

1.) Tottenham Hale 2.) Northumberland Park 3.) Bruce Grove 4.) White Hart Lane 5.) Seven Sisters 6.) South Tottenham 7.) Black Boy Lane/St Ann's 8.) Bruce Castle/Lordship Lane
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Hi Sharonvirtue,
I've lived in Tottenham since 2006, and enjoy living here although it does have its challenges. What annoys me so much if the almost inevitable negative response when you tell people that you live in Tottenham, because it many people's minds it's seen as some awful dump full of "sink" council estates, and benefit scroungers who only stop scrounging long enough to stage the odd riot. it's certainly not a place that many people would ever consider living.
However I note that the above negative viewpoint is changing, and the make up of Tottenham is once again changing. Due to property and rental prices being significantly lower than other nearby areas, new people/communities are moving in and creating an even more diverse culture.
Happy to discuss more if you would still like to.
Stephanie
Looking for tottenham residents to talk about life in the area. saw the great post in which the difference between wards/neigborhood lines were discussed in great detail. I'm interested to know why the boundaries are important- what do they represent to you? what does blurring the boundaries mean?, do you feel the people in those neighborhoods have strong ties to those boundaries?
please send me a message if you are interested in talking about your life here, and what you think the future of tottenham looks like, with all the planned regeneration projects.
sharon
No worries - I have a touch skin. Glad you pointed that out mind you - as the map doesn't have a 'Heading'. I should take more notice - as I am a member of ABC (Association of British Counties)
Just sharing my viewpoint - no offence intended.
Sorry I spoke Hugh!
Catherine, your map, as I'm sure you know is a ward map, with the wards on the old borough of Tottenham shown in red. Wards are boundaries drawn for the convenience of electoral purposes. The fact that each has to contain a certain size of population means they often do not respect historical or present day neighbourhood boundaries. They should only be used as a background to understanding London's neighbourhoods. Look at St Ann's ward, for example. One third of St Ann's ward is in Harringay - no one says they live in St Ann's or thinks of themselves as doing so. A few decades ago, St Ann's ward didn't exist. Check the history - only the names have changed, the geography hasn't. And what of Wood Green and Bowes Park? If we follow the ward map above, they don't exist.
I applaud the author of this post. I think it's great to get a more granular understanding of the various neighbourhood in Tottenham. I would add my pennethworth to area 7 - in a slightly different shape, it's actually West Green. It's centre is the top of Blackboy Lane, but since it lost its station in the Beeching cuts its identity has seeped away. In my view it would do West Green an enormous amount of good to recapture its identity and feel the love!
Hii whoever put up the post above about Tottenham .. ( I can't see a little picture of you with your name .. ?
I think your map may be out of date, for example 'Black Boy Lane/St Ann's' doesn't exist.
The wards in Tottenham are; 1) White Hart Lane 2) Northumberland Park, 3) West Green 4) bruce Grove 5) Tottenham Hale 6) St Ann's 7) Tottenham Green and 8) Seven SIsters
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