Heritage Centre
What are you looking for today?
Redbridge Heritage Centre is the local archive and local and family history service for the London Borough of Redbridge.
It is run as a joint service with Redbridge Museum and holds the largest collection of materials in the Borough on the history of Ilford, Wanstead, Woodford and Redbridge.
The Heritage Centre can be found on the second floor of Redbridge Central Library in Ilford.
Book in advance
If you visit in person, you must book a session five days before your visit. Please let us know which resources or archives you wish to view.
Each session is 2.5 hours and are available 10.30am-1pm or 1.30pm-4pm, Tuesday-Friday and every other Saturday. At the end of a morning session, if an afternoon session is available, customers may also book the afternoon session if required.
Up to four study spaces and two PC spaces (including one digital microfilm reader for newspapers) are available per session.
Get in touch:
info.heritage@visionrcl.org.uk
020 8708 2422
Heritage Centre Resources
The Heritage Centre provides a wide range of free resources, including:
Get in touch
For enquiries or to book a research session, please get in touch:
Redbridge Heritage Centre
info.heritage@visionrcl.org.uk
020 8708 2422
Redbridge Museum
redbridge.museum@visionrcl.org.uk
020 8708 2422
