London Borough of Haringey
London Borough of Haringey | |
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status | London Borough |
region | Greater London |
Administrative headquarters | Wood Green |
surface | 29.59 km² |
Residents | 270,624 |
was standing | 2018 |
ONS code | 00AP |
Website | www.haringey.gov.uk |
The London Borough of Haringey [ ˈhæɹɪŋgeɪ ] is a borough of London . It is in the north of the city. When the Greater London Administrative Region was established in 1965, it emerged from the Municipal Borough of Hornsey , the Municipal Borough of Wood Green and the Municipal Borough of Tottenham in Middlesex .
The population in 2008 was composed of 65.8% white, 7.9% Asian, 17.8% black and 1.6% Chinese.
The most famous sight is the Alexandra Palace . In addition, the Highgate Cemetery with graves of outstanding personalities such as Karl Marx and Michael Faraday is located in the district . Tottenham Hotspur football club plays at White Hart Lane Stadium on High Road . Sister cities are Koblenz (Germany), Arima (Trinidad and Tobago), Clarendon (Jamaica), Larnaka (Cyprus), Livry-Gargan (France) and Sundbyberg (Sweden).
The Wireless Festival takes place here every year.
Districts
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Personalities
- Peter Capaldi (* 1958), actor and director
- Dave Clark (* 1942), musician and music manager
- Lindsay Cooper (1951–2013), bassoon and saxophone player
- Ray Davies (born 1944), rock musician
- Jess Glynne (born 1989), singer
- Gary Green (born 1950), rock musician
- Jack Hawkins (1910–1973), actor
- Mark Hollis (1955–2019), musician and singer
- Emer Kenny (* 1989), actress and screenwriter
- Michael Kiwanuka (* 1987), soul singer
- Lily Loveless (born 1990), actress
- John Lydon (born 1956), punk rocker
- Simon Nicol (born 1950), folk rock musician
- Rodney Nuckey (1929-2000), racing car driver
- Leslie Phillips (born 1924), actor
- Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer (1850-1935), physiologist
- Sonique (* 1968), singer and DJ
- Alvin Stardust (1942-2014), rock musician
Web links
- Haringey Borough Council (district administration)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mid 2018 Estimates of the population for the UK, England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
- ^ ONS mid-2007 Ethnic Group Population Estimates. (PDF, 89 KB) (No longer available online.) Greater London Authority, October 2009, archived from the original on July 19, 2011 ; accessed on May 23, 2011 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 51 ° 35 ′ N , 0 ° 6 ′ W