Which Building Is Your Wood Green Hearing In?
Check the building heading first, then the courtroom number.
Wood Green Crown Court lists hearings under two headings, one for Woodall House and one marked "Wood Green CC at Hendon MC". The Hendon rooms sit inside Hendon Magistrates' Court, in north-west London.
Room numbers cause most mix-ups. Both buildings use plain numbers, so "Court 5" on its own does not tell you where to go. On XHIBIT's live board for 15 October 2026, Woodall House showed Courts 1 to 11 and Court 22, while the Hendon section showed Courts 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6.
| What the list shows | Building | Postcode | Room numbers seen |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wood Green | Woodall House, Lordship Lane | N22 5LF | Courts 1 to 11, Court 22 |
| Wood Green CC at Hendon MC | Hendon Magistrates' Court, The Hyde | NW9 7BY | Courts 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 |
So a letter that says "Court 6, Wood Green Crown Court" could mean either building. The daily list on this page groups hearings by building, and the XHIBIT Wood Green board does the same once it goes live at 10am. If the two sources and your letter disagree, ring the Wood Green office before you travel. Its number is in the contact panel further down this page.
| Building | Address | What sits there |
|---|---|---|
| Woodall House, Wood Green | Woodall House, Lordship Lane, Wood Green, N22 5LF | The main Crown Court building. Most courtrooms on the list sit here. |
| Hendon Magistrates' Court | The Court House, The Hyde, Hendon, NW9 7BY | Some Wood Green Crown Court hearings sit here, listed as "Wood Green CC at Hendon MC". Check its own page for travel and facilities. |
Wood Green Crown Court Listings in October 2026: What the Lists Showed
The figures below come from the full weekday lists this site stored between 7 and 15 October 2026. They leave out restricted and youth entries, which this site does not show. Treat them as a picture of how Wood Green works in a typical fortnight, not as today's numbers.
On a full weekday, the list held between 53 and 82 hearings spread over 13 to 15 courtrooms. About a quarter of all hearings in that period were in the Hendon rooms. In fact, the single busiest courtroom was Hendon's Court 6, ahead of any room at Woodall House.
Day by Day, 7 to 15 October 2026
The Hendon share swung widely from one day to the next. On Friday 9 October only 7 of 63 hearings sat there, yet the day before it took more than half the list.
| Date | Hearings listed | At Hendon | Busiest room that day |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday 7 October | 82 | 25 | Hendon Court 6 (17) |
| Thursday 8 October | 58 | 31 | Hendon Court 6 (21) |
| Friday 9 October | 63 | 7 | Woodall House Court 9 (11) |
| Monday 12 October | 63 | 12 | Woodall House Court 7 (11) |
| Tuesday 13 October | 53 | 11 | Woodall House Court 7 (8) |
| Wednesday 14 October | 69 | 17 | Woodall House Court 11 (13) |
| Thursday 15 October | 67 | 18 | Woodall House Court 7 (14) |
A single room with 17 or 21 hearings means a long queue of short cases. Most last minutes. If your case sits in a room like that, expect to wait for your turn even with a 10am time. At Woodall House, Courts 7 and 11 carried the most hearings across the fortnight.
The mix also shifted. Plea and trial preparation hearings led on 7, 8, 14 and 15 October, while trials led on 9, 12 and 13 October. Only seven hearings in the whole period were marked as remote, so almost everyone listed was expected in person.
Hearing Types on the Wood Green List
Pre-trial work filled most of the list. Plea and trial preparation hearings came first, and trials ran a close second. Add case management, mentions and bail, and short hearings still made up most of each day.
| Hearing type | Share of listed hearings, 7 to 15 October 2026 | What it usually means for you |
|---|---|---|
| Plea and Trial Preparation | About 23% | First Crown Court hearing; often brief, plea entered |
| For Trial | About 21% | Jury trial; can run for days |
| Further Case Management | About 10% | Short hearing to sort out issues before trial |
| For Sentence | About 8% | Sentencing after a guilty plea or verdict |
| Bail applications and variations | About 8% | Hearing about bail or its conditions |
| For Mention | About 7% | Short update; often a few minutes |
Smaller entries included custody time limit applications, pre-trial reviews, breaches of suspended sentences and committals for sentence from magistrates' courts. For what each label means in detail, the Crown Court daily list guide explains the wording.
