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Stratford is located in Greater LondonStratfordStratford
Stratford shown within Greater London
Population 51,387 (2011 Census Stratford and New Town, Forest Gate North and South
wards)[1]
OS grid reference TQ385845
� Charing Cross 6 mi (9.7 km) WSW
London borough
Newham
Ceremonial county Greater London
Region
London
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town LONDON
Postcode district E3, E15, E20,
Dialling code 020
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Stratford is a metropolitan district in East London, in the London Borough of
Newham, 6 miles (10 km) east-northeast of Charing Cross. Stratford is part of the
Lower Lea Valley and includes the localities of Maryland, East Village and
Stratford City. Historically part of the ancient parish and subsequent County
Borough of West Ham, which became the western half of the modern borough in 1965.
Historically an agrarian settlement in the county of Essex, Stratford was
transformed into an industrial suburb following the introduction of the railway in
1839.

The late 20th Century was a period of severe economic decline, eventually reversed
by regeneration associated with the 2012 Summer Olympics, for which Stratford�s
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park was the principal venue and later with West Ham United
F.C. and British Athletics moving to the London Stadium.

Stratford is now East London�s primary retail, cultural and leisure centre. It has
also become the second most significant (after Canary Wharf) business location in
the east of the capital.

Contents
1 History
1.1 Original ford and place name origin
1.2 Bow bridge
1.3 Stratford Langthorne Abbey
1.4 Industrialisation
1.4.1 Pre-industrial economy
1.4.2 Early developments
1.4.3 Victorian acceleration
1.5 20th century
2 Geography
3 Governance
3.1 History
3.2 Today
3.3 Post code districts
4 Demography
5 Religion
6 Economy
6.1 Regeneration
7 Landmarks
8 Entertainment
9 Sports
10 Education
11 Transport
12 People from Stratford
13 See also
14 References
15 External links
History
Stratford�s early significance was due to a Roman road running from Aldgate in the
City, to Romford, Chelmsford and Colchester, crossed the River Lea. At that time
the various branches of the river were tidal and unchannelised, while the marshes
surrounding them had yet to be drained. The Lea valley formed a natural boundary
between Essex on the eastern bank and Middlesex on the west, and was a formidable
obstacle to overland trade and travel.

Original ford and place name origin

The name is first recorded in 1067 as Str�tforda and means 'ford on a Roman road'.
[2] It is formed from Old English 'str�t' (in modern English �street�) and 'ford'.
The former river crossing lay at an uncertain location north of Stratford High
Street.

The district of Old Ford in northern Bow � west of the Lea and now in Tower Hamlets
� is named after the former crossing, while Bow itself was also initially named
Stratford, after the same ford, and a variety of suffixes were used to distinguish
the two distinct settlements.[2]

The settlement to the east of the Lea was also known as Estratford referring to the
location east of the other Stratford[citation needed], Statford Hamme alluding to
the location within the parish of West Ham, Abbei Stratford, referring to the
presence of Stratford Langthorne Abbey.[2] and Stretford Langthorne after a
distinctive thorn tree (probably a pollarded Hawthorn) which was mentioned in a
charter of 958 AD.

Bow bridge
In 1110 Matilda, wife of Henry I, ordered a distinctively bow shaped (arched)
bridge to be built over the River Lea, together with a causeway across the marshes
along the line now occupied by Stratford High Street. Historical reports state she
(or her retinue) encountered problems crossing the river to get to Barking Abbey.

The western Stratford then become suffixed by �-atte-Bow� (at the Bow), eventually
becoming known simply as Bow, while over time the eastern Stratford lost its
�Langthorne� suffix.
Bow Bridge depicted in 1851
The Bridge was repaired and upgraded many times over the centuries until eventually
demolished and replaced in the 19th Century.

Stratford Langthorne Abbey

In 1135 the Cistercian Order founded Stratford Langthorne Abbey, also known as West
Ham Abbey. This became one of the largest and most wealthy monasteries in England,
owning 1,500 acres (610 hectares) in the immediate area and 20 manors throughout
Essex.[3]

The Abbey lay between the Channelsea River and Marsh Lane (Manor Road). Nothing
visible remains on the site, as after it dissolution by Henry VIII in 1538, local
landowners took away much of the stone for their own buildings and the land was
subsequently urbanised.

