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summary='District in Essex, in the London Borough of Redbridge.' summary='District in East London, in the London Borough of Redbridge.' summary='District in Essex, in the London Borough of Redbridge.' summary='District in East London, in the London Borough of Redbridge.'

Although Ilford is well within the Travelcard zones (its main station is Ilford Station, in zone 4), and part of the London Borough of Redbridge, many of its inhabitants consider it to be part of Essex rather than part of London. It has in fact only been part of Greater London since 1965, according to the Wikipedia link below. It's notable that when viewed on a map, many of its streets form a highly rectilinear pattern (I can only speculate about the reasons for this - more research needed --Kake).

The retail centre of the area is focused around the High Road and High Street, which between them stretch from Ilford Station in the west to Seven Kings Station in the east. Pound shops abound (and at the time of writing are having some kind of price gouging war, with the "99p or less!" establishments vying with their "89p or less!" counterparts). The Exchange shopping centre at the Ilford Station end has your usual small-town shopping mall inhabitants, like the Body Shop and Woolworths.

The major green space is Valentines Park, to the north of the area.

There is some kind of regeneration plan afoot for the area around the town hall that Kake really needs to talk to Rozallin about to get a reminder of the details of.

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