Harold Wood is a suburban neighbourhood of Romford, situated 27km east-northeast of Charing Cross.
The name Harold Wood was recorded in about 1237, named after King Harold Godwinson, who was defeated by William the Conqueror in 1066. King Harold held the surrounding manor of Havering-atte-Bower. Some of the roads of the Harold Woold estate are named after Anglo-Saxon kings such as Æthelstan and Alfred the Great.
Harold Wood station was opened on 1 December 1868 by the Great Eastern Railway on its main line to the east of England. It is now on the Elizabeth Line.
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