Bulls Cross


Bulls Cross is a road and hamlet in the London Borough of Enfield, north London, and is part of London's Metropolitan Green Belt. It is to the west of the A10 Great Cambridge Road and south from the M25 motorway. Crews Hill is to the west, Bury Green to the north, and Bullsmoor to the east. Bulls Cross is in the historic county of Middlesex.

Etymology

Bulls Cross is recorded as Bedelscrosse in 1465. Recorded thus in c.1580 and on the Ordnance Survey map of 1822. The hamlet was also recorded in 1540 as Bullyscrosse meaning 'crossroads associated with the family called Bolle or Bull.

Tottenham Hotspur

In 2009 football club Tottenham Hotspur announced plans for a training centre to be built in the area. It was opened in September 2012.

Geography

Bulls Cross is in the north of the borough. It is bordered by Bullsmoor Lane and Whitewebbs Lane to the north, Forty Hall to the south.
and the New River to the east and Whitewebbs Park to the west.

Demography

Bulls Cross is part of the large Chase ward, which also covers Botany Bay, Clay Hill and Crews Hill. The 2011 census showed that 77% of the ward's population was white. 5% was Black African and 3% Black Caribbean.

Places of interest