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{{short description|Fictional borough of East London from EastEnders}}
{{About|the fictional London borough|real places called Walford|Walford (disambiguation)}}
{{Distinguish|Watford}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2020}}
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{{Infobox fictional location
| name       = Walford
| image      = Bridge Street Cafe.jpg
| imagesize  = 250px
| caption    = Bridge Street Café before its refurbishment in 2009
| source     = [[EastEnders]]
| creator    = [[Tony Holland]] and [[Julia Smith (producer)|Julia Smith]]
| genre      = Soap opera
| type       = [[London borough]]
| locations  = [[The Queen Victoria]]
| people     = [[List of EastEnders characters|''EastEnders'' characters]]
}}
'''Walford''' is a fictional [[London boroughs|borough]] of [[East London]] in the [[BBC]] [[soap opera]] ''[[EastEnders]]''. It is the primary setting for the soap. ''EastEnders'' is filmed at [[Borehamwood]] in [[Hertfordshire]], towards the north-west of [[London]]. Much of the location work is filmed in nearby [[Watford]], which was chosen for many of the exterior scenes due to its close proximity and the town's name being so similar to Walford. Thus, any stray road signs or advertising boards which are accidentally filmed in the back of shots will appear to read Walford. Locations used in Watford include most interior and exterior church scenes of various churches, the snooker club, the County Court and Magistrates' Courts courtrooms, and the cemetery (where most of the deceased characters are interred).

The name Walford is both a street in [[Dalston]] where one of the series' creators, [[Tony Holland]], lived and a [[Blend word|blend]] of [[Walthamstow]], where Holland was born, and [[Stratford, London|Stratford]].{{sfn|Smith|2005|pp=}} The [[suffix]] '-ford' is found throughout Britain (for example, [[Bradford]], [[Guildford]] and [[Telford]]); it just means the first place you can cross a river.<ref>{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070405114814/http://www.bbc.co.uk/eastenders/haveyoursay/yourquestions/yourq_content/yourq_street_names.shtml |archivedate=5 April 2007|publisher=BBC|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/eastenders/haveyoursay/yourquestions/yourq_content/yourq_street_names.shtml|title=BBC - EastEnders - Have your Say - Your Questions - }}</ref> Walford's [[London postcode district]] is [[EastEnders#Setting|E20]] (real East London postcode districts only went up to E18<ref>{{cite web|title=London Postcodes|url=https://www.spareroom.co.uk/content/info-flatsharing/london-postcodes|publisher=Flatshare Ltd|access-date=5 May 2017|archive-date=5 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161205000354/http://www.spareroom.co.uk/content/info-flatsharing/london-postcodes|url-status=live}}</ref> until 2011, when E20 was introduced to serve the [[London 2012]] Olympic Park).<ref>{{cite web|title=ROYAL MAIL INTRODUCES NEW E20 POSTCODE FOR THE OLYMPIC PARK|url=http://www.londonlegacy.co.uk/royal-mail-introduces-new-e20-postcode-for-the-olympic-park/|publisher=[[London Legacy Development Corporation]]|access-date=5 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131106060433/http://www.londonlegacy.co.uk/royal-mail-introduces-new-e20-postcode-for-the-olympic-park/|date=18 March 2011|archive-date=6 November 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Walford's fictional [[tube station]], Walford East, is located on the ''EastEnders'' [[tube map]] in the position normally occupied by the real [[Bromley-by-Bow tube station]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://underground-history.co.uk/walford.php|title=Underground EastEnders|publisher=Underground History|access-date=4 November 2009|archive-date=1 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150501102125/http://underground-history.co.uk/walford.php|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080103194551/http://www.bbc.co.uk/eastenders/places/index.shtml Eastenders Website]</ref> As part of the 2010 ''[[Children In Need]]'' charity appeal, Walford became twinned with [[Weatherfield]] in a special programme uniting the two soaps ''EastEnders'' and ''[[Coronation Street]]'' called "[[East Street (Children in Need)|East Street]]".