Start Times and Busy Courtrooms
Almost half of all hearings in that period carried a 10am start. Most others sat at 11am, 12pm or 2pm. Smaller numbers began at 9.45am or after 3pm.
A time on the list is the earliest your case can start, not a booking. Several cases often share one room and one time, so the usher calls them in whatever order the judge decides.
Fridays can look different. On Friday 9 October fewer than four in ten hearings started at 10am, and more were spread across the afternoon. Around four in five hearings in that period were Crown Prosecution Service cases; the rest came from other prosecutors.
When Does the Next Day's List Appear?
Normally during the afternoon before.
Judicial guidance asks courts to settle each day's list by mid-afternoon the day before. So the evening is a good time to check. The guide to when lists are published covers the official timetable.
Lists still change overnight and on the morning itself. A case can move room, move building or drop off because it has been adjourned. If yours is missing, the guide to missing cases walks through the usual reasons. For Wood Green, also look under the Hendon heading before you assume the case has gone.
Some witnesses and defendants get a window instead of a date. GOV.UK says a warned period or floating trial lasts 2 to 4 weeks, with one working day's notice before you attend. At Wood Green, that short notice can point you to either building, so confirm the address when the call comes. The warned list guide explains how those cases reach a daily list.
How Do You Get to Woodall House or The Hyde?
Plan the trip for the building on the list, not the one you expected. The two sites are miles apart and need different routes.
Woodall House, Lordship Lane
Woodall House stands on Lordship Lane, about 350 metres in a straight line from Wood Green Underground station on the Piccadilly line. Turnpike Lane station is one stop south. It is under a kilometre from the court. Alexandra Palace station, served by Great Northern and Thameslink trains, is about a kilometre to the west.
The closest bus stop carries the court's own name. TfL calls it "Wood Green Crown Court", and routes 144, 243 and W3 stop there. Find a Court lists no public car park, so treat driving as the last resort.
Hendon Magistrates' Court, The Hyde
Hendon Magistrates' Court stands on The Hyde, NW9 7BY, in the London Borough of Barnet. The nearest station is Hendon, on the Thameslink line, about 450 metres away in a straight line. Hendon Central on the Northern line is well over a kilometre off.
Buses are often simpler. TfL names the stop outside "Hendon Magistrates Court", and routes 32, 83, 142 and 183 call there. Search the postcode in a route planner before you set off. Few trips from Wood Green's side of London are direct.
Hendon's own Find a Court page gives its facilities, but its phone numbers and email serve the magistrates' court. For a Crown Court case sitting there, contact the Wood Green office.
Moving Between the Two Buildings
Woodall House and The Hyde are about six miles apart in a straight line, and no single Tube line links them. If you discover on the morning that you are at the wrong building, ring the Wood Green office straight away. Then ask the usher or your solicitor to tell the courtroom you are on your way, and use a route planner for the live travel time.
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Your Day at Woodall House: Security, Waiting and Courtrooms
Aim to arrive about 30 minutes before the time on your letter, as GOV.UK advises. The queue for the airport-style security check tends to build just before 10am, when most of the day's hearings are due to start.
After security, find your courtroom on the signs or ask a member of staff. Then tell the usher outside the room that you have arrived. Interview rooms sit outside each courtroom, so a solicitor may take you aside before the case is called.
Expect long gaps. A defendant, witness or family member can wait most of the morning, or longer, for a hearing that lasts ten minutes, so bring something to read. GOV.UK says only non-alcoholic drinks may come in with you. GOV.UK's guide on what to expect at court lists the other banned items.
