[2] The area is mostly residential with a selection of retail outlets, a wide variety of restaurants, pub-restaurants, bars and a hotel.

Green space with historic mansion, Valentines Park, occupies the land between Gants Hill and Ilford.

Gants Hill roundabout and the surrounding area underwent extensive renovation, beginning in June 2009.

The project introduced new signalised pedestrian crossings around the roundabout whilst the Gants Hill subways received new floor tiles and coloured banding on the walls.

[7] Formerly part of the A406, Woodford Avenue has now been renumbered as the A1400 and a new section of the A406 has been built through Redbridge and Ilford to Barking and Beckton.