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Kenneth Road, ROMFORD, RM6 6LR

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. This footbridge is on a path from Selinas Lane to Heath Road. The next station to the left is Chadwell Heath and to the right is Romford.

Heath Road runs parallel to the railway which is to the left in this view taken from the very eastern end of the road.

The road running across the shot is Eric Road. Many of the roads here are named for males names popular when the estate was built eg Eric, Cecil, Kenneth, Eustace.

The Health Centre was built for Barking and Dagenham Primary Care Trust between 2005 and 2006. Austere functionality appears to have driven the design on the outside at least.

The Pinnacle is this eleven storey modern block of flats on the south side of the High Road. Flats are currently on sale here for about £190,000 rising to around £370,000 for a penthouse. The road is the A118 looking towards Romford. Meanwhile the inevitable CCTV camera looms over the road, but at least it has given a seagull a handy place to perch.

A One Railway stopping train bound for Liverpool Street approaches Chadwell Heath station from the Romford direction. The photo was taken through the signal gantries to the east of the footbridge which connects Heath Road with Selinas Lane.

Tucked away in St Chad's Road, off the main road in Chadwell Heath, the church was built between 1884 and 1886 to serve the growing community. The clock tower was added in 1898 to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria the year previously. The Church has an excellent website here http://www.saintchadschadwellheath.org.uk/welcome.htm which includes the facility to download a podcast of the sermons given in the Church.