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Barkingside has two public houses. The New Fairlop Oak pub is located on the Fullwell Cross roundabout, named after a giant tree under which an annual fair took place for over a century. At the other end of the High Street is the Chequers pub. For over 70 years Barkingside was the home to the famous
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Ken Aston Square, located between the leisure centre and library, was officially opened on 27 September 2014. Ken Aston had been a local headteacher and the football referee thought to have introduced red and yellow cards. His name was chosen from a shortlist by residents. The square is bordered on
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as a linear common on the western edge of Hainault Forest. The map showed a number of dwellings on the western side of the common, which had a road (the northern part of which survives as Tomswood Hill) running through it.
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At the northern end of the High Street is Fullwell Cross roundabout, which gives its name to the adjacent leisure centre and distinctive circular Grade II listed library building (both designed by the architect
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A small turfed space at the High Street end of Virginia Gardens known as the pocket park was also completed in 2014, partly funded by the GLA Pocket Parks Programme. Its informal landscaping references
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play at the Oakside Stadium, adjacent to Barkingside tube station. Barkingside Recreational Ground in Mossford Green is one of the area's most popular open spaces. Popular footballer
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one side by a long arched colonnade designed in the style of the library building and providing a covered, lit space.
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which also gives its name to the locality near that roundabout. The area is situated 10.6 miles (17km) north east of
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Motor Racing Driver, grew up in Barkingside and attended Fairlop Primary School and
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The Fullwell Cross junction - now a roundabout - at the northern end of the
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The area's name is believed to be due to its location on the Barking side of
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Brewer's Dictionary of London Phrase and Fable, Russ Willey p282009
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grew up in Barkingside and attended Fairlop Primary School and then
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is named after Adam Fulwell who leased a farm in the area from
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Fullwell Cross Library, near the roundabout of the same name.
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is a sports academy and attended by youth team players of
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was a major sub-division) which ran through the forest.
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Barkingside is chiefly known for the children's charity
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football club who have their training ground nearby.
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Fullwell Cross
Barkingside is located in Greater London
Greater London
OS grid reference
TQ445895
Charing Cross
SW
London borough
Redbridge
Ceremonial county
Greater London
Region
London
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Postcode district
IG6
Dialling code
020
Police
Metropolitan
Fire
London
Ambulance
London
UK Parliament
Ilford North

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