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Kinfauns Road, ILFORD, IG3 9QN

Airthrie Road, Goodmayes

It has been refurbished over the last year

All of the debris in the Goodmayes Park lake has ended up here.

The footbridge connects two schools on either side of the railway line between Goodmayes and Chadwell Heath Stations.

All of the debris in the Goodmayes Park lake has ended up here.

The line through here was opened on 20th June 1839 by the Eastern Counties Railway, as the Mile End (temporary terminus) to Romford section of what was to become the Great Eastern Main Line. The London terminus was moved in July 1840 to Shoreditch (later renamed Bishopsgate), and at the eastern end the line was extended out to Brentwood in the same year. Colchester was reached by 1843. Liverpool Street opened in stages from February 1874. The line was quadrupled to Ilford in 1895 and in 1899 out to Seven Kings. In 1902 the quadruple track was extended from Seven Kings through Chadwell Heath to Romford, Goodmayes station was opened on 18th February 1901. In this photograph these are the original lines, now the slow lines, while the fast lines dating from 1902 are out of sight to the right beyond the railings. The next station in this direction is Chadwell Heath.

Goodmayes Park was laid out in 1901 to provide a green 'lung' for the new Mayfield Estate, built by developer A Cameron Corbett, who donated land for the park to the Urban District Council. The area grew up following the arrival of the railway in 1901 and is named after Goodmayes Farm, which once stood on what is now the park. The park was opened to the public in 1905. Goodmayes Park is divided by Mayesbrook Road into two compartments, that in the north having a lake formed by damming the Mayes Brook. The lake is divided by a footbridge. This is the view from the footbridge looking to the northern part of the lake. A fuller description of the park can be seen at http://www.londongardensonline.org.uk/gardens-online-record.asp?ID=RED015

The line through here was opened on 20th June 1839 by the Eastern Counties Railway, as the Mile End (temporary terminus) to Romford section of what was to become the Great Eastern Main Line. The London terminus was moved in July 1840 to Shoreditch (later renamed Bishopsgate), and at the eastern end the line was extended out to Brentwood in the same year. Colchester was reached by 1843. Liverpool Street opened in stages from February 1874. The line was quadrupled to Ilford in 1895 and in 1899 out to Seven Kings. In 1902 the quadruple track was extended from Seven Kings through Chadwell Heath to Romford, Goodmayes station was opened on 18th February 1901. In this photograph the original lines, now the slow lines are to the right while the fast lines dating from 1902 are out of sight to the left beyond railings. The next station in this direction is Seven Kings.