Harold Park

Harold Park
Harold Park  Harold Park shown within Greater London
OS grid reference	TQ555915
London borough	Havering
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ROMFORD
Postcode district	RM3
Dialling code	01708
Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
Ambulance	London
EU Parliament	London
UK Parliament	Hornchurch and Upminster
London Assembly	Havering and Redbridge
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Coordinates: 51°36′00″N 0°14′35″E / 51.600°N 0.243°E / 51.600; 0.243

Harold Park is a place in the London Borough of Havering.

History

Harold Park is north-eastern part of Harold Wood, occupying an isthmus of land between the A12 and the Ingrebourne River (The River Ingrebourne at Harold Park and Hornchurch).

In 1868^[1] a wealthy Brentwood solicitor built himself a mansion to the south of the river and railway line, named Harold Court. After the owner’s bankruptcy the house served as a children’s home, then a lunatic asylum and then a sanatorium. In 1959 it became a teacher training college and has now been converted into private flats.

Horse Block Farm lay to the north-east of Harold Court Road. After the First World War the Essex builders Iles and Company laid out a bungalow estate here that it called Sunnytown. The company also created Sunnymede at Billericay.

When Harold Court primary school opened in 1929 the area still retained a rural character, but this was slowly eroded as further development plugged the gaps, including some industry beside the Ingrebourne River.

Local government

Harold Park sits in the Parliamentary Constituency of Hornchurch and Upminster.

Urban development

Maylands Golf club, Harold Park was founded in 1937^[2]

Geography

Harold Park sits on the London/Essex border.^[3] The boundary goes down the Weald Brook. This has since changed to go down the M25 to junction 11 and then turn west along the A12 to Putwell Bridge where it joins the Ingrebourne. The River Ingrebourne and the Weald Brook meet in the area of Putwell Bridge. The Ingrebourne then flows south west.

Nearest places

• Harold Wood
• Harold Hill
• Brentwood
• Emerson Park
• Romford
• Gidea Park
• Hornchurch
• Upminster
• Shenfield

Transport

Nearest stations

• Harold Wood railway station
• Brentwood railway station
• Gidea Park railway station
• Emerson Park railway station
• Shenfield railway station
• Upminster station

References

London Borough of Havering
Districts	Ardleigh Green Chase Cross Coldharbour Collier Row Cranham Elm Park Emerson Park Frog Island Gallows Corner Gidea Park Hacton Harold Hill Harold Park Harold Wood Havering-atte-Bower Heath Park Hornchurch Noak Hill North Ockendon Rainham Rise Park Romford Rush Green South Hornchurch Upminster Upminster Bridge Wennington
Attractions	CEME The Diver Havering Museum Langtons Queen's Theatre Rainham Hall Rainham War Memorial The Rom Tithe Barn Museum Upminster Windmill
Major retail	The Brewery The Liberty The Mercury Romford Market
Places of worship	St Andrew, Hornchurch St Edward the Confessor, Romford St John, South Hornchurch St Helen and St Giles, Rainham St Laurence, Upminster St Mary Magdalene, North Ockendon
Parks and open spaces	Bedfords Park Dagnam Park Harrow Lodge Park Havering Country Park Hornchurch Country Park Hylands Park Pyrgo Park Tylers Common Wildspace Conservation Park Upminster Park
Constituencies	Dagenham and Rainham (part) Hornchurch and Upminster Romford
Tube and rail stations	Elm Park Emerson Park Gidea Park Harold Wood Hornchurch Rainham Romford Upminster Upminster Bridge
Other topics	Council Grade I and II* listed buildings People Public art Public transport Schools