Enfield Island Village is a modern village on the outskirts of the London Borough of Enfield, North London, home to a large housing development. Before April 1994, Enfield Island Village formed part of the Epping Forest district of Essex, but was transferred to the borough of Enfield in Greater London when the housing development was created.
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