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**Tottenham Hale**
	Tottenham Hale
	; Tottenham Hale ; Tottenham Hale shown within Greater London
OS grid reference	TQ345895
- Charing Cross	6.1 mi (9.8 km) ESE
London borough	Haringey
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LONDON
Postcode district	N15, N17
Dialling code	020
Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
Ambulance	London
EU Parliament	London
London Assembly	Enfield and Haringey
	List of places: UK • England • London

Coordinates: 51°35′18″N 0°03′35″W / 51.588333°N 0.059722°W / 51.588333; -0.059722

Tottenham Hale is a district in the London Borough of Haringey. From 1850-1965, it was part of the Municipal Borough of Tottenham, in Middlesex.

[edit] Etymology

It takes its name from the old English word Hale (to hoist or pull), as goods (particularly timber) were unloaded from the river Lee for onward transport by road at this point.

[edit] Character of the area

Tottenham Hale is currently dominated by the station complex and retail park. However, there is a large-scale housing project currently under construction,^[1] and Haringey Council is formulating plans to redevelop the area.^[2]

[edit] Industry

Tottenham Hale is/has been the home of the following companies:

Name	Dates	Notes
Cannon Automative		Makers of rubber car mats etc
Gestetner		It was formerly the location of the Gestetner duplicating machine factory, opened in 1906 and growing to be the largest duplicator manufacturer in the world and employing around 6,000 people until the 1970s.
Eagle Pencils (later Berol)	1910 to the 1990s
Dickinsons Stationery
English Abrasives.
Greater London Council (GLC) Supplies Department		The site of the 29,000m² warehouse of the former Greater London Council which provided a centralised purchasing function for the GLC, the Inner London Education Authority and some of the outer London boroughs.

[edit] Education

For details of education in Tottenham Hale see the London Borough of Haringey article.

[edit] Transport

The area is served by Tottenham Hale station on the Victoria Line and by overground National Express East Anglia services.

[edit] References

[edit] Gallery

The River Lea as it flows through Tottenham Hale.	The Lea passing the Ferry Lane Estate.	The GLS Warehouse at the junction of Ferry Lane and Mill Mead Road, behind Tottenham Hale station. Now demolished, under the Tottenham Hale Master Plan this will be the site of a huge residential, shopping and office complex.	Demolition of the GLS Warehouse.
Heron House, the first of the new buildings to be built under the Tottenham Hale Master Plan. The building is situated on a small island in the River Lea, and contains student housing and a restaurant.