A stone window and a carving featuring skulls � thought to have been over the door
to the charnel house � remain in All Saints Church, West Ham (dating from about
1180). The Great Gate of the abbey survived in Baker's Row until 1825.[4]

Arms of the County Borough of West Ham.

The coat of arms of the Abbey can be seen over the doorway to the Old Court House,
in Tramway Avenue (Stratford). The chevrons from this device, originally from the
arms of the Mountfitchet family, together with an abbot's crozier were incorporated
into the arms of the former County Borough of West Ham in 1887. The same arms were
adopted by the new London Borough of Newham in 1965.[5]

Industrialisation
The industrialisation of Stratford started slowly and accelerated rapidly in the
early Victorian era.

London 2012 Opening Ceremony � Industrial Revolution

The Stratford and national experience of the Industrial Revolution inspired scenes
in the 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony covering the traumatic transition from a
�Green and Pleasant Land� to the �Pandemonium� of the revolution and the huge
social and economic changes it brought.

Pre-industrial economy
Stratford was originally an agricultural community, whose proximity to London
provided a ready market for its produce. By the 18th century, the area around
Stratford was noted for potato growing, a business that continued into the mid-
1800s.[6] Stratford also became a desirable country retreat for wealthy merchants
and financiers, within an easy ride of the City. When Daniel Defoe visited
Stratford in 1722, he reported that it had "...increased in buildings to a strange
degree, within the compass of about 20 or 30 years past at the most". He continues
that "...this increase is, generally speaking, of hansom large houses... being
chiefly for the habitations of the richest citizens, such as either are able to
keep two houses, one in the country, and one in the city; or for such citizens as
being rich, and having left off trade, live altogether in these neighbouring
villages, for the pleasure and health of the latter part of their days".[7]

Early developments
An early industrial undertaking at Stratford was the Bow porcelain factory, which
despite the name, was on the Essex side of the River Lea. Using a process that was
patented in 1744, Edward Heylin and Thomas Frye operated a factory near Bow Bridge
called "New Canton" to produce some of the first soft-paste porcelain to be made in
the country.[8] The site of the factory was to the north of Stratford High Street
near the modern Bow Flyover; it was the subject of archaeological excavations in
1921 and 1969.[9]

Victorian acceleration
The Victorian era saw growth hugely accelerated by three major factors; the
Metropolitan Building Act, the arrival of the railway and the creation of the
nearby Royal Docks.

Rapid growth followed the Metropolitan Building Act in 1844. The Act restricted
dangerous and noxious industries from operating in the metropolitan area, the
eastern boundary of which was the River Lea. Consequently, many of these activities
were relocated to the banks of the river. As a result, West Ham became one of
Victorian Britain's major manufacturing centres for pharmaceuticals, chemicals, and
processed foods. This rapid growth earned it the name "London over the border".[10]
The growth of the town was summarised by The Times in 1886:

"Factory after factory was erected on the marshy wastes of Stratford and Plaistow,
and it only required the construction at Canning Town of the Victoria and Albert
Docks to make the once desolate parish of West Ham a manufacturing and commercial
centre of the first importance and to bring upon it a teeming and an industrious
population."[10]

By the early 19th century, Stratford was an important transport hub, with omnibuses
and coaches running into London four times every hour and coaches from East Anglia
passing through hourly. The route into London was plied by Walter Hancock's steam
coaches for a period during the 1830s.[11] A small dock and a number of wharves
were operating on the River Lea at Stratford by the 1820s, serving the needs of
local industries. However, the opening of the nearby Royal Victoria Dock in 1855
and the subsequent construction of the Royal Group of Docks (at one time the
largest area of impounded water in the world), increased Stratford's importance as
a transport and manufacturing centre.[12] Rising population levels led to two major
new Anglican churches in the area, St John's Church in 1834 and Christ Church in
1851.

Engine repair shop of the Stratford Railway Works, 1921

Stratford station was opened on 20 June 1839 by the Eastern Counties Railway (ECR).
The Northern and Eastern Railway opened a section of its authorised line from
Broxbourne to join the ECR at Stratford on 15 September 1840.[13] A railway works
and depot for engines and rolling stock was established by Great Eastern in 1847 to
the north of Stratford. At its peak, the works employed over 2,500 many of whom had
homes, along with other rail workers, in the town that developed nearby. It was
originally called Hudson Town, after George Hudson, the "Railway King;", but after
his involvement in bribery and fraud was revealed in 1849, the settlement quickly
became better known as Stratford New Town, which by 1862 had a population of
20,000.[14] During the lifetime of the Stratford works, 1,682 locomotives, 5,500
passenger coaches and 33,000 goods wagons were built.

