Enfield THE Location

Enfield is London's northernmost borough (12 miles north of the City) and stretches from just south of the North Circular Road in the South to the M25 in the north and from Hadley Wood in the west to Edmonton in the east. About one third of the borough is residential, another third is Green Belt land (predominantly north and west of the borough) comprising country parks, open spaces and farmland and the remainder consists of open land, including urban parks, sports fields, golf courses, allotments and school playing fields.

The area devoted to industry, offices and shops, though a relatively small proportion of the whole, provides employment for some 110,000 people. The industrial corridor follows the Lea Valley in the east of the borough

There are sixteen conservation areas.

There are five main shopping centres at Enfield Town, Edmonton Green, Angel Edmonton, Southgate, Palmers Green and a number of retail warehouses and out-of-town superstores in Brimsdown, Enfield and Edmonton.

There are 17 industrial estates (containing 1.5 million square metres of floorspace for manufacturing and warehouse use) mainly in the Lea Valley and adjacent to the Great Cambridge Road (A10) and North Circular Road.

In the London Plan, Brimsdown in eastern Enfield and the Central Leeside area in Edmonton are classified as Preferred Industrial Locations and the Great Cambridge Road industrial area is classified as an Industrial Business Park.

Business Rates: In 2006/07 the Business Rate multiplier is £0.433 and the Small Business multiplier is £0.426.

Council Tax: The Band D Tax in 2006/07 is £1287.16

Population 280,500 (mid-2005) - Source: Office for National Statistics

Area: 8,219 hectares

Political Composition :
· Conservatives 34
· Labour 27
Save Chase Farm 2

Electorate (at 1st December 2006): 199,843

Parliamentary Constituencies :
· Edmonton
· Enfield-North
· Enfield-Southgate

EU Constituency
· London


Postal districts covered : EN1, EN2, EN3, EN4 (part) EN8 (part) N9, N11 (part) N13, N14, N17 (part) N18, N21, N22 (part)

Travel and Transport

Rail Travel: Train services in Enfield are provided by two Train Operating Companies:

'one' (www.onerailway.com) is the train operator providing services to London Liverpool Street and the East of England including Enfield Town, Cheshunt, Broxbourne, Hertford East, Tottenham Hale and Stansted Airport.

First Capital Connect (http://www.firstcapitalconnect.co.uk/Main.php?sEvent=HomePage) is the train operator providing services to Moorgate and Kings Cross, including Hertford North and Welwyn Garden City.

Contact for Rail Enquiries (www.nationalrail.co.uk) or Tel: 08457 48 49 50

Railway Property
Network Rail

Underground Travel (www.tfl.gov.uk/tube): All of the stations in Enfield are located on the Piccadilly Line which runs from Cockfosters to Heathrow.

Buses
Most Buses in Enfield are Operated under contract to London Buses (http://www.tfl.gov.uk/buses)

Travel Information
Transport for London Journey Planner (http://journeyplanner.tfl.gov.uk/user/XSLT_TRIP_REQUEST2?language=en)

Transport for London 24Hour Travel Information Tel: 020 72221234

Roads

The M25 Motorway in Enfield is responsibility of the Highways Agency (www.highways.gov.uk)

The A10 and A406 in Enfield are the responsibility of Transport for London (www.tfl.gov.uk/streets)

Traffic Lights
Transport for London

Traffic Information
Transport for London (http://trafficalerts.tfl.gov.uk/pinpointlite/main.php)

Local Publications

Enfield Advertiser 020 8367 2345
Free distribution every Wednesday. 30p - where sold
Circulation 98,000

Enfield Gazette 020 8367 2345
25p every Thursday
Circulation 4,000

Enfield Independent 020 8498 3500
Free distribution every Wednesday. 30p - where sold
Circulation 98,000

Axis Magazine 01992 462 982
Email: info@axispublications.co.uk
Free distribution through the door, supermarkets and other outlets on the first Monday of the month.
Circulation 40,000

Other Service Providers

Cable Television
Telewest
NTL

Power Companies
Electricity
Gas

Health Services
Enfield - Barnet and Chase Farm NHS Trust
Edmonton - North Middlesex NHS Trust
Hospital Waiting List Statistics


Fire Safety Office
London Fire Service

Police
Metropolitan Police

Sewers
Thames Water

Water
Thames Water

Neighbouring Local Authorities:
Enfield is adjoined by seven local authorities. These are the London Boroughs of Barnet, to the west, Haringey, to the south, Waltham Forest, to the east and the District Councils of Broxbourne, to the north, Epping Forest, to the north east, and Hertsmere and Welwyn Hatfield to the north west.

This document was last updated on 2008-02-19 14:05:25 published by the CEX team. Document Reference:LBE_110813