of the
A12
from Wanstead to Newbury Park)
Buses
[
edit
]
Numerous London buses run through and within the borough.
Travel to work
[
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]
In March 2011, the main forms of transport that residents used to travel to work were: driving a car or van, 23.5% all residents aged 16?74; underground, metro, light rail, tram, 18.4%; train, 6.2%; bus, minibus or coach, 4.6%; on foot, 3.7%; work mainly at or from home, 2.6%; passenger in a car or van, 1.5%.
[34]
Education
[
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]
Redbridge Council is the Local Education Authority. The Borough has the accolade of sending more young people to university than any other borough in the country in both 2011 and 2012. GCSE and A Level results are consistently higher than the Country's average. A 2017 report by
Trust for London
and the
New Policy Institute
found that Redbridge has the highest proportion of 19 year olds with Level 3 qualifications (equivalent to an A Level) of any London borough.
[35]
All schools in the borough take part in the Redbridge Schools Choral Festival, a bi-annual music festival held in the
Royal Albert Hall
in
Knightsbridge
.
[36]
Sport and leisure facilities
[
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]
Redbridge has a number of sports and leisure facilities including the road and off-road cycling tracks at
Redbridge Cycling Centre
.
[37]
There are two local football teams both playing in the
Isthmian League
Division One
:
Redbridge F.C.
(not to be confused with
Dagenham & Redbridge
) and
Ilford FC
. In addition there is fellow
Non-League football
club
Barkingside F.C.
who play at The Oakside stadium.
[38]
Valentines Park in Ilford acted as one of
Essex County Cricket Club's
home grounds in 1923-4 and from 1935 until 2002, when the club stopped playing there due to financial constraints.
[39]
Notable people
[
edit
]
Gallery
[
edit
]
-
Exchange shopping centre, Ilford
-
Fullwell Cross library, Barkingside
-
Gants Hill roundabout and station, Gants Hill
-
Newbury Park station, Newbury Park
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External links
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|
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Districts
|
- Aldersbrook
- Chadwell Heath
- Barkingside
(
Clayhall
,
Fairlop
,
Fullwell Cross
,
Gants Hill
and
Hainault
)
- Ilford
(including
Aldborough Hatch
,
Cranbrook
,
Gants Hill
,
Goodmayes
,
Little Heath
,
Loxford
,
Newbury Park
,
Redbridge
and
Seven Kings
)
- Snaresbrook
- Wanstead
- Woodford
(including
South Woodford
,
Woodford Bridge
,
Woodford Green
and
Woodford Wells
)
| |
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Attractions
| |
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Constituencies
| |
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Parks and open spaces
| |
---|
Tube and rail stations
| |
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History
| |
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Other topics
| |
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