The last part of the works closed in March 1991.[15]

20th century
Stratford, like many areas of London, particularly in the East End, suffered
significant de-industrialisation in the 20th century.[16] This was compounded by
the closing of the London Docks in the 1960s.[17] Around this time, the Stratford
Shopping Centre was built, beginning efforts to guide the area through the process
of transformation from a working-class industrial and transport hub to a retail and
leisure destination for the contemporary age.[16] These efforts continued with the
Olympic bid for Stratford, and the ongoing urban regeneration work going on there.
[18]
Geography
Stratford began as a hamlet in the NW part of the ancient parish of West Ham, as
the area urbanised it expanded, increased in population and merged with
neighbouring districts.

Except as a ward, Stratford has never been a unit of administration and so, like
many London districts, lacks formally defined boundaries. As described however,
Stratford occupies the north-west part of West Ham and so takes the NW boundaries
of that area; boundaries which have subsequently become the NW boundary of the
modern London Borough of Newham.

In this way the River Lea and the complex network of the Bow Back Rivers mark the
western limits of the area, which also extends north as far as the boundary of the
London Borough of Waltham Forest.

Governance
History
Stratford was one of three ancient wards in the large parish of West Ham, in the
Becontree hundred of Essex. It came within the Metropolitan Police District in
1840.[19]

Stratford ward of West Ham Civil Parish in 1867.

Despite forming part of the built up area of London the parish remained outside the
statutory metropolitan area established in 1855 and the County of London
established in 1889. Instead, administrative reform was undertaken in the area in
much the same way as a large provincial town. A local board was formed in 1856
under the Public Health Act 1848 and subsequently the parish was incorporated as a
municipal borough in 1886. In 1889 the borough was large enough in terms of
population to become a county borough and was outside the area of responsibility of
Essex County Council. Stratford formed the centre of administration of the county
borough and was the location of the town hall.

In 1965 West Ham was reunited with East Ham (Ham is believed to have formed a
single unit until the late 12th century) and small areas of neighbouring districts,
to form the London Borough of Newham, part of the new Greater London.

Today
Stratford is in the constituency of West Ham, represented in the House of Commons
of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Lyn Brown of the Labour Party.

Stratford is part of the mayorship under the Mayor of Newham which is a directly
elected mayor and is held by Rokhsana Fiaz since 4 May 2018. In 2018, previous
incumbent Sir Robin Wales was de-selected by the Newham Labour Party to be their
candidate in the mayoral election, losing to Custom House councillor Rokhsana Fiaz
by 861 votes to Wales who had 503.

The modern borough has an electoral ward named 'Stratford and New Town'.

Post code districts

The Royal Mail has given the postcode E20 to the Olympic Park and Stratford City
developments; this was only used by the BBC TV soap EastEnders for the fictional
suburb of Walford.[20]

The name "Walford" is a portmanteau of the names of two East London districts;
nearby Walthamstow and Stratford itself.

Neighbouring areas of Stratford.

Demography
As of the 2011 census, White British is the largest ethnic group in the Stratford
and New Town ward, at 21% of the population, followed by Other White at 19% and
Black African at 13%.[21]

Religion
The two main faiths of the people are Christianity and Islam, with 8106 Christians
and 3643 Muslims.[22]

St John's Church in Stratford Broadway

The Church of England parish church of Stratford is the 1830s church called St
John's on Stratford Broadway, a major thoroughfare and The Grove and is part of
Diocese of Chelmsford, itself part of the Province of Canterbury. It is a Grade II
listed building.[23] In its churchyard is a memorial to the Stratford Martyrs, who
were burned at the stake in 1556 during the reign of Queen Mary. The memorial
itself is octagonal with terracotta plaques on each face, surmounted by a twelve
sided spire. It was unveiled in 1878.[24]

Economy

Stratford town centre with Stratford Broadway, the Gurney Memorial and the spire of
St John's Church
Both of Stratford's shopping centres: The Stratford Centre and the recently opened
(2011) Westfield Stratford City are located on either side of Stratford station.
Westfield Stratford City, home to 350 stores, is one of the largest shopping
centres in Europe. The older centre has a range of accessibly-priced stores, its
indoor and outdoor market stalls, and the 'inshops' network of small retail
outlets. The centre occupies much of the 'island site' created in the 1960s by the
surrounding gyratory traffic system.

