Romford is is Greater London, Essex and the administrative headquarters of the London Borough of Havering. It’s one of the major metropolitan centres identified in the London Plan. It was historically a market town in the county of Essex and formed the administrative centre of the liberty of Havering, until it was dissolved in 1892. Good road links and the opening of the railway station in 1839 were key to the development of the town and the economic history of Romford is underpinned by a shift from agriculture to light industry and more recently to retail and commerce. As part of the suburban growth of London in the 20th century, Romford significantly expanded and increased in population, becoming a municipal borough in 1937 and has formed part of Greater London since 1965. It now forms one of the largest commercial, retail, entertainment and leisure districts outside central London and has a developed night time economy.
We have a rich and varied range of pubs and clubs in the area, if you’re looking for somewhere in Romford, Gidea Park, Hornchurch, Upminster, Collier or out of the area then we’re sure you will find a venue to suit your requirements. If your pub, club or bar isn’t listed please remember to let us know using the form at the bottom of this page and we will publish the details.
The town is served by Romford railway station on the Great Eastern Main Line in London fare zone 6. Trains calling at the station are operated by Abellio Greater Anglia and form the high-frequency Liverpool Street-Shenfield local service. Some Southend Victoria and Colchester Town services also call at the station. A branch line shuttle on the Romford to Upminster Line connects Romford to Upminster. Romford is a hub of the London Buses network with services to Canning Town, Stratford, Leytonstone and Dagenham as well as feeder services from the large housing developments at Collier Row and Harold Hill.
There are night bus services to Stratford, Harold Hill and Paddington. Romford town centre has a very high Public Transport Accessibility Level score of 6. The trunk A12 road passes to the north of Romford while the A118 road from Stratford connects with it at Gallows Corner at the start of the A127 road to Southend. It is planned that the Liverpool Street-Shenfield service will be replaced by Crossrail in 2018 and there is a proposal that Romford will be served by a future extension of the East London Transit.
Mass entertainment facilities in the town include the Brookside Theatre, Romford Greyhound Stadium, one of the few remaining dog racing tracks in London; a 16-screen multiplex cinema; and until April 2013 Romford Ice Arena, which was home to the local Romford Raiders ice hockey team. The Dolphin Centre was a popular swimming and leisure facility located in the town from 1982 to 1995, but the site was redeveloped into the current Axis residential tower block and Asda supermarket in the mid-2000s. There is also a Romford F.C. associated with the town. The town is strongly associated with the electronic music group Underworld.
In Romford you will find 400 great shops, restaurants, cafés across the town in four shopping centres, along with an outdoor traditional market dating back to the 60’s