Conservation Area No 10 - Wood Green Common
The Wood Green Common Conservation Area lies west of Wood Green's busy shopping centre and tube station. It covers the ancient open space of the same name and buildings around, the adjoining Avenue Gardens open space, a few quiet residential streets just north of both spaces and the embankment of the former Palace Gates Railway Line. Its western boundary is the embankment/cutting of the extant East Coast Main Line railway, and the Conservation Area includes station buildings at Alexandra Park station.
Its character is dominated by the areas of green space (Avenue Gardens and Wood Common) that were originally combined as one large common. These give the area a sense of spaciousness and form its main focal points; planting and mature trees are abundant throughout. The residential streets are lined with two and three storey mostly of late Victorian and Edwardian properties of traditional appearance and architectural merit. There are larger civic, institutional and educational buildings around the Common, many fine nineteenth and twentieth century pieces of architecture, now joined by the brand new Heartlands High School on the western edge, enclosing the Common and making a significant contribution of architectural quality.
Conservation Area Map
The extent of the Wood Green Common Conservation Area is shown in the map. A higher resolution PDF of the map can be downloaded from the Appraisal Documents and Maps section at the bottom of this page. Please note this file may be large and take some time to download.
You can also view a map of the conservation area, along with other Planning Designations (including other Heritage Designations such as Statutorily Listed and Locally Listed Buildings) on the Interactive Haringey Map.
|Back to topDesignation and Character Appraisal
The Wood Green Common Conservation Area was first designated on 26 March 1976 and protected the majority of the area currently covered. It was extended on 16 September 1991 to include the buildings on the south and east sides of the Common and on 11 February 2008 to include railway land and the Alexandra Palace station.
On 11 February 2008 the Council approved a character appraisal for the Wood Green Common Conservation Area. More details on the appraisal process, programme and purpose can be found on our Conservation Area Character Appraisals page.
|Back to topAppraisal Documents and Maps
The appraisal documents are available electronically in the table below. Historic and contemporary maps are also available, as is the earlier Wood Green and Trinity Gardens Design Guidance, which provides useful additional guidance on conserving and making acceptable alterations to houses in the Conservation Area.
| File name | Type | Size |
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| Wood Green Common Conservation Area Character Appraisal | 683K |
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| Map 1 - 1798 Wyburd Survey Map | 67K |
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| Map 2 - 1864 Ordnance Survey Map | 38K |
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| Map 3- 1894-6 Ordnance Survey Map | 99K |
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| Map 4 - 1914 Ordnance Survey Map | 41K |
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| Map 5 - 1935 Ordnance Survey Map | 244K |
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| Map 6 - 1955 Ordnance Survey Map | 217K |
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| Contemporary Conservation Area Map | 2,446K |
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| Wood Green and Trinity Gardens Guidance February 1984 | 3,011K |