Regeneration
Stratford has been a focus of regeneration for some years as the local economy has
grown, and is the location of a number of major projects.

Westfield Stratford City opened in September 2011

During construction of the International Quarter

Developments:

Westfield Stratford City is a multibillion-pound scheme to regenerate the 73-

hectare brownfield railway lands to the north of the existing town centre. The vast
shopping centre reported to be bigger in size than Bluewater was opened in
September 2011. It has anchor stores for John Lewis, Waitrose and Marks and
Spencer, in addition to other household names like Apple and Primark. The centre
boasts a range of restaurant outlets, a cinema and casino, making it a leisure
destination in itself, as well as its shopping facilities. Nearby will be a new
purpose-built community of 5,000 homes, offices, schools, public spaces, municipal
and other facilities destined to become a major metropolitan centre for East
London, all to coincide with the opening of the Olympics in July 2012.
The 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games had their main base at the Olympic Park,
which contained a significant number of venues including the Olympic Stadium,
Aquatics Centre, and London Velopark. What was the athletes' Olympic Village is to
be restructured as the new East Village development, providing 3,500 homes, half
affordable and half private. The post-Olympics legacy plans include the largest new
urban park in Europe for over a century, and the new Chobham Academy.
Improving Stratford station with new platforms, walkways and entrances.
Rebuilding of Pudding Mill Lane DLR station as part of the Crossrail project[25]
150 High Street, Stratford, a 41-storey 133 m (436 ft) high residential tower.
Current Olympic Park developments:

Construction of East Wick & Sweetwater neighbourhoods will see up to 1,500 homes
built[26]
Olympicopolis; A plan in the Olympic Park to see the Victoria & Albert Museum and
University College London to have facilities by 2018.[27]
The International Quarter; will see 13 office and 2 residential buildings as well
as a hotel.[28]
Neighbouring developments:

A 26-acre development called Sugar House Island will see 2,500 jobs brought to the
area, along with 1,200 homes (over 40% three bed or more), a new school, 350-bed
hotel and new amenities for local people. This is a relatively low-rise scheme,
with Dane's Yard, its first phase, regenerating a Conservation Area to form a new
hub for creative businesses, by European developer Vastint. [1]
Redevelopment of Morgan House and the southern end of the Stratford Centre into a
new office, hotel, and 42- and 21-storey residential towers.[29]
Landmarks
Gurney memorial drinking fountain
Directly to the south of the churchyard stands a 12.80-metre tall granite obelisk,
which was erected in 1861 as a memorial to the Quaker philanthropist and
abolitionist, Samuel Gurney (1766 to 1856). The plinth carries two brass drinking
fountain heads on opposite sides, and the inscription; IN REMEMBRANCE OF SAMUEL
GURNEY / WHO DIED 5 June 1856 / ERECTED BY HIS FELLOW PARISHIONERS AND FRIENDS /
1861 / "When the ear heard him then it blessed him"[30] (a paraphrase from the Book
of Job, Chapter 29 verse 11).

Old town hall

Designed by Lewis Angell and John Giles in the Italianate style with a 100-foot
(30.5-metre) tall domed tower, it opened in 1869 as the public offices for the West
Ham Local board of health. It later became the town hall for the county borough and
was enlarged in 1881 to accommodate a courthouse and cells.[31] On 26 June 1982,
the main part of the building was badly damaged by fire; after a painstaking
reconstruction of the original features and refurbishment as a conference centre,
it was reopened by the Queen in July 1986. It is a Grade II Listed Building.[32]

King Edward VII public house

Opposite St John's Church stands an early 19th-century pub, the King Edward VII
with original pedimented doors and early 19th-century bay windows. It is a Grade II
Listed Building.[33]

It was originally called "The King of Prussia", either in honour of Frederick the
Great or else after King Frederick William IV who visited the area in 1842 to meet
Elizabeth Fry, the prison reformer.

In 1914, the first year of World War One, the pub was renamed[34] in honour of the
reigning king, Edward VII. The old name was problematic as �The King of Prussia�
was one of the titles of the German Emperor, Kaiser Wilhelm II. More than a hundred
years later, the King Edward VII pub is still locally nicknamed �The Prussian�.

