The main landmark in this area is the tube station whose post-war bus shelter received a Festival of Britain award in 1951.

The station was originally opened by the Great Eastern Railway in 1903 on the Fairlop Loop, before being transferred to the London Underground in 1947, and partially rebuilt, but the planned complete re-building has been suspended to this day.

Steam services southward to Ilford railway station ceased at this time, the track being lifted by 1956.

They have both been demolished and replaced by blocks of flats, while a new hospital called King George V has been built further east in Little Heath.

Nearby places are Aldborough Hatch, Barkingside, Gants Hill, Goodmayes, Seven Kings and Ilford's town centre.