Editing London Borough of Enfield (section)

==Public services==
===Health===
Two major [[National Health Service (England)|NHS]] hospitals, [[Chase Farm Hospital]] operated by the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust and [[North Middlesex Hospital]] operated by the North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust, are located in the borough. NHS Enfield Clinical Commissioning Group is responsible for local primary health care, taking over this role from [[Enfield Primary Care NHS Trust]] in 2013. Former hospitals in the borough include [[Highlands Hospital|Highlands]], which closed in 1993, and [[Greentrees Hospital|Greentrees]], which closed in 1988.

===Education===

====Schools====
{{See also|List of schools in Enfield}}
The London Borough of Enfield is the education authority for the district. Education is provided in a mix of [[Community school (England and Wales)|community]], [[voluntary aided]] and [[state schools]].<ref>[http://www.enfield.gov.uk/nav1/100005.asp Education gateway for LB Enfield] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070621155818/http://www.enfield.gov.uk/nav1/100005.asp |date=21 June 2007 }} accessed 5 June 2007</ref> A number of private schools are also located in the borough.

The borough is home to the well-renowned [[Enfield Grammar School]], founded in 1558, which still uses its [[Tudor dynasty|Tudor]] building which is now often referred to as the Old Hall. Enfield Grammar School is based in the centre of Enfield Town. [[St Ignatius' College]] is the borough's largest Catholic school and one of the best-performing non-selective schools in the borough, at both [[General Certificate of Secondary Education|GCSE]] and [[Advanced Level (UK)|A-Level]].<ref name="results">Results in Enfield, 2006: [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/education/06/school_tables/secondary_schools/html/308_gcse_lea.stm GCSE]</ref> [[The Bishop Stopford's School|Bishop Stopford's School]] is Enfield's largest school, and [[The College of Haringey, Enfield and North East London]] also has a campus in the borough.

In 2007 a new school named [[Oasis Academy Enfield]] was opened, following the takeover of Albany by the Oasis Company as [[Oasis Academy Hadley]].
[[The Latymer School, Edmonton|The Latymer School]] is another Grammar school in the borough, and is based in the Edmonton area.

Enfield County School is an all girls comprehensive school which sits opposite Enfield Grammar Boys school in Enfield town. It is a split site school with the lower years situated towards the area of Forty Hall.{{citation needed|date=January 2023}}

====University====
[[Middlesex University]], the former polytechnic, used to have two campuses in Enfield: Cat Hill and [[Trent Park]]. These sites both closed in 2011 and courses were relocated to the Hendon campus.

[[Oak Hill Theological College]], an associate college of Middlesex University, is located in the borough.

[[Capel Manor]] College also offers various courses.

===London Fire Brigade===
The London Borough of Enfield has three fire stations; Edmonton, Enfield and Southgate. However, if an incident requires a higher attendance, appliances from throughout London can be mobilised to meet the needs of the area if required.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.london-fire.gov.uk/about_us/media/Enfield.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080227185955/http://www.london-fire.gov.uk/about_us/media/Enfield.pdf|url-status=dead|title=London Fire Brigade – Enfield Profile|archive-date=27 February 2008}}</ref>

The three fire stations operate a total of five pumping appliances, one rescue tender, a command unit and a USAR unit.<ref>[http://www.usar.org.uk/equipment.htm/ Urban Search and Rescue Vehicles] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080212120739/http://www.usar.org.uk/equipment.htm |date=12 February 2008 }} </ref>

Of the three fire stations within the borough, Enfield is mobilised to the most incidents and has the largest station ground (the area of which Enfield is the first appliance to attend).<ref>[http://www.london-fire.gov.uk/about_us/media/Enfield.pdf/ London Fire Brigade – Enfield Profile] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080227185955/http://www.london-fire.gov.uk/about_us/media/Enfield.pdf/ |date=27 February 2008 }} ]</ref>

===Museums===
The borough's museums include [[Forty Hall]] and the garden exhibitions at [[Forty Hill|Capel Manor]], [[Forty Hill|Myddleton House]] (part of the [[Lee Valley Park]]) and the Whitewebbs Museum of Transport.

The Borough's own museum is based in Thomas Hardy House, 39 London Road.

===Youth activities===
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[[Scouting in Greater London North|Scouting]] and [[Girlguiding London and South East England|Guiding]] have many groups within Enfield. The annual St George's Day Parade has around a thousand young people marching through Enfield Town, led by the Enfield District Scout Band.

The Boys' and Girls' Brigade are also quite active within the borough, participating in various ceremonies and events throughout the year, including the Enfield Town Show, St Georges Day Parade and on Remembrance Day Parade.

The Air Training Corps has three units in the area, No.85 (Enfield & Southgate) Squadron based in Winchmore Hill and Enfield Town, No.1159 (Edmonton) Squadron based in Edmonton, No.1571 (Ayleward) Squadron based in Aylward School and No.2473 (Highlands & Southgate) Squadron in Highlands School, Southgate.

The Red Room music and film project ran from 2008 – 2014 based in Ponders End, aimed at 13 – 19 year olds supported and funded by Enfield Council.