==Locations within Walford==

===Albert Square===
{{Redirect|Albert Square|other uses|Albert Square (disambiguation)}}
The main setting of ''EastEnders'' is Albert Square, where many of the characters reside. Central to the Square is the garden. The garden is home to [[Arthur Fowler]]'s ([[Bill Treacher]]) bench, which was placed there in memory of him. The bench is also known as the 'Bench of Tears', as it is often the place where characters will go and cry. One corner of the square is taken up by [[The Queen Victoria]] Public House.<ref name="Welcome to Albert Square"/> There is a B&B and a car lot.<ref name="Welcome to Albert Square">{{cite journal|date=12–18 July 2014|title=Welcome to Albert Square|journal=[[Inside Soap]]}}</ref> The square's design was based on [[Fassett Square]] in [[Dalston]],<ref name="eehistory">{{cite web|url=http://www.hackney.gov.uk/xp-factsandfigures-placesfaces.htm|title=Interesting Places and Famous Faces|publisher=Hackney Borough Council|access-date=13 December 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304201727/http://www.hackney.gov.uk/xp-factsandfigures-placesfaces.htm#.WMSKuNKLSpo|archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref> and was given the name Albert Square after [[Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha|Prince Albert]]. The Queen Victoria was also given its name due to this.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/eastenders/haveyoursay/yourquestions/yourq_content/yourq_queen_vic.shtml |title= What's the history of the Queen Vic? |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061220221434/http://www.bbc.co.uk/eastenders/haveyoursay/yourquestions/yourq_content/yourq_queen_vic.shtml |archive-date=20 December 2006|publisher=BBC}}</ref> [[The Queen Victoria]] public house, known to residents as the Queen Vic or simply 'The Vic', stands south of the square at number 46 Albert Square, where it joins with Bridge Street. East of the pub is a building with 2 flats and west of these in the southwest corner leads off to a walkway through to Turpin Way, on which the Walford Community Centre and Playground are found.<ref name="Welcome to Albert Square"/> To the west of the Queen Vic, across the junction with Bridge Street, is the [[Beale family|Beale]] house, 45 Albert Square. Next to that is 43 Albert Square. In the southwest corner of the square is number 41.<ref name="Welcome to Albert Square"/> Between numbers 41 and 43 is Daisy Lane, a pathway connecting Albert Square to Victoria Square. Daisy Lane was named after the daughter of Series Designer Steven Keogh.<ref name="place name">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/eastenders/haveyoursay/yourquestions/yourq_content/yourq_street_names.shtml |title= How was the name Walford chosen?|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070405114814/http://www.bbc.co.uk/eastenders/haveyoursay/yourquestions/yourq_content/yourq_street_names.shtml |archive-date=5 April 2007|publisher=BBC}}</ref>  On the west edge of The Square there are two houses 18 and 20 Albert Square, which have been knocked through as a single property and then later separated again. It was previously Walford's B&B, 'Kim's Palace'. North of the old B&B is the rear of 55 Victoria Road. A row of five terraced houses line the north edge of Albert Square. The westernmost house is number 31. The property next door is split into two flats. Number 25 is the former home of [[Dot Cotton]] ([[June Brown]]). The easternmost property in the terrace is number 23, which was destroyed in September 2014 by a fire.<ref name="Welcome to Albert Square"/><ref>{{cite web|last1=Kilkelly|first1=Daniel|title=EastEnders reveals dramatic September storylines|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s2/eastenders/news/a594716/eastenders-reveals-dramatic-september-storylines.html|website=Digital Spy|date=4 September 2014|access-date=21 September 2014|archive-date=8 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140908023134/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s2/eastenders/news/a594716/eastenders-reveals-dramatic-september-storylines.html|url-status=live}}</ref> On the northeast edge of Albert Square is a small car dealership, south of which is another terrace of three elevated properties. The northernmost house is number 5. A road leads north at the square's northeast edge, passing by the car lot. The middle house is at 3 Albert Square. Most southerly of this terrace is number 1,<ref name="Welcome to Albert Square"/> originally flats with the doctor's surgery on the ground floor, which later became a single house.

