Gidea Park
| Gidea Park | |
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 Raphael public park in Gidea Park |
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 Gidea Park
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| Gidea Park shown within Greater London | |
| OS grid reference | TQ525905 |
| • Charing Cross | 15.2 mi (24.5 km) ENE |
| London borough | |
| Ceremonial county | Greater London |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | ROMFORD |
| Postcode district | RM2 |
| Dialling code | 01708 |
| Police | Metropolitan |
| Fire | London |
| Ambulance | London |
| EU Parliament | London |
| UK Parliament | |
| London Assembly | |
Gidea Park (/ˈɡɪdiə pɑːrk/) is a neighbourhood near Romford in the London Borough of Havering, east London. Predominantly affluent and residential, it was originally known as Romford Garden Suburb.
Gidea Park is south-west of the Gallows Corner junction where the A12, A127 and A118 roads meet. It is approximately 15 miles (24 km) north-east of Charing Cross.
Romford is a large town to the south-west of Gidea Park; Ardleigh Green is to the east, and Emerson Park and Hornchurch are to the south.
Romford Garden Suburb was constructed in 1910–11 on the Gidea Hall and Balgores estates as an exhibition of town planning. Small cottages and houses were designed by more than 100 architects, many of them of considerable reputation. A competition was held to select the best town planning scheme for the suburb; the best designs for houses resulted in those being sold at a well-above average £500 and cottages at £375. The project, including a new railway station on the Great Eastern Main Line out of London, was promoted by a company founded by three Liberal Members of Parliament who had links with the Hampstead Garden Suburb development: Herbert Raphael, John Tudor Walters (both later knighted) and Charles McCurdy.
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