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Physical Features of the District.
The District of Wood Green has an area of 1,625 acres, and is
situated in the County of Middlesex, to the North of London; is
bounded on the North side by the Parish of Southgate, on the
South almost wholly by the Borough of Hornsey, on the East by
the Parish of Tottenham and on the West by Hornsey and Friern
Barnet.
The subsoil consists of various clays with a shallow pocket of
gravel in the Muswell Hill District, beneath which are beds of
London clay. The highest point is the site of the Alexandra Palace
which is 300 ft. above ordnance datum, and the lowest point 56 ft.
above ordnance datum at the junction of the Eastern end of the
District with Tottenham.
The Western portion of the District, known as the Alexandra
Park District, is uneven and hilly and has the highest altitude.
Roughly, the District north of Lordship Lane averages 108 feet
above ordnance datum, and the portion south of that line about
70 feet above ordnance datum.
Open Spaces.