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Protecting your car by putting it in a garage is not always owing to the fear of it being stolen or damaged. Cars that remain exposed to the elements age much quicker than cars that are stored in the safety of a garage.

One should remember that a car left on the road can easily be struck by other vehicular traffic, whereas a car left on a driveway is more likely to be fouled by successive birds and battered by all the weather has to throw at it.

Bird droppings can be a real nuisance for a car's paintwork too. Paint can be caused to raise up like blisters, particularly if the offending birds have been consuming acidic berries. Sadly, no amount of buffing will get rid of these ugly spots on your beloved car.

Keeping your car locked safely in your garage is the best way to ensure its longevity and good looks.

Make your garage in Enfield look amazing

Don't fall into the trap of having a lovely house, yet a grubby looking garage door. Not only do old, dented garage doors look awful and detract from the aesthetic appeal of your Enfield home, the mechanism can be a nightmare too, putting you back out just trying to open it.

With ACE Garage Doors, you can reast assured that we will deliver and fit a top-quality garage door to your Enfield property. We also offer a regular maintenance service to ensure your garage door mechanism remains smooth and easy to operate.

Some information about Enfield

Way back in Roman times, Enfield was connected to Londinium by Ermine Street, the great Roman road which stretched all the way up to York. Artefacts found in the early 1900s reveal that there were Roman settlements in the areas that are now Edmonton and Bush Hill Park. In 790 King Offa of Mercia was recorded as giving the lands of Edmonton to St Albans Abbey. The area became strategically important as East Anglia was taken over by the Danes. In the 790s strongholds were built by men loyal to King Alfred the Great, in order to keep the Danes to the east of the River Lea.

Enfield borders the London boroughs of Barnet to the west, Haringey to the south, and Waltham Forest to the southeast. To the north are the districts of Hertsmere, Welwyn Hatfield, and Broxbourne, which are in Hertfordshire, and to the east is Epping Forest District in Essex.

The Enfield name

Enfield was recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 as Enefelde, and as Einefeld in 1214, Enfeld in 1293, and Enfild in 1564: that is 'open land of a man called Eana', or 'where lambs are reared', from the Old English feld with an Old English personal name or with Old English ean 'lamb'. The feld would have been a reference to an area cleared of trees within woodland that would later become known as Enfield Chase.

History of Enfield

After the Norman Conquest, both Enfield and Edmonton were mentioned in Domesday Book. Both had churches, and Enfield had four hundred inhabitants, while Edmonton had three hundred. Enfield is also described as having a "parc". This parc, which was actually a heavily forested area for hunting, was key to Enfield's existence in the Middle Ages. Wealthy Londoners came to Enfield first to hunt, and then to build houses in the green, wooded surroundings. In 1303, Edward I of England granted Enfield a charter to hold a weekly market, which has continued up to this day. The old market cross was removed in the early 20th century to make way for a monument to the coronation of King Edward VII but was preserved by the horticulturalist E. A. Bowles for his garden at nearby Myddelton House, where it remains to this day.

Enfield Grammar School with its Tudor Old Hall stands next to the Enfield Town Market Place and St. Andrew's Church, the school having been extended several times since 1586. A new hall and further additions were completed shortly before World War II.

Nearby was the palace of Edward VI, where Elizabeth I lived while a young princess, including during the final illness of Henry VIII. Edward was taken there to join her, so that in the company of his sister, Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford could break the news to Edward, formally announcing the death of their royal father in the presence chamber at Enfield, on his knees to make formal obeisance to the boy as King. Later Elizabeth held court there when she was queen. This was remembered in the name Palace Gardens that was a street running behind Pearsons department store and is still recalled in the name of Enfield's shopping centre.

Sport and recreation in Enfield

Enfield's King George's Field, which were named in memory of King George V, includes the Queen Elizabeth II athletics stadium, the Enfield Ignatians Rugby Club and numerous football, rugby, and baseball diamonds. The playing fields were used as a POW camp for Italians during World War II.

The second largest playing fields are at Firs Farm on Firs Lane. There are a few rugby pitches along with more than a dozen football pitches. These are used by local amateur football clubs including Winchmore Hill Football Club, Mayfield Athletic FC, and Southgate County FC. Although the pitches drain quite well, they are generally in a rather poor condition with old, rusted goalposts. The changing facilities are also very dilapidated, with some changing rooms being no more than concrete sheds with corrugated roofs.

ACE Garage Doors have fitted many garage doors in this historic part of London and would love to hear from anyone who is thinking of having a new garage door fitted. Why not call us today.