With the stunning Girling Reservoir and the Lee Valley to its east, and the suburban Fore Street, to its west, this neighbourhood incorporates the districts of Edmonton Green and Lower Edmonton. While the reservoir and surrounding industrial sites take up much of the area, there is a high density of post-war ex-council properties and towering blocks of flats, which house the incredibly multicultural, predominantly working class population.

The run down but lively main road of Fore Street leads up to the newly renovated Edmonton Green Shopping Centre and Edmonton Green station, one of many nearby stations which take commuters quickly down to Liverpool Street. Despite the postwar industrial regeneration of the area, there is a surprising amount of green space, including the Montagu Recreation Ground and the Lee Valley Leisure Complex, which boasts an 18-hole golf course amongst other elite sporting facilities, as well as nearby Pymmes Park, which dates back to the 1300s. This abundance of green space, as well as the numerous nearby schools and low rental prices, makes the area very popular with young families, and the many cultural and religious activity centres foster a tangible sense of community.

Named after its owner Eadhelm, the area was once a small farmstead on the side of the Roman highway, Ermine Street, which took travellers from London to York. The area remained predominantly rural until the 18th century when Lower Edmonton became the administrative and spiritual centre of the parish, and Edmonton Green developed as a popular shopping destination alongside the introduction of the railways. The area began to attract a great deal of manufacturing works, including those which produced the Lee rifle and solid-state colour TVs. Work on the William Girling Reservoir, part of the Lee Valley Reservoir Chain began in the 1930s, finishing in 1951 after major delays due to the Second World War. In the 1960s, the Enfield council was formed, which demolished a great deal of the Victorian housing, replacing it with the Edmonton Green Shopping Centre, as well as a great deal of municipal housing to accommodate the growing population. In the early 2000s, a huge £120 million project was undertaken which provided 750 new and 650 refurbished homes for the community, as well as numerous amenities. Despite this, the area remains the most deprived part of Enfield, with the highest proportion of council housing in the UK and high levels of unemployment, spurred by the closing down of much of the area’s industry.

The famous social scientist and market research expert, Mark Abrams (1906-1994), was born at 57 Balfour Road to Jewish parents who had emigrated from Lithuania and Latvia in London in the 1890s. He conducted many large scale surveys into consumer behaviour and established the ABC1 System of social classification in Britain, before helping Sigmund Freud make his move to England. During the Second World War, he researched the impact of bombing on civilian morale and even commissioned covert psychological analysis into the mind of Adolf Hitler.

The Lee Valley Leisure Complex is a huge sports centre specialising in athletics which was the training location of many British athletes in the run up to the 2012 Olympics. Gold medalists Greg Rutherford and Jonnie Peackock both called the venue home while they embarked on their journeys to greatness.

Looking forward, Enfield Council has developed an action plan for the Edmonton Green area. The projects outlined in the plan include the development of a community pavilion located just outside the station; the establishment of a dedicated community hub located within the library and an inquest into the feasibility of long-term development of the railway arches. The council plan also mentions the potential for the regeneration of Edmonton Green Shopping Centre. Plans for this project were confirmed in 2021 after Crosstree Real Estate Partners, which bought the site for £72 million in 2018, won permission to build towers up to 30 storeys high. This huge scheme will see the existing 1960s-era shopping malls knocked down and replaced by up to 1,438 new homes, alongside new commercial space. The area will also benefit from the upcoming Crossrail 2 rail line, which will run from South West London to the North East of the city. Stopping at nearby Angel Road and Ponders End Stations means that Edmonton will see increased interest in the future. However, current projections estimate that these plans will not come to fruition until the 2030s.