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Romford is located 14 mi (23 km) northeast of Charing Cross in central London; mi (7.5 km) northeast of Ilford; mi (4 km) north of Dagenham; 9 mi (14 km) northwest of Grays; 6 mi (10 km) south-west of Brentwood; 12 mi (19 km) west of Basildon; and 9 mi (14 km) southeast of Epping .
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- Havering Museum. A real source of pride for the borough, the Havering Museum on the ground floor of the old Romford Brewery is run entirely by volunteers.
- Raphael Park. Long and narrow, this park between Romford and Gidea Park is on Black’s Brook, which has been dammed at Main Road to form a lake. This land once belonged to a country estate, and you may be interested to know that it retains some landscaping by Sir Humphrey Repton, one of the leading lights of garden design in the Georgian period.
- St Edward the Confessor Church (Anglican) There are two churches in Romford with this name, and this post is about the older Church of England building on the Market Place.
- Lodge Farm Park. On the other side of Main Road from Raphael Park is the Green Flag-winning Lodge Farm Park, which is also threaded by Black’s Brook. This restful space has also recently earned a Silver Gilt in the Best Park category for London in Bloom, and has a border that draws bees and butterflies to an otherwise built-up corner of Greater London.
Romford is located in the county of Greater London, London, five miles south-east of the town of Chigwell, 12 miles west of the major town of Basildon, and 14 miles east of London. Romford lies three miles south-west of the Essex border, and was historically in the county of Essex.
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Mar 24, 2023 · Romford is a large town in east London and the administrative centre of the London Borough of Havering. It has a rich and varied history, dating back to the Middle Ages when it was a small market town on the main road to London.
Romford is a large town in East London, England, 14 miles (23 km) northeast of Charing Cross. Part of the London Borough of Havering, the town is one of the major metropolitan centres of Greater London identified in the London Plan.
Romford is a large town in East London, England, 14 miles northeast of Charing Cross. Part of the London Borough of Havering, the town is one of the major metropolitan centres of Greater London identified in the London Plan.Historically part of the ancient parish of Hornchurch in the Becontree hundred of Essex, it has been a market town since 1247.
