Woodford Wells

Woodford Wells
Woodford Wells
Woodford Wells shown within Greater London
London borough	Redbridge
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WOODFORD GREEN
Postcode district	IG8
Dialling code	020
Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
Ambulance	London
EU Parliament	London
London Assembly	Havering and Redbridge
List of places UK England London 51°36′56″N 0°01′44″E / 51.615645°N 0.028861°E / 51.615645; 0.028861Coordinates: 51°36′56″N 0°01′44″E / 51.615645°N 0.028861°E / 51.615645; 0.028861

Woodford Wells is an old hamlet now part of the northern suburbs of London, England, in the district of Woodford, about 0.5 miles (0.80 km) north of Woodford Green and on the edge of Epping Forest. The name is first shown on a map in 1805, and refers to mineral water wells. In the 18th century briefly the hamlet was a small spa but by the 1870s the wells had been long neglected and Woodford Wells had become a "straggle of hamlets". Among its notable features is the Horse & Well, a 17th-century coaching inn still in operation. Woodford Wells is home to Woodford Wells F.C.. St Aubyn's School was founded here in 1884, later moved elsewhere. The area became a separate Anglican ecclesiastical parish in 1911, with the completion of St Barnabas' Church.

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