Our area guide to Upton Park gives you an overview of the neighbourhood including local amenities, public parks, local schools, public transport, shopping and going out.
Upton Park is an area of the East London borough of Newham, centred on Green Street which is the boundary between West Ham and East Ham. West Ham United Football Club formerly played at the Boleyn Ground, commonly known as Upton Park.
The term ‘Upton Park’ first applied to a housing estate developed to the east of West Ham Park in the 1880s.[1] The estate took its name from the adjacent village of Upton with the suffix ‘Park’ added for marketing reasons. The estate's developers paid for a new station to be built which was named after the estate.
As a consequence, the area surrounding the station became known as Upton Park rather than the term being limited to the original housing estate.
TRANSPORT LINKS:
Upton Park is a London Underground station on the District and Hammersmith and City lines, on Green Street in the Upton Park area of the London Borough of Newham, east London. It is in Zone 3.
The station was opened by the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway (LTSR) in 1877. District line service began in 1902, and the Hammersmith & City (at that time the Metropolitan line) followed in 1936. LTSR services were withdrawn in 1962. The station has two working platforms, one for each direction. Two other platforms used to serve the LTSR but are now disused.
Nowadays, the station serves Queens Road Market and Green Street.
London Buses routes 58, 104, 238, 330 and 376 serve the station.
SCHOOLS & EDUCATION:
Primary Schools in Forest Gate and Upton Park
Earlham Primary School
Godwin Junior School
Shaftesbury Primary School
William Davies Primary School
Brampton Primary School
Central Park Primary School
Nelson Primary School
Winsor Primary School
Secondary Schools in Forest Gate and Upton Park
Azhar Academy
Forest Gate Community School
St Angela’s Ursuline School
St Bonaventure’s RC School
Brampton Manor School
Kingsford Community School
Langdon School
Plashet School
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THINGS TO DO:
Many shops in the area cater for east London's large Asian community. Queens Road Market is a covered food and clothing market on Queens Road, off Green Street near the tube station. It was formerly a large open-air street market until the current structure was built in the 1980s.
FUN FACT:
The Boleyn Ground, often referred to as Upton Park, was a football stadium located in Upton Park, east London. From 1904 to 2016, it was the home of West Ham United. The stadium was also briefly used by Charlton Athletic in the early 1990s during their years of financial difficulty.
From the 2016–17 season, West Ham United have played their home matches at the London Stadium in nearby Stratford.
THINKING OF SELLING OR RENTING?
David Daniels have let and sold many properties in the Upton Park Area.
Upton Park remains a popular choice with buyers and renters due to its transport links and superb shopping and leisure facilities.
