Newbury Park
| Newbury Park | |
| Essex | |
|---|---|
 Eastern Parade, Newbury Park | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TQ445885 |
| Location: | 51°34’36"N, -0°5’10"E |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Ilford |
| Postcode: | IG2 |
| Dialling code: | 020 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Redbridge |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Ilford North / Ilford South |
Newbury Park is a village of Essex which has been developed contiguous with Ilford, to the east of Gants Hill. The main road is the Eastern Avenue (the A12), which until the 1920s was a country lane called Hatch Lane.
The main landmark in this area is Newbury Park tube station, on London Underground's Central Line. The station's bus shelter, designed by architect Oliver Hill in 1937, received a Festival of Britain award in 1951.
Nearby places include Aldborough Hatch, Barkingside, Gants Hill, Goodmayes, Seven Kings and Ilford's town centre. The A12 road runs through Newbury Park.
History
The village grew up around its station and its history is tied to it. The station was originally opened by the Great Eastern Railway in 1903 on the Fairlop Loop, before being transferred to the London Underground in 1947, and partially rebuilt, but the planned complete re-building has been suspended to this day. Steam services southward to Ilford railway station ceased at this time, the track being lifted by 1956. Central Line tube services now burrow underground and swing sharply west towards Gants Hill, Leytonstone and central London.
At one time, Newbury Park had two hospitals: the King George V and Ilford Maternity Hospital. They have both been demolished and replaced by blocks of flats, while a new hospital called King George V has been built further east in Little Heath.
Churches and synagogues
- Church of England:
- St John the Evangelist, Great Ilford
- St Laurence, Barkingside
- Evangelical: East London Christian Fellowship Centre
- Methodist: Newbury Park Methodist Church
- Roman Catholic: St Theresa's
The area has two synagogues: a constituent of the United Synagogue (orthodox), and the South West Essex Reform Jewish synagogue. A third synagogue, the Barkingside Progressive Synagogue, is, despite its name, also in Newbury Park.