Rise Park is an area of

Romford Romford is a large List of places in London, town in east London, east London, England, located northeast of Charing Cross. Part of the London Borough of Havering, the town is one of the major Metropolitan centres of London, metropolitan centr ...

, a district in the London

London Borough of Havering The London Borough of Havering () in East London, England, forms part of Outer London. It has a population of 259,552 inhabitants; the principal town is Romford, while other communities include Hornchurch, Upminster, Collier Row and Rainham, Lo ...

. It it is also the name of an urban park in the neighbourhood.

History

Romford Borough Council were given 23 acres of land by Thomas England in 1937 and used it to create a park. The council intended to use land at Rise Park for council houses. However, in 1953 the

compulsory purchase order A compulsory purchase order (CPO; , ) is a legal function in the United Kingdom and Ireland that allows certain bodies to obtain land or property without the consent of the owner. It may be enforced if a proposed development is considered one for ...

was blocked. It was then developed with 400 houses for private sale.

Governance

There was a Rise Park electoral ward for elections to Havering Council from 1978 to 2002.

Urban park

The neighbourhood contains an

urban park An urban park or metropolitan park, also known as a city park, municipal park (North America), public park, public open space, or municipal gardens (United Kingdom, UK), is a park or botanical garden in cities, densely populated suburbia and oth ...

also called Rise Park. It is one of a series of parks which stretch northwards from the railway line at

. The southern entrance is just north of the A12 Eastern Avenue, and the northern entrance is on Lower Bedfords Road. There are four other entrances located in Beauly Way, Dee Way, Garry Close, and Isbell Gardens.

References

Areas of London Districts of the London Borough of Havering Romford {{london-geo-stub