Harold Wood

Harold Wood is a place in the London Borough of Havering, east London, England. It is a suburban development situated 16.5 miles (26.6 km) east-northeeast of Charing Cross. The Great Eastern Main Line passes through the area, the M25 motorway forms the easterly boundary and the A12 and A127 roads form the North-West and South-West borders respectively. Harold Wood is so named because King Harold Harefoot hunted deer in the forest that covered this area in the 11th Century. Some of the original roads are named after Anglo-Saxon kings such as Æthelstan and Alfred the Great. Under the Local Government Act 1894, Harold Wood formed part of Romford Rural District. With suburban house building, the area became increasingly urbanised and from...