[8] The latter change transferred an area around Grange Hill and Roding Valley tube stations from Essex to Greater London.

These include Hainault Forest Country Park, with 300 acres of countryside including adventure play areas, cafe and petting zoo; Roding Valley Park, a wildlife sanctuary with a range of flora and fauna and woodland areas; Valentines Park, including Valentines Mansion, ornamental gardens, bowling green and outdoor gym; and Claybury Woods and Park, a conservation area that features an ancient area of oak and hornbeam woodland, meadows and wildlife ponds.

This includes the Redbridge Central Library, in Clements Road, Ilford, which had a major refurbishment in 2012.

The libraries offer a number of services including reading clubs, story time sessions, study areas and learning resources.

[17] In common with the other London boroughs this continues a period of growth; between the 1991 and 2001 censuses the increase was 7.5%[18] with a further rise of 15.3% by 2011.

34% of respondents to the 2011 census stated that they were born outside the UK and 65.5% identified as belonging to an ethnic group other than white British.

[21] In common with many London boroughs, the 2011 census showed notable ethnic and religious population mobility in Redbridge.

Ethnic groups whose proportions fell in Redbridge were White British (-23% of the borough's total), Irish (-0.9%), and Caribbean (-0.6%).

The number of Christians in 2011 residing in Redbridge ranked fourth lowest in England and Wales, and 12 per cent below the London average of 48.4%.

Central line: Hainault Loop (follows the route of the A12 from Wanstead to Newbury Park) Numerous London buses run through and within the borough.

In March 2011, the main forms of transport that residents used to travel to work were: driving a car or van, 23.5% all residents aged 16–74; underground, metro, light rail, tram, 18.4%; train, 6.2%; bus, minibus or coach, 4.6%; on foot, 3.7%; work mainly at or from home, 2.6%; passenger in a car or van, 1.5%.