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Forest Gate

UK Place
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London boroughNewham
RegionLondon
CountryEngland
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Post townLONDON
Postcode districtE7 E
Dialling code020
UK ParliamentWest Ham

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Forest Gate is a residential area in the London Borough of Newham.

Its name is derived from a southern gate of Epping Forest which once stretched continuously down from Epping. Fragments of the forest remain throughout north east London and the heathland of Wanstead Flats, which borders Forest Gate, is an example.

Forest Gate is home to the oldest public house in the borough, The Old Spotted Dog (now closed), and nearby Clapton Football Club; the northern half of the famous and busy Green Street also runs through it. To the west lies Stratford town centre. High Speed 1 runs underneath Forest Gate on its way into Stratford and London. Forest Gate also houses West Ham Park, providing a place for sports to be played and a contrast to the otherwise urban environment.

The Woodgrange Estate is a residential conservation area in Forest Gate with predominantly double fronted Victorian houses. There are sets of flats are certain ends of most of these roads replacing houses which were bombed during World War II. The Woodgrange estate consists of four roads Windsor, Claremont, Osbourne and Hampton; all of which link to the Woodgrange road. Nearby Godwin Junior School in Forest Gate was recently honoured with the prestigious British Council’s International School Award. The school is among only 127 schools in the country to have received the three-year accreditation. The school's headteacher was named Teacher of the Year.Forest Gate has various associations with music and acting; it was for many years the home of the Tonic Sol-Fa Institute, which taught large numbers of people to play music without learning conventional notation. In December 1966 Jimi Hendrix wrote Purple Haze in the Upper Cut Club, owned by Douglas Bayle and George and Billy Walker, it had been opened by The Who, and had The Small Faces as the house band, for a while. It later became the Ace of Clubs in Woodgrange Road. Although born in Plaistow, Ronnie Lane of the Small Faces spent his childhood and early adulthood in Forest Gate, living at 385 Romford Road, while members Steve Marriott and Jimmy Winston lived nearby in Manor Park. Roy Carter, a rhythm guitarist with 70s hit funk band Heatwave, was raised in Forest Gate. Two of the top-selling Grime artists are from Forest Gate; Kano, whose debut album 'Home Sweet Home' made number one in the urban charts, and rapper Plan B, whose song Raking the Dead refers to a friend who discovered a body on Wanstead Flats. The Newham Generals (D Double E & Footsie) are also from Forest Gate, and the video for their song 'Frontline' was filmed at Forest Gate railway station. Young rock band Bleech, also hailing from Forest Gate, have started to make a splash. Recently they both featured in the NME and supported Pete Doherty on tour. Arnold Schwarzenegger was known to have lived in Forest Gate and weight trained at Wag Bennett's famous gymnasium in Romford Road well before he achieved fame. Another is the award winning actor Chiwetel Ejiofor, born in Forest Gate in July 1974, who has had significant roles in films such as American Gangster with Denzel Washington, and Amistad with Matthew McConaughey.

Forest Gate formed part of the County Borough of West Ham since its creation (initially as a municipal borough) in 1886. The county borough was abolished to form part of the present-day London Borough of Newham in 1965.

Forest Gate Video

Church converted into a Mosque, formally a church built by Henry Wright on November 28 in 1886 and the structure has been standing over 120 years. This church now a Mosque attracts large number of Muslim followers to this Islamic Worship centre in Forest Gate in East London. This video was captured during a Friday Prayer as referred by Muslims as Jumma, I took the opportunity to take pictures of this great Mosque. Forest Gate, The Church Converted to Mosque which is now a Mosque in Britain. The area where the Mosque is located has a large number of Forest Gate Muslims and Forest Gate Asians mostly of them are Muslims in East London
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Video of juloos on 10 moharrum 2008 in east London forset gate Imamia mission imam bargah.
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An excerpt from the talk 'Fitan Akhir Al-Zaman' given by Shaykh Mujahid Ali at the Forest Gate Masjid on the 12th of July 2008
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Baldur's gate 1 soundtrack by Michael Hoenig. Song is called Cloakwood Forest. © Bioware/Black Isle Studios/Interplay, all rights reserved. Baldurs Gate is a trademark of Bioware.
2.03 min. | 5.0 user rating
VenO - Boy Meets Girl (Prod. Kajmir Royale) [ Forest Gate ] E7
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You must purchase tickets online to save money and time at the gate... at Santas Enchanted Forest Park in Miami
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A CLEARER PICTURE OF THE SIGHTING OF THREE UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS OVER FOREST GATE LONDON E7. THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN FROM MY CAR AND WAS ADVISED BY THE AUTHORITIES THAT IT WAS THREE BIRDS!!! JUDGE FOR YOURSELVES.
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Hello everyone and welcome to my Let's Play of Cruis'n USA. This classic arcade game has you compete in street races across the USA for no particular reason. While there are not any items or other things to influence the race, other cars and course hazards can definitely pose a problem. I will be playing the Nintendo 64 port of this game and will not be unlocking all of the faster cars and some alternate vehicles. The faster cars are simply color edits of the default cars and the alternate vehicles are sort of joke cars (ie a school bus, a police car, etc). Enjoy this let's play! In this video, I have an urge to cruise the USA. Starting at the Golden Gate Bridge, I want to do as much site-seeing as possible but still get across the country efficiently. I guess I will have to cut through San Francisco and the Redwood Forest to do so. But what are these other racers on the street? How dare they get in my way! The following tracks will be covered in this video: - Golden Gate Park - San Francisco - US 101 - Redwood Forest Enjoy!
11.00 min. | 4.94 user rating
An excerpt from the talk 'Fitan Akhir Al-Zaman' given by Shaykh Mujahid Ali at the Forest Gate Masjid on the 12th of July 2008
3.15 min. | 5.0 user rating

