Cranbrook, London

{{For|the housing estate in Bethnal Green|Cranbrook Estate}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2015}}

{{Use British English|date=August 2015}}

{{Infobox UK place

| official_name = Cranbrook

| region = London

| country = England

| london_borough = Redbridge

| post_town = ILFORD

| postcode_area = IG

| postcode_district = IG1

| dial_code = 020

| os_grid_reference = TQ431872

| coordinates = {{coord|51.568001|0.065532|display=inline,title}}

| population = 12,780

| population_ref = (2011 Census. Ward){{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13689009&c=Cranbrook&d=14&e=62&g=6335385&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1476789191619&enc=1|title=Redbridge Ward population 2011|accessdate=18 October 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics |work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}

}}

Cranbrook is a district of South Ilford in the London Borough of Redbridge. It has been entirely absorbed into the urban sprawl of Ilford, forming the area north of Ilford railway station. The name has its earliest use in 1233 as Cranebroc.Mills, A., Oxford Dictionary of London Place Names, (2001) It is named for a tributary of the River Roding, the Cran Brook.