Ponders End

infobox UK place
country = England
map_type = Greater London
region= London
population=
official_name= Ponders End
constituency_westminster= Enfield North
post_town= ENFIELD
postcode_area= EN
postcode_district= EN1, EN3
london_borough= Enfield
dial_code= 020
os_grid_reference= TQ355955

Ponders End is a place in the London Borough of Enfield in the north of London. It is roughly located in the area either side of Hertford Road (High Street, Ponders End) between The Ride and the Boundary Public House (North to South) and Wharf Road and the Southbury railway station/Kingsway (East to West) [ [http://www.enfield.gov.uk/362/Ponders%20End.pdf Local Government Map of Ponders End Boundaries] Retrieved February 28,2008 ]

Its name is believed to derive from its role as a 'place of execution', where the condemned could 'ponder the end'.fact|date=April 2007

Popular culture

Musician Jah Wobble was inspired to write his (2005) album "Mu" by his experiences in the Lee Valley and Ponders End. [ Hatts, Leigh "The Lea Valley Walk" p99 ISBN 1852845228 Retrieved March 14 2008] [ [http://www.leavalleywalk.org.uk/ponders-end-to-tottenham-hale/ Lea valley walk] Retrieved May 15 2008]

"Ponders End Allotments Club" is a track from the (1975) Chas and Dave album "One Fing 'n' Annuver". [ [http://www.chasndave.com/disco_onefingri.html Chas and Dave] Retrieved May 14 2008]

Historic buildings

* Wright's Flour Mill The oldest working industrial building in Enfield. [ [http://www.enfield.gov.uk/448/Industry%20in%20Enfield%20A%20History.htm History of Enfield] Retrieved November 22,2007 ]
* Ponders End Pumping Station. Built in 1899 by the East London Waterworks Company ["Buildings of England" London 4:North by Bridget Cherry & Nikolaus Pevsner pg 451 ISBN 0-14-071049-3] . In 1995 the half-timbered building was converted to a public house now known as the "The Navigation Inn" . It is located on the banks of the River Lee Navigation with views towards the grassed embankment of the King George V Reservoir, and close to Ponder's End Lock.

Nearest places

* Brimsdown
* Enfield Highway
* Edmonton Green
* Chingford
* Bush Hill Park

Watercourses

* River Lee Navigation
* The Overflow Channel gbmappingsmall|TQ3648395954 is approximately convert|2|mi|km|1| long. Flowing from the River Lee Navigation above Ponder's End Lock across South Marsh close to the King George V Reservoir and following the western perimeter of the William Girling Reservoir to merge with the River Lee Diversion at Edmonton.

Nearest railway stations

* Edmonton Green railway station
* Ponders End railway station
* Southbury railway station
* Brimsdown railway station

Notable people

* Dave Peacock musician.
* Christopher Hughes Former " Mastermind" and "International Mastermind" winner both in 1983.
* John Hollowbread footballer

Politics

* The local MP is Labour politician Joan Ryan (her full constituency is Enfield North).
* Ponders End consists of five polling districts, with six polling stations.

chools

* Secondary schools: No secondary schools in the area. The nearest secondary school is Kingsmead School.

* Primary Schools: St Mary's RC Primary School, Alma Primary School, Southbury primary School, St Matthew's CoE Primary School.

* Specialist schools: Waverley School.

Higher education

* Middlesex University, Enfield Campus (now closed)
* Enfield College

Places of Worship

* Ponders End Mosque

Open spaces

* Ponders End Recreation Ground ( Ryans Park )

External links

* [http://www.mylondondiary.co.uk/2004/02/feb.htm Ponders End photographs]
* [http://www.mylondondiary.co.uk/2004/02/feb07-01.htm Wrights flour mill]
* [http://flikr.com/photos/danrkelly/176896644/ Photograph of the Navigation Inn ]

References