"Robert" the tank engine

A 38 tonne 0-6-0 saddle-tank steam locomotive named "Robert" is displayed in
Meridian Square, the forecourt of Stratford Station. It was built in 1933 by the
Avonside Engine Company of Bristol for use at the Lamport Ironstone mines railway
near Brixworth, Northamptonshire. It was previously an exhibit at the North
Woolwich Old Station Museum, but moved to Stratford in 1999. In 2008, it was
removed to the East Anglia Railway Museum at Chappel and Wakes Colne railway
station near Colchester; there it was cleaned and repainted at the expense of the
Olympic Delivery Authority and returned to Stratford in 2011.[35]
The ArcelorMittal Orbit observation tower in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
ArcelorMittal orbit
Main article: ArcelorMittal Orbit
A 114-metre-tall (374 ft) sculpture and observation tower in the Queen Elizabeth
Olympic Park. It is Britain's largest piece of public art, and is intended to be a
permanent legacy of the 2012 Summer Olympics. It closed after the end of the Games,
but was re-opened to the public in April 2014.[36]

The Old Abbey Mills Pumping Station in Abbey Lane

Abbey Mills Pumping Stations
Main article: Abbey Mills Pumping Stations
Built in 1868 as part of the new London sewerage system by Sir Joseph Bazalgette,
the building originally housed steam pumps and is a notable example of Italian
style Gothic Revival architecture. It is opened to the public on an occasional
basis, when the "flamboyant interior of enriched cast ironwork" can be seen. It was
used to portray a lunatic asylum in the 2005 film Batman Begins, and is a Grade II*
listed building.[37]

Entertainment

Stratford Circus on Great Eastern Street.

Stratford's Cultural Quarter, adjacent to the shopping centre, is home to several
arts venues, bars and cafes. Such as the Theatre Royal Stratford East which
designed by architect James George Buckle, who was commissioned by the actor-
manager Charles Dillon in 1884.[38] 'Stratford East' however is not a location; the
'East' is used to differentiate between Stratford (east London) and Stratford-upon-
Avon. Stratford Circus is a contemporary performing arts venue that was designed by
Levitt Bernstein architects and built with funding from the National Lottery which
opened in 2001.

Damnably Records relocated to Stratford from Forest Gate in 2014 and is run by
George Gargan, a Manor Park born musician from the band Former Utopia and Lazarus
Clamp (1999�2003). The Discover Children's Story Centre is a partner in the
Cultural Quarter which is a purpose-built Story World and Story Garden are creative
play spaces, it works with schools, libraries and the local community.[39]

Filmography
Stratford has been used as an shooting location for numerous films, notably
Sparrows Can't Sing (1963) and Bronco Bullfrog (1970), Batman Begins (2005) and
Attack the Block (2011). The promotional film for the Beatles' "Penny Lane" single
was filmed in and around the southern part of Angel Lane, demolished in the late
1960s to build the Stratford Centre.

Sports
Stratford is home the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, a sporting complex built for
the 2012 Summer Olympics and the Paralympics and is named after Elizabeth II to
commemorate her Diamond Jubilee.[40]

The first annual Invictus Games (set up by Prince Harry) were held between 10�14
September 2014 in the park, events were held at many of the venues used during the
2012 Olympics, including the Copper Box and the Lee Valley Athletics Centre which
had 300 competitors from 13 countries which have fought alongside the United
Kingdom in recent military campaigns participated.[41][42][43][44]

The Premier League football club West Ham United F.C. is based in Stratford Queen
Elizabeth Olympics Park. From 1904 until 2016, the club's home ground was Boleyn
Ground in Upton Park. In 2016, West Ham moved to a
London Stadium, which is also home to UK Athletics
ground share with West Ham. The stadium has hosted
English rugby union matches and also both the 2017
2017 World Para Athletics Championships.
new multi-purpose ground, the
(known as British Athletics) who
a few 2015 Rugby World Cup and
IAAF World Championships and the

The London Aquatics Centre is also located in the park and is an indoor facility
with two 50-metre (160-foot) swimming pools and further has an 25-metre (82-foot)
diving pool.

