Local facts

North London has a total population of 1,023,000 and a working age population of 747,600. The North London sub-region covers 59,000 acres. There are 444 schools and North London is home to Middlesex University - one of the UK's largest with 25,000 students and the highest proportion of international students.

There are over 37,000 businesses in North London with 322,000 employee jobs. 83% of North London's workforce have professional or academic qualifications. 53% of North London residents work in the region and 42% work in other parts of London (of those, 53% commute to Central London).

There are 27 underground stations and 40 mainline stations. North London has key orbital road connections via the M25 and A406 North Circular and key radial routes via the M1, A1(M), A10 and M11. Stansted, Heathrow, Luton and City Airports are all within an hours journey.

Amazing local facts - beware, some are anecdotal!

The vacuum flask was invented by Sir James Dewar at factories in Ponders End
The Lee Enfield rifle as used in both World Wars was manufactured at the RSAF, Enfield Lock
Sir Joseph William Bazalgette, designer of London's sewerage system, was born at Clay Hill, Enfield
Barclays Bank installed the first cash machine at its branch in Enfield Town on 27 June 1967
Pop music group East 17 came from Walthamstow
Teddy Sheringham used to go to school at Monoux, Walthamstow
Enfield is the location of London's only flour mill, G. R. Wright & Sons Ltd at Ponders End
Walthamstow has the longest market in Europe at almost a mile long
David Beckham was born in Whipps Cross Hospital and grew up in Waltham Forest
Brent Cross was the first large scale covered shopping centre in the UK, opening in Barnet in 1976
There are 21 species of dragon fly in the Lee Valley Park
North London's nearest airport, Stansted, began life in 1942 as a USAAF bomber base
Walthamstow bus station is London's third busiest with 2500 buses stopping through each day - which is 6.8 million passenger trips a year
David Jason, Bruce Forsyth and Paul McKenn were all born in Enfield
During the First World War Alexandra Palace was used to house thousands of German Prisoners of War
The River Lea has been spelt Lea, Lee and Ley
In the 1930's the Lea Valley had the world's largest concentration of glasshouses
The world's first thermionic valve, a diode, was invented in North London
On Saturday 2 November 1936 at precisely 3pm, the world's first public service broadcast was transmitted from Alexandra Palace
On 15 January 1923 the first one way telephone call from Amercia took place, being received in Southgate
Tank Flails were manufactured in Walthomstow for use in the North African desert in WW2
Signals were transmitted from the Alexandra Palace mast in WW2 to jam German navigational signals
Rod Stewart was was born in Highgate in January 1945
Cannon Rubber's Tottenham factory manufacture over 10 million car mats each year
Cricklewood was once home to Stoll Picture Productions and the largest film studio in Britain
British Library Newspapers - the only large integrated national newspaper service in the world is based in Colindale, North London
The first store opened by Jack Cohen, founder of Tesco, was in Edgware, North London
Around 20 million people visit the Brent Cross Shopping Centre each year
The Bentley sports cars that won Le Mans in 1927, 1928, 1929 and 1930 were built in Oxgate Lane, Cricklewood
Lotus Cars, built by Colin Chapman were first made in Park Road, Wood Green and subsequently in Tottenham Lane, Hornsey
The Phoenix Cinema in Barnet is believed to be the oldest serving cinema in the UK
Lord Sainsbury opened Enfield's first specialist school in March 2005, Southgate School, now with specialist science status
Enfield, EN1, was among the eight most ideal postcodes to settle in the capital according to a survey by Yellow Pages
91% of businesses in Enfield are profit making - the highest ratio out of all towns in the UK