===Bridge Street===
[[File:Fruit and veg stall EastEnders.jpg|thumb|right|The fruit and veg stall from Bridge Street Market]]
Bridge Street is the location of the [[street market]] and shops including the café, launderette, and mini-supermarket. The café is originally named Al's Cafe and owned by [[Ali Osman]] ([[Nejdet Salih]]) and [[Sue Osman]] ([[Sandy Ratcliff]]), where they also operate the taxi firm OzCabs.<ref name="cafe">{{cite news|title=Kathy's Café: Back where it belongs|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/webarchive/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fblogs%2Feastenders%2Fentries%2Fee57d701-a8e2-4ad7-8751-0892c77c3270|access-date=23 February 2018|work=[[BBC Online]]|date=6 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108235133/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/eastenders/entries/ee57d701-a8e2-4ad7-8751-0892c77c3270|archive-date=8 November 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> When Ali develops a gambling addiction, he is forced to sell the café to [[Ian Beale]] ([[Adam Woodyatt]]), who manages it with his wife, [[Cindy Beale]] ([[Michelle Collins]]), until he sells the business to his mother, [[Kathy Beale]] ([[Gillian Taylforth]]).<ref name="cafe"/> Ian buys the café back following the birth of Kathy's son, [[Ben Mitchell (EastEnders)|Ben Mitchell]] (Matthew Silver), although loses the business when he becomes bankrupt years later.<ref name="cafe"/> [[Phil Mitchell]] ([[Steve McFadden]]) buys the property and employs [[Laura Beale]] ([[Hannah Waterman]]), the estranged wife of Ian, to manage it. She renames the property to Laura's Café.<ref name="cafe"/> Laura dies and Phil is falsely imprisoned so when Phil signs the café to his sister, [[Sam Mitchell (EastEnders)|Sam Mitchell]] ([[Kim Medcalf]]), she naïvely sells the business back to Ian.<ref name="cafe"/> Ian manages the café with his wife [[Jane Beale]] ([[Laurie Brett]]) until they divorce and Jane wins the business in the divorce settlement. Jane sells the café to Phil and he lets his partner, [[Shirley Carter]] ([[Linda Henry]]), manage it. She names the property Shirley's Cafe.<ref name="cafe"/> Phil sells the business to Ian, and he renames the café to Mandy's Café. When Ian has a nervous breakdown and leaves, his daughter [[Lucy Beale]] ([[Hetti Bywater]]) takes control of his businesses, calling the cafe Cindy's Café. Upon his return, Ian regains ownership of the café and when she returns to Walford, Jane manages it.<ref name="cafe"/> A few years later, Kathy returns and when she begins managing the café, Ian renames it to Kathy's Café.<ref name="cafe"/> A year later, Ian sells the property to Weyland & Co, a property development company, which upsets Kathy.<ref>{{Cite episode|title=Episode dated 05/12/2017|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09j2sb4|series=EastEnders|series-link=EastEnders|credits=Executive Consultant: [[John Yorke (producer)|John Yorke]]; Director: Steve Finn; Writer: [[Rob Gittins]]|network=[[BBC]]|station=[[BBC One]]|airdate=5 December 2017}}</ref> Weeks later, [[Fi Browning]] ([[Lisa Faulkner]]), a business consultant for the company, gifts the café to Kathy after discovering that her father, [[James Willmott-Brown]] ([[William Boyde]]) raped Kathy.<ref>{{Cite episode|title=Episode dated 28/12/2017 (part 2/2)|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09l8gw1|series=EastEnders|series-link=EastEnders|credits=Executive Consultant: [[John Yorke (producer)|John Yorke]]; Director: Lance Kneeshaw; Writer: Carey Andrews|network=[[BBC]]|station=[[BBC One]]|airdate=28 December 2017}}</ref>

The launderette is owned by [[List of EastEnders characters (1985)#Mr Papadopolous|Mr Papadopolous]] until his death in 1992; the business passes to his son, [[Andonis Papadopolous]] and in 2016, it is passed to Andonis's son, [[Apostolos Papadopolous]]. Apostolos sells the launderette to Phil Mitchell and [[Kat Slater]] ([[Jessie Wallace]]) in 2021, and Kat also sets up a taxi company called “Kat’s Cabs” in the backroom.

===Turpin Road===
[[File:R&R (EastEnders).jpg|thumb|left|The exterior of the R&R nightclub as it looked in 2009]]
Turpin Road is the location of a war memorial, bookmaker, chip shop, funeral parlour, restaurant and an upmarket bar as well as several other businesses.<ref name="Welcome to Albert Square"/> The name Turpin Road was chosen after the show's creator read that the East End was the haunt of notorious highwaymen, such as [[Dick Turpin]].<ref name="place name" />

