Chase & Crews Hill

Enfield Chase and Crews Hill sit on the northern edge of the borough of Enfield. The Chase recalls a former royal hunting ground and its name survives in local street names such as Chase Side. Crews Hill has a long association with horticulture: a tight cluster of nursery yards, glasshouses and garden centres line roads off the Great Cambridge Road (A10), supplying plants to local and national trade. Crews Hill railway station on the Hertford Loop Line gives the area a direct rail link to central London and Hertford, and trains bring workers and customers through the same platform used by local freight movements.

The area mixes parcels of green space, commercial nurseries and low-density housing, with small industrial units serving the horticultural supply chain. Local planning often reflects the need to balance greenhouse operations and transport access. On street maps you can pick out long rows of polytunnels and glass roofs set behind service yards, a pattern that marks Crews Hill on aerial views and from the A10.