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Aldborough Hatch is a district of London, England, located in the London Borough of Redbridge. It is part of the Ilford post town and is situated at OS grid reference TQ455895. The earliest recorded use of the name is Aldborough Hacche (c. 1490). Formerly part of Hainult Forest, it was cleared to create farmland in 1851.

Listed Buildings
The area has four statutory listed buildings. St. Peter's Church, a barn at Aldborough House Farm, Newbury Park Station Bus Shelter and Barkingside Station. The last two are on the western boundary.

There are also nine locally listed buildings.

Scouting
The 1st Aldborough Hatch Scout Group, based at St. Peter's Church was set up in the 1930s and re-opened in 1946 after hostilities had ceased, and is extant. It had a Sea Scout Patrol as part of it, set up in the 1950s, who built their own dinghy.

There was also a 2nd Aldborough Hatch Scout Group, based near Whites Farm.

Hargreaves, The Scout Association GLNE campsite is on the eastern edge of the area.

The former editor of Scouting Magazine lives here.

Education
There is a Primary School, William Torbitt, built it 1937, and a Secondary School, Oaks Park High School, established in 2001.