Administrative Boundary of Haringey

About Haringey

Haringey is a London borough in north London, England. Covering approximately 30 square kilometres stretching from Highgate in the west to Tottenham in the east, Haringey had a population of approximately 280,000 at the 2021 Census. The borough is bisected by a sharp socioeconomic gradient — the affluent western hills (Highgate, Crouch End, Muswell Hill) contrast dramatically with the more deprived east (Tottenham, Wood Green, Noel Park) — and this contrast has shaped the borough's politics and identity for generations. Haringey is home to Tottenham Hotspur FC's modern stadium, Alexandra Palace (the birthplace of public television), and one of the largest Turkish and Kurdish communities in Britain. Alexandra Palace and the Birth of Television Alexandra Palace, on the summit of a hill in the west of the borough commanding views across all of north London, was opened in 1873 as "the People's Palace" — a vast Victorian entertainment venue offering concerts, exhibitions, horticultural shows, and recreation to north Londoners. But the Palace's most significant moment came on 2 November 1936, when the BBC made its first regular public television broadcasts from transmitters on the palace roof, inaugurating what became the world's first public television service. The Alexandra Palace transmitter continued to broadcast BBC television until 1981 and is still in active use for digital broadcasts. The Palace itself — burned down and rebuilt twice — was extensively restored after a major fire in 1980 and continues to operate as a major events venue, ice rink, and park, with a permanent exhibition in the original 1936 television studio. Tottenham Hotspur FC Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, founded in 1882 as a youth team in the Tottenham area of the borough, is one of the most successful clubs in English football history and a major global sporting brand. Spurs won back-to-back First Division championships in 1951 and 1961, becoming the first club in the 20th century to win the League and FA Cup double (1961); they have won the FA Cup eight times and were the first British club to win a European trophy (the Cup Winners' Cup, 1963). The new Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, opened in April 2019 to replace the demolished White Hart Lane, holds 62,850 spectators and is one of the most technologically sophisticated and architecturally impressive sports venues in the world, incorporating a retractable natural-grass pitch, a dedicated NFL pitch below, and a rooftop experience attraction. Green Lanes and the Turkish Community Green Lanes, running through the heart of Haringey, is the main artery of one of the largest Turkish and Turkish-Cypriot communities in Britain. The Turkish community began settling in Haringey from the 1960s onwards, with further waves of migration from Cyprus (following the 1974 Turkish invasion) and later from mainland Turkey and Kurdish regions. The stretch of Green Lanes through Harringay and Turnpike Lane is lined with Turkish restaurants, bakeries, patisseries, supermarkets, and social clubs, and is the commercial and social heart of a community of several hundred thousand Turkish speakers in north and east London. Population and Demographics The 2021 Census recorded approximately 280,000 residents. Haringey is highly diverse: approximately 51% White (including large White Other communities), 18% Black, 12% Asian, and 10% mixed or other, with significant Turkish, Greek-Cypriot, West African, and Latin American communities. GIS and Boundary Data The administrative boundary of Haringey London Borough is available for free download in GeoJSON and KML formats, sourced from the ONS Open Geography Portal (Crown copyright 2024). Compatible with QGIS, ArcGIS, Mapbox, and Google Earth, the dataset supports television heritage mapping, football stadium geography, Turkish community research, Victorian entertainment heritage, and demographic analysis across the Haringey local authority area.

📍 Administrative boundary of Haringey county