Education

University of East London Stratford Campus

The University of East London (UEL) has a major campus in Stratford, whose main
building, University House, is a historic listed building dating from the 19th
Century. The adjacent Passmore Edwards Building is also one of the area's most
historic and beautiful buildings, with colourful frescoes and domed roof. In
addition, Birkbeck College, part of the University of London, has launched courses
in the area, initially using space provided by UEL, with a view to constructing its
own campus in Stratford. A new university is planned on the Olympic Park following
the 2012 Olympic Games.

Newham College of Further Education is a further education college that has a

campus in Stratford which opened in 1993 with Stratford as it secondary educational
teaching site.[45] In April 2016 the college announced a strategic alliance with
University of East London.[46]

The Chobham Academy is an academy in the Stratford neighbourhood of East Village

and is run by the Harris Federation which opened in September 2013. It is classed
as an education campus and comprises a nursery, primary and secondary school, sixth
form and adult learning facility.[47]

Sarah Bonnell School is one of the oldest girls schools in England and currently a
girls only secondary school. It had moved to its present site in Deanery Road from
Forest Gate. It took over the buildings that had previously been called Deanery
High School for Girls and Stratford Green Secondary School.[48]

The Carpenters Primary School is a state school in the Carpenters Estate, the
livery company of the City of London Worshipful Company of Carpenters has close
links with the school who make regular grants. The school is built on a site next
to the original Carpenters� Institute.[49]

Other schools in Stratford include Colegrave[50], John F Kennedy[51] and also St

Francis[52] and Maryland[53] in the locality of Maryland.

Transport

Stratford station's new northern entrance

Stratford has significant and historical transport hub, and today is well served by
bus routes, and a number of railway stations and cycle lanes, as well by omnibuses
and coaches in the 19th century.

Stratford Regional is located on the National Rail Great Eastern Main Line, North
London Line as well as the Lea Valley Lines. National Rail services: Abellio
Greater Anglia, TfL Rail and London Overground. London Underground's Central and
Jubilee lines both serve the regional station and link Stratford to Oxford Street,
Wembley Stadium, Epping and Canary Wharf. The Jubilee line was extended to
Stratford in 1999. The Docklands Light Railway (DLR) was extended to Stratford in
1987, and to Stratford International in 2011, with services to Poplar, Canary
Wharf, Lewisham, London City Airport, the Excel Centre, Beckton and Woolwich
Arsenal.[54]

Stratford International, located to the northwest, is on the HS1 line from St

Pancras International to Kent, and is served by Southeastern domestic high speed
services; so far, no decision has been made for international Eurostar services to
call. The International and Regional stations are linked by a branch of the
Docklands Light Railway � opened in August 2011 � which also serves a new DLR only
station at Stratford High Street to the south of Stratford, situated on the site of
the former Stratford Market railway station. The eastern part of Stratford town
centre is served by Maryland railway station. The Liverpool Street- Shenfield via
Ilford and Romford service known as the Shenfield Metro service and runs every 10
minutes and is operated by TfL Rail. This service also calls at Stratford and was
incorporated into the Crossrail service in 2017. Pudding Mill Lane is in the south
of the Olympic Park (though it closed during the Olympics for safety reasons due to
its size), and normally provides transport to the local factories. Served by the
Docklands Light Railway to Stratford, Poplar and Canary Wharf, it was re-sited
south as part of the Crossrail project.

A bus station called Stratford bus station is located adjacent to Stratford

Regional with London Buses and National Express coach routes towards the West and
East End, northeast and south London and Stansted Airport. It is located in
Stratford in town center and opened on 16 November 1994 and comprises five stands,
which hosts a number of local routes, 69, 86, 104, 158, 238, 241, 257, 262, 276,
308, 425, 473, D8 and by the 25 and N8 to Central London. A new bus station called
Stratford City bus station opened on 13 September 2011 north of the Stratford town
center as part Westfield Stratford City project with 97, 241, 308, 339, 388, 108
and N205 calling here.[55]

Stratford is connected to the National Road Network at the junction called the Bow
Interchange between the A12 East Cross Route and A11 and the A118 Stratford High
Street which links to Stratford town centre. The A112 Leyton Road/West Ham Lane is
the north-south road and The Grove runs north-east to Forest Lane.

People from Stratford

See Category:People from Stratford, London
See also
Stratford City
Stratford Martyrs
Maryland, London
List of people from Newham
List of schools in Newham
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