Green Lanes (London)

Green Lanes is a main road in North London which forms part of the A105 road. Covering a distance of 6.3 miles between Newington Green and Winchmore Hill, it is one of the longest streets in the capital, passing through the N16, N4, N8, N13 and N21 postcode areas.

History
Whilst it is undeniably an ancient thoroughfare, the age and origin of Green Lanes is somewhat uncertain. It possibly originated as a drovers' road along which cattle were walked from Hertfordshire to London. Its origins may date back as far as the Roman period.

Route
Green Lanes runs from Newington Green north along the western edge of Stoke Newington, thereby forming the border between Hackney and Islington, until it reaches Manor House at the eastern edge of Finsbury Park. As it crosses the New River over Green Lanes Bridge, it enters the London Borough of Haringey, it then runs 1.4 mi through the neighbourhood of Harringay. From the junction with Turnpike Lane the road temporarily changes its name and runs for 1.3 mi through Wood Green as 'High Road', resuming its Green Lanes identity again after the junction with Lascotts Road. It then continues north for another 2.2 mi through Palmers Green and Winchmore Hill in the London Borough of Enfield, until it reaches the junction with Ridge Avenue and Green Dragon Lane at Mason's Corner. The northward continuation into Bush Hill at this point is now blocked.

Sights
Amongst the sights along its route are:
 * Clissold Park
 * The former Engine House of Metropolitan Water Board,
 * Finsbury Park
 * The New River (which follows a roughly parallel course to Green Lanes for much of its distance)
 * Sites of the now demolished Harringay Stadium and Harringay Arena.
 * Railway Fields Nature Reserve
 * The Salisbury Public House
 * Turnpike Lane Underground Station
 * Haringey Civic Centre, Wood Green. Built in 1958 and listed in 2018.
 * The “Round House” or “Mushroom House”, built in 1822 as the gatehouse for Chitts Hill House it now stands in Woodside Park (Wood Green, London)

Continuous segregated cycle lanes run north from the A406 North Circular to the end of Green Lanes and on to Enfield Town. These were installed following a successful bid by Enfield Council for Mini Holland funding from Transport for London.

Demography
See:
 * Demographics in Stoke Newington
 * Demographics in Harringay
 * Demographics in Wood Green
 * Demographics in Palmers Green
 * Demographics in Winchmore Hill

Neighbourhoods
Neighbourhoods sited on Green Lanes, from South to North:
 * Newington Green
 * Stoke Newington
 * Manor House
 * Harringay (including Finsbury Park)
 * Duckett's Green
 * Wood Green
 * Palmers Green
 * Winchmore Hill