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Wood Green, London N22 , is a place in North London, England, in the London borough of Haringey. Before the reorganisation of local government in Greater London in the 1960s, it was an independent borough. Before urbanisation (principally in the latter half of the 19th century), It was originally part of Tottenham , covered by Woodland called Tottenham Wood ; hence the name of the area, Tottenham Wood Green.Nearest places:
Nearest tube stations:
- Bounds Green ( Piccadilly Line)
- Wood GreenWood Green tube station is a station on the Piccadilly Line in Zone 3, between Turnpike Lane and Bounds Green stations. It was opened 19 September 1932, and like all the northern Piccadilly line stations was designed by Charles Holden. The overland statio (Piccadilly Line)
- Turnpike LaneTurnpike Lane tube station is a station on the Piccadilly Line of the London Underground in Zone 3, between Manor House and Wood Green within the London Borough of Haringey. When opened on September 19, 1932, it was the first Underground Railway Station w (Piccadilly Line)
Nearest railway stations:
- Bowes Park
- Alexandra Palace (formerly known as Wood Green Alexandra Park).
1 Current Affairs
On January 7, 2003, British police announced details of the discovery of traces of the toxin ricinThe protein ricin (pronounced rye-sin is a poison manufactured from the castor bean Ricinus communis . Ricin can be extracted from castor beans and is known to have an average lethal dose of 0. 2 milligrams (1/5,000th of a gram). It is considered to be tw in a flat in Wood Green in the wake of the arrest of 6 terrorist suspects. A massive search for their accomplices followed.
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