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Boleyn Ground hosts Forest Gate Police charity match - London24 Tweet this news
London24--It's Constables versus Senior Police Officers in a charity football match at the Boleyn Ground tomorrow. To send a link to this page to a friend, simply enter their email address below. The message will include the name and email address yo - Date : Tue, 07 Jun 2011 14:24:14 GMT+00:00
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The News Journal--Michael Council, of the 5600 block of Winterhaven Drive, was charged Monday with assault, resisting arrest and strangulation, said New Castle County police spokesman Officer John Weglarz Sr. Officers were called to the Reserve at -Forest - Date : Wed, 08 Jun 2011 09:54:26 GMT+00:00
Forest Gate Closes $441750 Financing - DigitalJournal.com (press release) Tweet this news
DigitalJournal.com (press release)--MONTREAL, April 11 /CNW Telbec/ - -Forest Gate- Energy Inc. (TSXV: FGE) reports that it has completed its previously-announced private placement (see press release dated March 29, 2011) by issuing an aggregate of 401590 - Date : Mon, 11 Apr 2011 19:41:05 GMT+00:00
Drug boss jailed for £23m plot with Charlotte Church ex - BBC News Tweet this news
BBC News--The drugs were seized during raids at addresses in -Forest Gate-, Edmonton, Elephant and Castle, Wembley, and Hackney. Police said Campbell was the "kingpin" of the operation. He was responsible for controlling and directing th - Date : Mon, 11 Apr 2011 15:54:52 GMT+00:00
Man jailed after family feud boils over on to street - Cambridge News Tweet this news
Cambridge News--Halim Uddin, 24, of Paragon Close, Canning Town, Jamil Abdin, 28, and Jabel Abdin, 23, both of Osbourne Road, -Forest Gate-, London, had denied violent disorder, but were convicted after a trial. They were each given nine month prison sent - Date : Tue, 12 Apr 2011 07:44:27 GMT+00:00
Archant closes 145-year-old free weekly - Press Gazette Tweet this news
Press Gazette--A further 5000 copies of the Newham Advertiser will also be distributed for free at locations in East Ham, Upton Park and -Forest Gate-. The following statement appeared in the last copy of the Express: “From next week the Stratford and N - Date : Tue, 12 Apr 2011 07:06:07 GMT+00:00
Prison suicide teen had tried before - Chelmsford Weekly News Tweet this news
Chelmsford Weekly News--The next day, on September 16, he went to see a friend in -Forest Gate- and was arrested. He was remanded in custody by Stratford magistrates to Chelmsford Prison. He was found dead in his cell on September 20. Det Sgt Stewart Trus - Date : Sat, 09 Apr 2011 06:50:10 GMT+00:00
Adventist Hinsdale Hospital offers free programs at Oak Brook Park District - TribLocal Tweet this news
TribLocal--A pediatric allergy screening will take place from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm April 12 at the Oak Brook Park District Family Recreation Center, 1450 -Forest Gate- Road, Oak Brook. Food and respiratory allergy panels will be available for children age - Date : Mon, 28 Mar 2011 22:20:45 GMT+00:00
Middlebury Trailrunner: What season is it? - Addison County Independent Tweet this news
Addison County Independent--While this road passes all the way to Lincoln in the summer, a -forest- service -gate- blocks vehicular passage at a convenient parking lot. I have never seen this parking lot before, but it seemed like a good place to head int - Date : Mon, 28 Mar 2011 15:58:30 GMT+00:00
Former Blackpool striker in court - Blackpool Gazette Tweet this news
Blackpool Gazette--The 28-year-old, of -Forest Gate-, Blackpool, admitted driving while disqualified and without insurance in Mansfield Road, near Chesterfield, on November 3 and Quarry Lane, Mansfield, on January 17. He further admitted a speeding offenc - Date : Tue, 22 Mar 2011 15:26:19 GMT+00:00

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