Hi everyone hoping for some help and advice! Im looking to move to Enfield with my two year old son. I saw a property on Croyland Road is that a good area? I have heard catchment areas for schools are small and some areas are not good. Anyone have any recommendations of where is good and not good in Enfield??
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IamPickleRick ·
22/09/2017 12:02
I always thought that Enfield was the largest borough too - I am sure they told us at school but I checked that fact recently and I don't think we are the biggest anymore.
Enfield town has definitely changed, macdonalds is a no go after school, there are teenagers on bikes smoking weed by tescos, that area behind Starbucks where the old bingo hall was and is now flats... I wouldn't walk down there even in the day. Town looks shabby now with all the closed shops, losing mothercare was a real shame. The annual fireworks are also cancelled because they need additional security these days. I grew up on the Hertford road and it was never "nice" but it is entirely changed. 
IamPickleRick ·
22/09/2017 20:23
Either. My little boy (7) was pushed over in Enfield town by the school kids but I have heard some bad stories about muggings at the A10 one but never seen it myself. I know the car park can be dodgy at weekends but I've not had problems there (although we mainly go in Krispy Kreme!) I make the statements about not getting out of my car in N9 because of the poor little girl who was raped off Galliard Road in Jubilee park , the man who beheaded that lovely Italian lady who ran the cafe in Edmonton green, and the recent spate of stabbings. I wouldn't say it's comparable to most London boroughs, only other London boroughs who also have high crime like Croydon.
You can find a very nice road here or there in EN3 but it's usually surrounded by rough roads. It's very hit and miss. N9 is only nice on the west of the A10.
raisedbyguineapigs ·
22/09/2017 21:35
Yes I have family who live near Croydon and I would agree. I dont know what it is about the slightly outer London boroughs like Enfield and Croydon. I'd rather live in a rough area in an inner London borough than either of those two again sadly . My friend teaches at one of the schools on the A10 and the kids have been banned form the A10 trading estate because so many were being mugged. Shame. We had some good times in Enfield. Both our kids were born there and lots of our friends are there. It used to have a real sense of communiity and that was only 10 or so years ago.
HippyTurtle ·
28/09/2017 08:29
Using an old nc for this. I live in EN3, I wouldn't recommend it for families, sadly. Have called the police more times in the few years living here than in the rest of my life combined, mainly for antisocial behaviour, mass fights in the street, witnessing drug dealing etc. Saw a gang member stashing a large knife across the road from me once. I came home the other night to find some random in the lane behind my house smoking weed. He tried to claim he'd just moved in next door - no he hasn't, I know my neighbours!
That said, I like living here as an adult, I don't feel unsafe walking here even at night. Gangs tend to stab each other not passers-by. I have got to know people through having a dog and walking in the park, and through having an allotment, talking to my neighbours and shopkeepers and I do feel a sense of community, often have people to say hello to when walking down the street etc. It's very multicultural, lots of different languages spoken, lots of different ethnic grocers etc, I like that. I enjoy walking at Forty Hall, I love the gardens at Capel Manor and Myddleton House, we're close enough to big green spaces like Gunpowder Park, Lee Valley and Epping Forest. Getting into central London is reasonable, can generally do it in 45mins-1hr day or night. I'm not a shopper so rarely head into Enfield town, but there is a Champneys City Spa that's not bad 
. We're also very close to M25 for getting away for the weekend etc as well!
But probably wouldn't stay if we have children, sadly.
The other side of the A10 - different story completely. It seems really lovely over there!
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