Fortis Green

Fortis Green
Church Vale corner looking along Creighton Avenue
Fortis Green is located in Greater London
Fortis Green
Fortis Green
Location within Greater London
Population12,488 (2011 Census. Ward)[1]
London borough
Ceremonial countyGreater London
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLONDON
Postcode districtN2, N6, N10
Dialling code020
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51°35′24″N 0°09′43″W / 51.590°N 0.162°W / 51.590; -0.162
A map showing Fortis Green ward

Fortis Green is a ward in the extreme northwestern corner of the Borough of Haringey, north London. It is also the name of the road that runs between Muswell Hill and East Finchley which forms part of the A504.

The ward lies between Colney Hatch to the north, Muswell Hill to the east, Highgate to the south and East Finchley to the west. It is a mostly residential area, although it also once contained two large hospitals: Coppets Wood Hospital to the north, which was the Infectious and Tropical Diseases Unit of the Royal Free Hospital NHS Trust, and St Lukes Woodside Hospital to the south. Both of these hospitals are now closed.

Fortis Green in 1973, looking west towards East Finchley

Fortis Green ward has a population of about 12,000 and is generally a middle-class area, with a higher proportion of skilled and highly qualified employees than the borough average (40.7% as compared with 26.3% are in social grade AB). More than half of the 16- to 74-year-olds in Fortis Green are qualified to degree level or higher, and employment levels are very high. About 85% of the population is White, higher than the borough average of about 65%. Of housing stock, 47.2% is in houses and 52.8% is in flats.

Fortis Green Road and Muswell Hill Broadway are the main shopping thoroughfares and the parish church is dedicated to St James. The nearest tube stations are at East Finchley and Highgate.

  1. ^ "Haringey Ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 23 October 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.