The nightclub on Turpin Road is originally named Strokes Wine Bar until [[George Palmer (EastEnders)|George Palmer]] ([[Paul Moriarty (actor)|Paul Moriarty]]) buys it and renames it "The Cobra Club". He uses the club as a cover for his criminal business.<ref name="club">{{cite journal|title=Club classics!|journal=[[Inside Soap]]|date=24 February - 2 March 2018|volume=2018|issue=8|pages=52–53}}</ref> [[Annie Palmer (EastEnders)|Annie Palmer]] ([[Nadia Sawalha]]), George's daughter, takes over the control of the club when he leaves; she renames the club "The Market Cellar". Annie later sells the club to [[Steve Owen (EastEnders)|Steve Owen]] ([[Martin Kemp]]), who renames it "e20".<ref name="club"/> In 1999, under Steve's ownership, [[Saskia Duncan]] (Deborah Sheridan-Taylor) is killed in the club after a struggle with Steve and [[Matthew Rose (EastEnders)|Matthew Rose]] ([[Joe Absolom]]).<ref name="club"/> [[Beppe di Marco]] ([[Michael Greco (actor)|Michael Greco]]) and [[Billy Mitchell (EastEnders)|Billy Mitchell]] ([[Perry Fenwick]]) buy the club from Steve, although Beppe sells his majority share to [[Sharon Watts]] ([[Letitia Dean]]), who rebrands the club "Angie's Den", in memory of her parents [[Angie Watts]] ([[Anita Dobson]]) and [[Den Watts]] ([[Leslie Grantham]]).<ref name="club"/> Following a refurbishment, Den buys into the business and co-owns with Sharon.<ref name="Welcome to Albert Square"/> They sell the club to [[Johnny Allen (EastEnders)|Johnny Allen]] ([[Billy Murray (actor)|Billy Murray]]), who renames it "Scarlet" after his deceased daughter.<ref name="club"/> Johnny gives the club to his surviving daughter, [[Ruby Allen]] ([[Louisa Lytton]]), when he is imprisoned.<ref name="Welcome to Albert Square"/> The start of [[Stacey Slater]] ([[Lacey Turner]]) and [[Bradley Branning]]'s ([[Charlie Clements]]) relationship begins in Scarlet when Bradley is falsely blamed for spiking Stacey's drink. A reporter from ''[[Inside Soap]]'' labelled the moment "a rather unromantic start to Stacey and Bradders' love story!"<ref name="club"/> [[Ronnie Mitchell]] ([[Samantha Womack]]) and [[Jack Branning]] ([[Scott Maslen]]) buy the club, renaming it the "R&R" - the initials of Ronnie and her sister, [[Roxy Mitchell]] ([[Rita Simons]]). Ronnie and Roxy run the club, while Jack operates as a silent partner.<ref name="Welcome to Albert Square"/> When Ronnie and Jack separate, Ronnie sells her share of the club to Jack, although after a fire in the club, Ronnie and Roxy each buy a share in the club. When Billy tries to woo [[Carol Jackson]] ([[Lindsay Coulson]]), Carol's daughter [[Bianca Jackson]] ([[Patsy Palmer]]) becomes aggressive and creates an argument between them, Stacey, [[Janine Butcher]] ([[Charlie Brooks]]) and [[Kat Slater]] ([[Jessie Wallace]]). An ''Inside Soap'' columnist labelled the argument "one of our favourite catfights".<ref name="club"/> Jack is later shot at the club by gang member [[List of EastEnders characters (2010)#Kylie|Kylie]] ([[Elarica Gallacher]]),<ref name="club"/> and a few months later, he sells his share of the club to [[Phil Mitchell]] ([[Steve McFadden]]).<ref name="Welcome to Albert Square"/> Ronnie and Roxy also sell their shares to Janine.<ref name="Welcome to Albert Square"/> Upon her return to Walford, Sharon becomes the R&R's bar manager and she holds her wedding to Jack at the club. At the altar, Jack jilts Sharon, leaving her saddened.<ref name="club"/> Sharon is also offered a small share in the business by Phil. Janine and Sharon later sell their shares to Phil, leaving him as the sole-owner.<ref name="club"/> The R&R closes at some point in before Christmas 2016, and remains shut until February 2018, when Sharon decides to reopen it, with [[Mel Owen]] ([[Tamzin Outhwaite]]) as the manager.<ref name="club"/> Mel plans to rename the club "The Phoenix", but her son [[Hunter Owen (EastEnders)|Hunter Owen]] (Charlie Winter) sabotages the refurbishment and rebrands it "E20" again in honour of his father, Steve, while infuriating Mel, who goes along with it to keep Hunter happy. When Mel's ex-husband [[Ray Kelly (EastEnders)|Ray Kelly]] ([[Sean Mahon]]) plans to remarry her, he buys Phil's 50% stake in the E20 and gifts it to Mel as a wedding present. In November 2019, Mel decides to sell her half of the E20 to Ruby and later blackmails Sharon into selling her half too, leaving Ruby as the new sole-owner of the club, which she renames "Ruby’s". In May 2022, Ruby puts the club up for sale and [[Sam Mitchell (EastEnders)|Sam Mitchell]] ([[Kim Medcalf]]) discovers that her brother, Phil’s, money-laundering associate, [[Jonah Tyler]] (Mark Mooney), is planning on buying the club from Ruby. She approaches Phil with this news and they agree to outbuy Jonah, reopen the club as a wine bar and run it together; renaming it "Peggy’s" in honour of their late mother, [[Peggy Mitchell]] ([[Barbara Windsor]]). Co-run by Phil, Sam, Kat and Sharon, the opening night of Peggy’s was on 7 July 2022.

