Ilford Central & East

Ilford Central & East sits along the High Road (A118) with a mix of shops, small businesses and civic buildings. The Exchange Ilford shopping centre and a long-running market on Ilford Broadway provide much of the town-centre retail. Ilford station on the Great Eastern Main Line is also served by the Elizabeth line, shortening journeys into central London and changing commuting patterns for local households. Local streets include terraces and mid-20th-century housing, with public services and health centres clustered near the town core.

Civic and cultural life concentrates around Redbridge Town Hall and a community theatre, the Kenneth More Theatre, which hosts local and touring shows. Day-to-day activity includes markets, weekend services and council-run events, alongside places of worship and small cafés that serve nearby workers and residents. Planning and regeneration projects have focused on transport links and high-road frontages, while local groups run festivals and street-level projects that make use of the square outside the station and the pedestrian zones along the Broadway.