Hale End


Hale End is a locality in East London in the borough of Waltham Forest, very near Woodford Green, two miles from Tottenham and one mile from Walthamstow. It adjoins Highams Park in the E4 postal district. Much of Highams Park until the late 19th century used to be called Hale End. Hale End railway station was opened in 1873 and renamed Highams Park-Hale End railway station in 1894.
Population: 11,355

History

Originally the name Hale End covered a larger part of this part of London stretching from the North Circular Road all the way down to Clivedon Road, and to Sheriden Road approaching Chingford Hatch next to Highams Park Lake, but this changed at the beginning of the twentieth century when much of the area was renamed "Highams Park". Many references about the history of Highams Park are about Walthamstow. Old maps give detail to this fact. The area was a clearing originally in the forest called ‘North End’ or ‘Wood End’. In 1285 a Walter de la Hale lived there but "Hale End" became used as the name only in the 17th when a Thomas Hale lived there.

Demographics

In the 2011 Census the population of Hale End and Highams Park was 11,355 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.
The average age of people in Hale End and Highams Park is 36, while the median age is 36.
76.5% of people living in Hale End and Highams Park were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 2.3% Pakistan, 1.1% Jamaica, 1.1% Ireland, 0.9% India, 0.8% Scotland, 0.7% South America, 0.5% Sri Lanka, 0.5% Nigeria, 0.5% Wales.
The religious make-up of Hale End and Highams Park is 55.4% Christian, 21.3% No religion, 12.1% Muslim, 1.5% Hindu, 0.7% Buddhist, 0.6% Jewish, 0.4% Sikh, 0.1% Agnostic.

87.2% of people living in Hale End and Highams Park speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.3% Urdu, 1.2% Polish, 1.0% Turkish, 0.9% Romanian, 0.6% Tamil, 0.6% Punjabi, 0.6% Lithuanian, 0.5% Spanish, 0.5% Bengali.

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