Upton Park is an area in the
London Borough of NewhamThe London Borough of Newham is a London borough in East London, within Greater London.It is situated east of the City of London, and is north of the River Thames...
centred upon Green Street, a
high streetHigh Street, or the High Street, is a metonym for the generic name of the primary business street of towns or cities in the United Kingdom...
that runs north-south between the
A118The A118 is a road in East London, England which links Bow with Gallows Corner, east of Romford. The section from Stratford to Gallows Corner formed the original route of the A12 until the designation was transferred to the Eastern Avenue soon after the latter opened in 1925...
Romford Road and the
A124The A124 road is a road in East London linking Canning Town with Upminster.The road begins at a junction with the A13 road at Canning Town station in the south west of the London Borough of Newham...
Barking Road. Green Street is part of the boundary between the former County Boroughs of
East HamEast Ham is a place in the London Borough of Newham. It is a built-up district located 8 miles east north-east of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London.-History:...
and
West HamWest Ham is a district of the London Borough of Newham in London, England. In the west it is a post-industrial neighbourhood abutting the site of the London Olympic Park and in the east it is mostly residential, consisting of Victoria terraced housing interspersed with higher density post-War...
and contains a large number of
shopsRetailing consists of the sale of goods or merchandise from a fixed location, such as a department store, boutique or kiosk, or by mail, in small or individual lots for direct consumption by the purchaser. Retailing may include subordinated services, such as delivery. Purchasers may be individuals...
, both major chain stores as well as locally-owned shops, Upton Park
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, and
Queens Road MarketQueens Road Market, locally known as Queen's or Green Street Market, is a historic street market in the London Borough of Newham. It lies adjacent to Green Street and Upton Park tube station....
, a covered food and clothing
marketA market is any one of a variety of different systems, institutions, procedures, social relations and infrastructures whereby persons trade, and goods and services are exchanged, forming part of the economy. It is an arrangement that allows buyers and sellers to exchange things...
. Many shops and market stalls specifically cater for east London's large
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community.
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Upton Park is an area in the
London Borough of NewhamThe London Borough of Newham is a London borough in East London, within Greater London.It is situated east of the City of London, and is north of the River Thames...
centred upon Green Street, a
high streetHigh Street, or the High Street, is a metonym for the generic name of the primary business street of towns or cities in the United Kingdom...
that runs north-south between the
A118The A118 is a road in East London, England which links Bow with Gallows Corner, east of Romford. The section from Stratford to Gallows Corner formed the original route of the A12 until the designation was transferred to the Eastern Avenue soon after the latter opened in 1925...
Romford Road and the
A124The A124 road is a road in East London linking Canning Town with Upminster.The road begins at a junction with the A13 road at Canning Town station in the south west of the London Borough of Newham...
Barking Road. Green Street is part of the boundary between the former County Boroughs of
East HamEast Ham is a place in the London Borough of Newham. It is a built-up district located 8 miles east north-east of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London.-History:...
and
West HamWest Ham is a district of the London Borough of Newham in London, England. In the west it is a post-industrial neighbourhood abutting the site of the London Olympic Park and in the east it is mostly residential, consisting of Victoria terraced housing interspersed with higher density post-War...
and contains a large number of
shopsRetailing consists of the sale of goods or merchandise from a fixed location, such as a department store, boutique or kiosk, or by mail, in small or individual lots for direct consumption by the purchaser. Retailing may include subordinated services, such as delivery. Purchasers may be individuals...
, both major chain stores as well as locally-owned shops, Upton Park
LibraryA library is a collection of sources, resources, and services, and the structure in which it is housed; it is organized for use and maintained by a public body, an institution, or a private individual. In the more traditional sense, a library is a collection of books. It can mean the collection,...
, and
Queens Road MarketQueens Road Market, locally known as Queen's or Green Street Market, is a historic street market in the London Borough of Newham. It lies adjacent to Green Street and Upton Park tube station....
, a covered food and clothing
marketA market is any one of a variety of different systems, institutions, procedures, social relations and infrastructures whereby persons trade, and goods and services are exchanged, forming part of the economy. It is an arrangement that allows buyers and sellers to exchange things...
. Many shops and market stalls specifically cater for east London's large
AsianBritish Asian is a term used to describe British citizens who descended from mainly South Asia. In British English, the term the 'Asian' usually excludes East Asians ....
community.
Upton Park tube stationUpton Park station is a London Underground station on the District and Hammersmith and City lines, located on Green Street, London in the Upton Park area of Newham, east London. It is in Zone 3....
is also on Green Street, close to the market. Plans to demolish the market and replace it with a large supermarket, luxury apartments and a smaller indoor market have been vigorously resisted by market traders and large sections of the local community.
The
Boleyn GroundThe Boleyn Ground, sometimes colloquially referred to as Upton Park, is the football stadium of West Ham United.-History:The club rented Green Street House and grounds in the Municipal Borough of East Ham from the Roman Catholic Church from around 1912...
, the home stadium of
West Ham UnitedWest Ham United Football Club is an English football club based in Upton Park, London Borough of Newham, East London. They have played their home matches at the Boleyn Ground stadium since 1904....
Football ClubAssociation football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players using a spherical ball...
, is located at the southern end of Green Street, and is frequently referred to as
Upton Park. Another football club from the area,
Upton Park FCUpton Park Football Club were an amateur football club from Upton Park, London in the late 19th and early 20th century, now defunct. As well as being one of the fifteen teams that played in the inaugural FA Cup, they also represented Great Britain at the 1900 Summer Olympics football tournament,...
, were early pioneers in the game and represented Great Britain at the
1900 Summer OlympicsThe 1900 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the II Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1900 in Paris, France. No opening or closing ceremonies were held; competitions began on May 14 and ended on October 28. The Games were held as part of the 1900...
football tournamentAt the 1900 Summer Olympics, a football tournament was contested for the first time. Only two demonstration matches were held between the three club sides, and no medals were awarded...
, where they won the
gold medalA gold medal is typically the highest medal awarded for achievement in a non-military field. The concept comes from the military, initially with a simple recognition of military rank, and later decorations for admission to military orders dating back to medieval times.Since the eighteenth century,...
.
Education
- For details of education in see the List of schools in the London Borough of Newham
In popular culture
- Upton Park and the West Ham ground feature as the main location in the film Green Street
Green Street is a 2005 independent drama film about football hooliganism in England. It was directed by Lexi Alexander and stars Elijah Wood and Charlie Hunnam. In the United States and Australia, the film is called Green Street Hooligans, while in the United Kingdom it has the title Green Street...
- In one episode of Drop the Dead Donkey
Drop the Dead Donkey was a situation comedy that ran on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom from 1990 to 1998. It was set in the offices of "Globelink News", a fictional TV news company. Recorded close to transmission, it tried to use current news events as a means of giving the programme a greater...
Henry describes Gus as "Upton Park", meaning "two stops short of BarkingBarking is a suburban town in East London, England in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. A retail and commercial centre situated in the west of the borough, it lies east of Charing Cross...
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