Wood Green
Wood Green is a district of the London Borough of Haringey (N22), served by the Piccadilly line in Zone 3, with Alexandra Palace and Park on its western edge.
Area guide
Living in Wood Green
Wood Green is in the west of the London Borough of Haringey and covers the N22 postcode district, with Alexandra Palace and its park on its western edge. The council's conservation area appraisal traces the name to a Saxon word for a clearing in Tottenham Wood, with the earliest written reference dating from 1254. It stayed a small rural settlement until the Great Northern Railway opened through the area in 1850. Alexandra Palace, now Grade II listed, opened in 1873 and was rebuilt after a fire in 1875.
Most housing is Victorian and Edwardian terracing. The Noel Park estate was built between about 1881 and 1913 by the Artizans, Labourers and General Dwellings Company and has roughly 2,000 terraced houses on a grid of tree-lined streets; it has been a conservation area since 1982. The Wood Green Common conservation area is made up of late Victorian and Edwardian terraced streets laid out around Wood Green Common and Avenue Gardens, mostly between 1896 and 1913, with two and three storey houses.
Wood Green station is on the Piccadilly line in Zone 3. Trains run north to Cockfosters and south through King's Cross St Pancras, Leicester Square and Piccadilly Circus towards Heathrow, with Turnpike Lane the next station south and Bounds Green the next north. Alexandra Palace station, beside Wood Green Common, is served by Great Northern and Thameslink trains. Council tax is set by Haringey Council.
Transport
Getting around Wood Green
The Piccadilly line runs from Wood Green through Turnpike Lane to King's Cross St Pancras and central London, and north to Cockfosters. Alexandra Palace station has Great Northern and Thameslink services.
Wood Green
Piccadilly · Zone 3
Piccadilly line between Cockfosters and Heathrow/Uxbridge
Turnpike Lane
Piccadilly · Zone 3
On the southern edge of Wood Green
Bounds Green
Piccadilly · Zone 3+4
On the northern edge of Wood Green; TfL lists it in Zones 3 and 4
Alexandra Palace
Great Northern, Thameslink · Zone 3
National Rail station on the western side of Wood Green Common; station managed by Great Northern
Parks, shops and schools
What Wood Green has nearby
Parks and green space
- Alexandra Park and Palace (opens in a new tab)196 acres of parkland run by the Alexandra Park and Palace Charitable Trust
- Wood Green Common (opens in a new tab)Council-run common with formal Barratt Gardens, within a five-minute walk of Wood Green station
- Ducketts Common (opens in a new tab)Park opposite Turnpike Lane station with a wildflower meadow
- Chapmans Green (opens in a new tab)Park with tennis courts and a mock-Tudor pavilion
High street and shopping
Wood Green's retail centre lies along High Road, just east of the Wood Green Common conservation area, and Station Road links it to Alexandra Palace station and Wood Green Common.
- High Road
- Station Road
- Noel Park shopping parades on Vincent Road and Salisbury Road
Schools
State-funded schools here are administered by Haringey Council as the local education authority. Use the council's admissions pages and the official GOV.UK and Ofsted tools below to check individual schools, admission rules and current inspection reports.
A little history
The council's conservation area appraisals trace Wood Green to a Saxon forest clearing first recorded in 1254, which stayed a small rural settlement until the Great Northern Railway opened in 1850. The Noel Park estate followed between about 1881 and 1913, and Alexandra Palace opened in 1873.
Local favourites
Worth knowing in Wood Green
Roads and pockets
- Gladstone Avenue — the widest street on the Noel Park estate, where numbers 105 to 221 (odd) have projecting gables in green or grey glazed brick, according to the council's conservation area appraisal
- Morley Avenue — long unbroken Noel Park terraces with a mature tree called "the friendship tree" in the appraisal as a focal point, per the council appraisal
- Vincent Road and Salisbury Road — wider streets on the Noel Park estate with short shopping parades at their northern ends and the estate's second-largest house type
- Dorset Road — runs down to Avenue Gardens in the Wood Green Common conservation area, with a locally listed Victorian cottage terrace at numbers 2 to 24 (even)
- St Michael's Terrace — Victorian terraces that form the tree-lined northern edge of Avenue Gardens, per the Wood Green Common conservation area appraisal
Places worth a visit
- Alexandra Palace and Park — Grade II listed Victorian palace set in 196 acres of parkland, run by a charitable trust and opened to the public in 1873
- Wood Green Common and Barratt Gardens — council-run common with formal gardens and a wisteria-covered pergola, a short walk from Wood Green station
- Ducketts Common — park opposite Turnpike Lane station with a wildflower meadow of more than 30 native species planted by volunteers
- Chapmans Green — small park with a mock-Tudor pavilion; the council traces references to the green back to 1619
- Noel Park estate — planned Victorian and Edwardian conservation area of about 2,000 terraced houses, with its own council appraisal and management plan
Compiled from public sources such as council guidance and local history records, and reviewed October 2026. These are not recommendations or valuations.
Property market
Property prices in Wood Green
Median sold price
£584,750
232 sales in the 12 months to July 2026
| Property type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Terraced | £660,000 | 127 |
| Flats & maisonettes | £450,000 | 99 |
Based on completed sales registered at postcodes in N22, which only approximate the area's boundaries and include sales we did not handle. Standard (category A) residential sales for value only: the Land Registry’s category B, which includes repossessions, buy-to-lets identified by a mortgage and sales to non-private individuals, is not counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Questions
Wood Green: common questions
Quick answers about living in and moving to Wood Green.
Which council covers Wood Green and who sets council tax?
Wood Green is in the London Borough of Haringey, so Haringey Council sets and collects council tax. The band for a specific property is found through the council's council tax pages.
Which tube station serves Wood Green and what zone is it in?
Wood Green station is on the Piccadilly line in Zone 3. Turnpike Lane is the next station south and Bounds Green the next north, which TfL lists in Zones 3 and 4. Alexandra Palace station, on the western side of the Common, is a National Rail station in Zone 3 with Great Northern and Thameslink services.
Which postcode district is Wood Green in?
Wood Green is mainly N22. Neighbouring parts of Turnpike Lane and West Green fall in N15 and N8, and Bounds Green stretches into N11.
Which parks are in or near Wood Green?
Wood Green Common and Ducketts Common are council parks in the area, and Chapmans Green is a smaller park in N22. Alexandra Park and Palace, a 196-acre park run by a charitable trust, is on Wood Green's western edge.
How do you get from Wood Green to central London?
The Piccadilly line runs from Wood Green through King's Cross St Pancras, Russell Square, Holborn, Covent Garden, Leicester Square, Piccadilly Circus and Green Park. Check TfL's journey planner for current times and any planned engineering works.
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