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Old Church Road, LONDON, E4 8BN

The western entrance, alongside Peel Close.

One of the venues where Chingford Children Centre supports families of children from birth to five years as well as pregnant parents. Funded by SureStart, the NHS and Waltham Forest Council.

This is next to the main entrance to Mansfield Park on Old Church Road. Old Church Road continues as The Ridgeway and this is the road ahead, beyond the railings. Not seen from the entrance though is the main attraction of Mansfield Park - the tremendous views over the huge William Girling and King George's Reservoirs - see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5339511

Relatively new housing, north of Wellington Avenue.

The main feature of Mansfield Park is the impressive vista to William Girling Reservoir straight ahead and (just glimpsed on the extreme right) King George's Reservoir. For King George's Reservoir, the excavation and building of the surrounding embankment of the reservoir, nearly five miles in length, was carried out almost entirely by a manual labour force of 1,000 navvies, and the surplus excavated clay was spread over part of Hackney Marsh. In 1913 King George V and Queen Mary named the reservoir and pressed the buttons allowing water from the River Lea to start flowing into the storage bowl. Work on the William Girling Reservoir did not start until 1935. During the First World War the site had been used by the Royal Naval Air Service and construction was held up by the Second World War. The surplus of clay was spread over the ground to the south of the new reservoir between the River Lea Diversion and the River Lea Navigation, thus raising the level of the ground and obliterating what remained of the River Lea in Chingford. The reservoir was finally opened in 1951 by the Chairman of the Metropolitan Water Board, Mr William H. Girling.

The main feature of Mansfield Park is the impressive vista to William Girling Reservoir on the left and straight ahead a glimpse of King George's Reservoir. For King George's Reservoir, the excavation and building of the surrounding embankment of the reservoir, nearly five miles in length, was carried out almost entirely by a manual labour force of 1,000 navvies, and the surplus excavated clay was spread over part of Hackney Marsh. In 1913 King George Vth and Queen Mary named the reservoir and pressed the buttons allowing water from the River Lea to start flowing into the storage bowl. Work on the William Girling Reservoir did not start until 1935. During the First World War the site had been used by the Royal Naval Air Service and construction was held up by the Second World War. The surplus of clay was spread over the ground to the south of the new reservoir between the River Lea Diversion and the River Lea Navigation, thus raising the level of the ground and obliterating what remained of the River Lea in Chingford. The reservoir was finally opened in 1951 by the Chairman of the Metropolitan Water Board, Mr William H. Girling.

On the east side of Old Church Road.

Silverthorn Telephone Exchange was opened on the 1st of September 1930 and is located on The Ridgeway in Chingford. Although when it was built this section of road was still a part of Old Church Road. The original Chingford Exchange was at 32 Station Road Chingford but was too small to cope with the 800 lines needed at the time.

On the north side of Lambourne Gardens.

The 97 runs from Chingford to Stratford City.