The Dagmar at 10 Turpin Road is first mentioned in 1986 and seen in 1987 when [[James Willmott-Brown]] ([[William Boyde]]) takes over and turns it into a wine bar. After James rapes [[Kathy Beale]] ([[Gillian Taylforth]]), the bar is burnt down on the orders of Den. The building is then used for several businesses, including [[Ian Beale]]'s ([[Adam Woodyatt]]) Meal Machine, a catering business, and a bric-a-brac shop, also owned by Ian. It also becomes a beauty salon, first called Sophisti-Kate's, run by [[Kate Mitchell (EastEnders)|Kate Mitchell]] ([[Jill Halfpenny]]), then Booty, run by [[Tanya Branning]] ([[Jo Joyner]]), Roxy's, run by [[Roxy Mitchell]] ([[Rita Simons]]), and Beauty, run by [[Sadie Young]] ([[Kate Magowan]]). It returns to being a wine and cocktail bar in 2014 when Sharon Watts opens The Albert. After [[Vincent Hubbard]] ([[Richard Blackwood]]) buys half the bar and Sharon later sells her half to Vincent as well, he and his wife, [[Kim Fox-Hubbard]] ([[Tameka Empson]]), run it until he is forced to sell it to pay people he owes money to and it is left empty in early 2018. Kathy buys the building in 2019, and decides to reopen it as a gay bar called The Prince Albert.

Next door to the nightclub is a building that originally housed the Snooker World snooker club. When Johnny Allen buys Angie's Den, he buys Snooker World and merges the two together to give Scarlet a more open space. After 4 Turpin Road is again separated into two buildings in 2011, Janine Butcher uses it to house her property management business, Butcher's Joints. After Janine's arrest for murder, it is converted into a salon called Blades, owned by [[Dean Wicks]] ([[Matt Di Angelo]]) until he is arrested for rape. [[Belinda Peacock]] ([[Carli Norris]]) then opens her own salon called Elysium until she is forced to close it down a few months later due to high debts. It is reopened in 2019 by [[Denise Fox]] ([[Diane Parish]]) as a salon named Fox & Hair.

===George Street===
{{Expand section|date=March 2025}}[[File:Argee Bhajee EastEnders.jpg|thumb|right|The Argee Bhajee restaurant on George Street]]
<!-- [[File:Prototype board at Walford East.PNG|right|200px|Walford East tube station sign]] -->
George Street is the location of an Italian restaurant, Giuseppe's, which later becomes an Indian restaurant, The Argee Bhajee, when a new owner takes over. Walford East tube station is on George Street,<ref name="Welcome to Albert Square"/> which first appeared on screen in late 1985 when [[Lou Beale]] ([[Anna Wing]]) collapses outside it. On maps seen inside the station it replaces [[Bromley-by-Bow tube station|Bromley-by-Bow]] on the [[District line]], although the building is in the style of the [[Bakerloo line]] stations designed by [[Stanley Heaps]].<ref name=ODNB>{{cite ODNB |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/64597 |title=Green, Leslie William (1875–1908) |access-date=1 July 2013 |last=Paterson |first=Mike |year= 2013|doi= 10.1093/ref:odnb/64597}}{{subscription required}}</ref> The train sound was first heard in 1987 and the train's first appearance was in 1988 at [[Lou Beale]]'s funeral. Trains did not appear again until 4 February 2010, when [[computer-generated imagery|CGI]] was used in the show for the first time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/webarchive/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fblogs%2Feastenders%2F2010%2F02%2Fget-your-anoraks-on-trains-are.shtml|title=Get your anoraks on... trains are coming!|publisher=[[BBC Online]]|date=3 February 2010|access-date=4 February 2010}}</ref> Platforms within the station were first seen in 2011 when [[Charlie Slater]] ([[Derek Martin]]) left Walford. George Street also has a B&B, King George Guest House, which opened in 2008.

