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WHERE DOES CRANHAM START AND FINISH?

Local resident, Mr Walsh of Brookmans Close, has lived in the area for over 25 years and recently wrote asking: ‘I've never quite understood where the boundary exists between Cranham and Upminster?’

‘How is it determined, what streets are the boundary and where does Cranham become Upminster and vice-versa? I believe Wantz Bridge may be one boundary, but is Avon Road and the Rivers Estate part of Cranham or is it Upminster? Where does Ingrebourne Gardens leave Cranham and become Upminster? Is there any legal determination (such as local council definitions) of where Cranham starts and finishes to support the answer?’

The following is my response, which I hope readers will find informative.

The ward boundaries in Havering were last changed in May 2002 when 25 wards were reduced to 18. As a result, the Cranham ward is defined by the following boundaries:

Starting in the North: Top of Folkes Lane including Folkes Lane Woodland.

To the West: Then down along the line bounding the M25 which incorporates junction 29.

To the South: Turning left at the junction of the railway line and the M25, which then cuts across Franks Wood. The boundary then cuts across the centre of the railway bridge in Front Lane and continues on past Upminster Station incorporating the whole of the Dury Falls estate up to Wingletye Lane.

To the East: Then follows a line around the Dury Falls estate and cuts back into the line of the River Ingrebourne, which takes in Upminster Golf Course and all the properties on and off Hall Lane. The boundary then ends along the line of the A127 Southend Arterial Road, back at Folkes Lane.

An easy way to remember the Cranham/Upminster border is if you turn right out of the station it is Cranham, if you turn left it is Upminster.

Cllr Clarence Barrett

4.10.07