Crews Hill is an elevated and green-buffered former hamlet grown into a small village-size community on the northern outskirts of London centred 12.3 miles (20 km) north of Charing Cross. It forms part of the London Borough of Enfield and economically has many garden centres and plant nurseries. It is the northernmost settlement in the entire county of Greater London bordering the M25 and the Welwyn Hatfield district of Hertfordshire to the north; it was historically part of the county of Middlesex.
Crews Hill is part of the large Chase ward, which also covers Botany Bay, Clay Hill and Bulls Cross. The 2011 census showed that 77% of the ward's population was white (64% British, 11% Other, 2% Irish). 5% was Black African and 3% Black Caribbean.[4]
On Whitewebbs Lane there is the Whitewebbs Museum of Transport.
Further up the road is Whitewebbs Park. This is a country park and includes the Enfield Municipal Golf Course.
Crews Hill originally had a large area of glasshouse production, to serve the nearby London market with cut flowers, pot plants and vegetables. As this became less economic, these sites transformed into a number of garden centres and retail nurseries. Describing the horticultural output of Crews Hill, journalist Ian Jack wrote: "The greenhouses at Crews Hill ('Britain's horticultural mile') used to supply London with flowers and salads. Then came garden centres. Now there are warehouses filled with flowers, chilled at a permanent 7C, the same temperature that has kept them fresh in the six-hour lorry and rail journey through the tunnel from the auctions in Holland."[5]
^Jack, Ian (16 February 2008). "How roses got caught between the supermarkets and the greens". theguardian.com. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
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^Figures shown are for 2011. Please note the population derived from adding Area: E00007030 (Output Area) and Area: E00007032 (Output Area), the latter of which also includes part of Clay Hill
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Crews Hill.
Crews Hill Residents Association
Crews Hill Guide
Whitewebbs Museum of Transport
January 01, 1970
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