=== Other streets ===
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{{Anchor|Turpin Way}}
Turpin Way includes the local garage, informally known as The Arches, the community centre, a playground and a boxing gym.<ref name="Welcome to Albert Square"/> Other locations seen or mentioned in the series include Victoria Square, Walford Towers, Kingsley Road,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3NgcQdpcYmx5TxNY8frkjWx/evidence-funeral|title=Lucy Beale Case File – Evidence: Funeral|work=EastEnders|publisher=[[BBC Online]]|access-date=18 July 2014}}</ref> Spring Lane and the High Street. Storylines in 2017 mentioned the demolition of Walford Towers, as a means of introducing new characters to the series, although the demolition was cancelled. Walford Common was introduced to the series for the "[[Who Killed Lucy Beale?]]" storyline in 2014, while Walford Common underground station was introduced in 2019. Other Walford streets mentioned at various times include Clifton Hill Road,<!--Walford Crematorium in the episode shown on 17 April 2017, postcode E20 7BN --><ref name="17apr17">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 17/04/2017 |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08n95s7 |series= EastEnders |series-link= EastEnders |credits= Executive Producer: [[Sean O'Connor (producer)|Sean O'Connor]]; Director: Lance Kneeshaw; Writer: [[Daran Little]] |network= [[BBC]] |station= [[BBC One]] |airdate= 17 April 2017 |access-date= 18 April 2017 |archive-date= 19 April 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170419082407/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08n95s7 |url-status= live }}</ref> New Street,<!-- the veterinary surgery in the episode shown on 24 April 2017. 55-56 New Street, E20 3RT --><ref name="24apr17">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 24/04/2017 |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08p13b4 |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Executive Producer: [[Sean O'Connor (producer)|Sean O'Connor]]; Director: John Greening; Writer: Natalie Mitchell |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate= 24 April 2017 }}</ref> Fairford Lane,<!-- Eastfields Crematorium, [[Abi Branning]]'s funeral in the episode shown on 16 February 2018 E20 9LR --><ref name="16feb18">{{Cite episode |title=Episode dated 16/02/2018 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09s37dl |series=EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits=Executive Consultant: [[John Yorke (producer)|John Yorke]]; Director: Dominic Keavey; Writer: Carey Andrews |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=16 February 2018 |access-date=25 December 2019 |archive-date=27 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027045325/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09s37dl |url-status=live }}</ref> Elwell Road,<!-- address of Walford General Hospital in a letter to Jean on 26 Feb 2019, E20 7YU --> Sewardstone Road,<!-- where Sharon and Keanu planned to meet by the canal --> Clarisdown Street, Wellington Road,<!-- both seen in property adverts --> Crescent Park Road,<!-- mentioned by Ali in episode 148--> Somer Street,<!-- Tony had a construction job there in episode 65 --> Station Road,<!-- address of Luxford & Copley, shown on a letter to Den in episode 223 --> Elm Road<!-- Mehmet tells Ali to pick up a customer there in episode 164 --> and Montpelier Road.<!-- mentioned in episode 52--> [[Lou Beale]] ([[Anna Wing]]) also mentions in 1987 that Bassett Street is just off Turpin Road.<!-- episode 253 -->

==See also==
* [[EastEnders#Set]]
* [[List of fictional railway stations]]
* [[List of fictional rapid transit stations]]
* [[List of London Underground-related fiction]]

==References==
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===Bibliography===
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*{{cite book |last=Smith |first=Rupert |title=EastEnders: 20 Years in Albert Square |publisher=BBC Books, BBC Worldwide |year=2005 |isbn=978-0-563-52165-5}}
*{{cite book |last=Leboff |first=David |year=2002 |title=The Underground Stations of Leslie Green |publisher=Capital Transport |isbn=1-85414-255-0}}
{{refend}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|EastEnders sets}}
* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006m86d BBC map of Walford] via [[Internet Archive]]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150501102125/http://underground-history.co.uk/walford.php Information on Walford East] via [[Internet Archive]]
* [http://www.darklingroom.co.uk/scrapbook/fassettsquare/index.html Fassett Square], "The original inspiration for ''EastEnders''"

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