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BUCKHURST HILL FACTS

Population: 10,738 (at the last Cencus)

County: Essex

Post Code: IG9

Dialing Code: 0208

First mention of Buckhurst Hill was in 1135 as 'La Bocherste' and then later 'Bucket Hill'.

Has 2 Tube stations: Buckhurst Hill and Roding Valley (0.9 mile away).

Buckhurst Hill is 24 minutes to Liverpool Street and 34 minutes from Oxford street by Tube.

First station opened in 1856

The Parish Church of St John (above) was built in 1838.

Famous people from or who have lived in the area:

Jack Straw - politician
Edmund Nathanael Powell,
Una Lucy Silberrad
Tom Huddlestone - footballer, Tottenham and England
Ed Byrne - comedian
Jack Tweed - Jade Goody ex husband
Aaron Lennon - footballer, Tottenham and England
Richard Crossman - politician
Lydia Rose Bright - TV
Mark and Carol Wright - TV
James Argent - TV

MP for Buckhurst Hill is Eleanor Laing - Member of parliament for Epping Forest

The constituency of Epping Forest comprises Loughton, Epping, Waltham Abbey, Chigwell, Buckhurst Hill, Theydon Bois, North Weald, the surrounding villages and the ancient Forest itself.

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