Brimsdown

infobox UK place
country = England
map_type = Greater London
region= London
population=
official_name= Brimsdown
latitude= 51.6596
longitude= -0.0255
constituency_westminster= Enfield North
post_town= ENFIELD
postcode_area= EN
postcode_district= EN3
london_borough= Enfield
dial_code= 020
os_grid_reference= TQ365975

Brimsdown is a place in the London Borough of Enfield in the north of London, forming part of the Enfield postal district within the Middlesex postal county. The Brimsdown area is roughly located in the area either side of Mollison Avenue, to Bilton Way, just south of Ordnance Road, extending as far south as the Mollison Avenue/Jeffreys Road roundabout [http://www.enfield.gov.uk/362/Enfield%20Highway.pdf Local Government Map of Brimsdown & Enfield Highway Retrieved March 3,2008] . It is home to the Brimsdown Industrial Estate and also includes a residential area just west of the Lea Valley railway line.

This area was the eastern-most part of the old parish of Enfield.

The area east of the Lea Valley Lines railway is almost exclusively reserved for industrial use, while west of this railway (which serves Brimsdown and Enfield Lock stations) is a residential area primarily built up in the 1930s which extends, without any particular border, to Enfield Wash and Enfield Lock. This residential area around Brimsdown Avenue, Brimsdown railway station and Brimsdown School is also considered part of Brimsdown.

Nearest places

* Enfield Lock
* Enfield Wash
* Ponders End

Nearest railway stations

* Enfield Lock railway station
* Ponders End railway station
* Brimsdown railway station

Watercourse

* River Lee Navigation
* Mossops Creek was dug in the 1890s by Mosses and Co Gravel Extraction Company [ [http://www.cicerone.co.uk/product/detail.cfm/book/522/iid/8/show/sample-route Mossops Creek] Retrieved November 20,2007 ] . The creek can be reached from Mossops Bridge (completed 1999) [ [http://www.whitbybird.com/projects/project.asp?id=215 Mossops Bridge] Retrieved November 19,2007] which spans the River Lee Navigation.

Mossops Creek bridge (completed 2006) [ [http://www.acheson-glover.com/constructionpro/news/current/mossops-creek.aspx Mossops Creek bridge] Retrieved June 07 2008] forms part of the Mossops Creek permissive path which link the River Lee Navigation to the Brimsdown Industrial Estate and Brimsdown railway station.

Politics

* The local MP is Labour politician Joan Ryan (her full constituency is Enfield North).

chools

* Primary schools: Brimsdown Infant School, Brimsdown Junior School

Sport

Football

Brimsdown Rovers: David Beckham joined the club as a 14 year old where he played in the youth side.

Business partnerships

* Many businesses in Brimsdown are part of the [http://www.bfqp.org Brimsdown FQP] (Freight Quality Partnership), which jointly addresses transport and logistics issues for the area.

References