North Ockendon
It is 18 miles (29 km) east-northeast of Central London and consists of a dispersed settlement within the Metropolitan Green Belt.Purfleet Urban District Council took legal action in an attempt to revert to the earlier scheme, ultimately taking the case to the House of Lords without success.North Ockendon was still rural at the time of its inclusion in the Hornchurch Urban District, but it was anticipated suburban house building would soon encroach on the parish.The creation of the Metropolitan Green Belt meant the limit of London's urban sprawl stopped just short of the parish boundary, and North Ockendon remained rural.The transfer of North Ockendon from London to Essex was strongly opposed, with Nicholas Bonsor MP stating that his constituents agreed it had "more affinity with Havering than with Thurrock".
Greater LondonOS grid referenceCharing CrossLondon boroughHaveringCeremonial countyRegionLondonCountryEnglandSovereign statePost townPostcode districtDialling codePoliceMetropolitanAmbulanceUK ParliamentHornchurch and UpminsterLondon AssemblyHavering and RedbridgeLondon Borough of HaveringCentral Londondispersed settlementMetropolitan Green BeltM25 London Orbital MotorwaySouth OckendonThurrockancient parishBronze AgeMary MagdaleneOrsett Rural DistrictPurfleet Urban DistrictLocal Government Act 1929Hornchurch Urban DistrictThurrock Urban DistrictHouse of LordsCranhamM25 motorwayNicholas BonsorStubbersElizabeth KucinichDennis KucinichUpminsterBulphanLondon, Tilbury and Southend lineGreat WarleyLittle WarleyChilderditchBrentwoodWest Horndonunitary authorityChurch of St Mary Magdalene, North Ockendonspeed of soundWilliam DerhamRectorchurch of St Laurence, Upminsterdata centrelocal development orderOckendonLakeside Shopping CentreRoyal Historical SocietyGreat Britain Historical GISWayBack MachineDistrictsArdleigh GreenBeam ParkChase CrossColdharbourCollier RowElm ParkEmerson ParkFrog IslandGallows CornerGidea ParkHactonHarold HillHarold ParkHarold WoodHavering-atte-BowerHeath ParkHornchurchHornchurch MarshesNoak HillRainhamRise ParkRomfordRush GreenSouth HornchurchUpminster BridgeWenningtonBretonsBrookside TheatreThe DiverHavering MuseumLangtonsQueen's TheatreRainham HallRainham War MemorialThe RomTithe Barn MuseumUpminster WindmillThe BreweryThe LibertyThe MercuryRomford MarketSt Andrew, HornchurchSt Edward the Confessor, RomfordSt Edward the Confessor Catholic, RomfordSt Helen and St Giles, RainhamSt John the Evangelist, Havering-atte-BowerSt John, South HornchurchSt Laurence, UpminsterSt Mary Magdalene, North OckendonParks and open spacesBedfords ParkCranham BrickfieldsCranham MarshHainault ForestHarrow Lodge ParkHavering Country ParkHaynes ParkHornchurch Country ParkHylands ParkIngrebourne Marshes