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Norwood Avenue, ROMFORD, RM7 0QD

Queen's Hospital was built on the site of the former Oldchurch Park, a short distance south of Romford town centre. Construction began in June 2003 and was completed in October 2006. Queen's is the flagship hospital of the Barking, Havering and Redbridge Hospitals NHS Trust and replaced both Harold Wood Hospital and Oldchurch Hospital when it opened in December 2006. Oldchurch Park was the site of the original parish church of 1177. In 1410 a new church was built on the site, which itself was replaced in 1850 by the current parish church, St Edward the Confessor, located in Market Place. The remaining land eventually became gravel pits that were worked out and then used for landfill. It was purchased by the Council in 1951 and once it had settled, part of the area was made into a park in 1959. The park was mainly used for sports with pitches, tennis courts and a pavilion constructed between 1963 and 1965. Following the loss of a large part of the park to the new Queen's Hospital in 2006, the new and smaller park consists of a number of raised mounds and a wandering path; there are a few trees especially in the southern part. At the entrances are large round spaces surrounded by concrete benches. There is another concrete circle near the hospital, which is the heliport. The sports fields covered by the hospital have been replaced by equivalent facilities within the London Borough of Havering and the lost open space will be replaced in the new development on the Oldchurch Hospital site to the north of the new hospital. See also http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4936899

This is the Romford Ice Rink, as shown in John Winfield's Image, but taken head on from Rom Valley Way. Again, apologies for the darkness of the image - visibility certainly isn't at its best today! View taken looking south-southwest.

On Rush Green Road.

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The YMCA building in Romford, in east London. The building was completed in 1969. More information about Romford YMCA can be found here: https://www.ymcatg.org/ymca-romford/

This children's playground is in an open space beside the River Rom you can see Image in the background.