Elm Park Guide

Elm Park has earned itself a notorious reputation thanks to reports of football hooliganism and being home to the pub where BNP members meet. The East London area was developed in the late 1930s to accommodate working class residents who suffered from overcrowding in the city’s slums. Since much of the local industry went into decline (including the closure of Dagenham’s Ford plant) Elm Park’s unemployment and crime figures have risen considerably, there are boarded up shops on the high street and there is very little for young people to do. Attempts are being made at regeneration however, with one example being the construction of a new, energy-efficient library, the first of its kind in London.

Which borough is Elm Park in?
Elm Park is in the borough of Havering

The following blog entries from the All In London blogs channel contain references to Elm Park.