Members of the public can usually sit in the gallery of an open courtroom. Witnesses should not watch the trial before they give evidence. The Witness Service offers a free visit beforehand and support on the day, and the witness guide explains how to ask for it.
| Facility | Detail |
|---|---|
| Disabled access | This building has level access to the building entrance, and court room. |
| Hidden Disabilities Sunflower network | Lanyards available on request. |
| Assistance dogs | Assistance dogs are welcome |
| Hearing Loop | The building has a portable hearing enhancement system available by prior arrangement. Please contact the court by telephone or email to let us know of your requirements. |
| Refreshments | On site canteen is available selling hot/cold drinks and food to the public, witnesses, jurors and barristers. |
| Interview room | Interview rooms are located outside each courtroom. |
| Children's waiting room | A children's room is located on the ground floor - opposite Courtroom 1. |
| Baby changing facility | Baby changing facilities are located in the children's room on the ground floor - opposite entrance to Courtroom 1. |
| Video facilities | Court/hearing room video conferencing facilities and prison to court video link facilities are available (by prior arrangement) |
| Wireless network connection | This court has wireless internet access available within the building (a charge applies) |
| Witness service | www.witnessservice.org.uk |
What Do Defendants, Witnesses and Families Need at Wood Green?
Each person at court has a different job that day, and the two-building set-up affects each one slightly differently. The notes below add Wood Green detail to the site's general guides.
Defendants on Bail
Your case should appear on the day's list under one of the two building headings. On this site a Crown Court defendant shows as **** followed by a surname. Where the surname cannot be read reliably, or a restriction applies, only **** shows, so match the courtroom, time and case number instead.
Arrive early, tell the usher outside the courtroom that you are there, and find your solicitor in one of the interview rooms beside it.
If anything goes wrong on the way, ring your solicitor and the Wood Green office before your listed time. Missing a bail date is serious. An early call gives the court the full picture. The defendant's guide covers the hearing itself.
Witnesses and Victims
Your witness care officer tells you which court to attend, or the defence lawyer does if you are a defence witness. Ask them to name the building as well as the court. Mention any safety worries early, because seating apart, a separate waiting area or a screen in court all need arranging in advance.
Avoid talking about your evidence with other witnesses in the same case until all of you have given it. The Witness Service at Wood Green can show you a courtroom before the trial and sit with you on the day. Prosecution witnesses can also claim some travel costs. Keep tickets and receipts.
Family and Friends
GOV.UK guidance says a person attending court can bring one supporter with them. Other relatives can usually watch from the public gallery when the hearing is open. If you meet the other side's family in the building or on the bus home, tell a member of staff and keep apart.
Children need an adult with them all day. Staff cannot mind them. Find a Court lists a children's room on the ground floor at Woodall House, opposite Courtroom 1, with baby changing inside it. The family members' guide has more on sitting through a hearing.
Observers in the Public Gallery
Anyone curious about the courts can usually just turn up at Woodall House. Pick a courtroom with a hearing listed "For Trial" for the most to follow, since trials made up about a fifth of the October lists. Check XHIBIT on the morning to see which rooms are sitting. A room that has not started yet shows no status.
Phones must be silent. Photos and recording are not allowed. Quiet note-taking is generally accepted, but follow any instruction from the usher or judge.
You may be asked to wait outside until a witness finishes. The public gallery guide explains the etiquette in more detail.
Where Can You Find the Result of a Hearing?
On the day, XHIBIT can show a status such as "Hearing finished" with a time beside the courtroom. That tells you the hearing ended, not what was decided.
A listing shows that a hearing was due, not what happened, and being listed says nothing about guilt.
For a case you are involved in, the solicitor, the witness care officer or the police officer in the case should tell you the result. Anyone else can ask the Wood Green office, giving the date, courtroom and case number. Staff may be able to confirm the outcome of a hearing held in public, although they will not give advice.
In serious or high-profile cases, the judge's sentencing remarks sometimes appear on the judiciary's website. Local news covers a small share of Wood Green cases. If a case was adjourned, the next date usually shows up on a later list.
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Jury Service at Wood Green Crown Court
A jury summons names the court and address you must attend. This page could not confirm whether jurors are ever sent to the Hendon rooms, so go by the address on the summons. Find a Court lists a separate jury line for Wood Green, shown in the contact details on this page.
Service usually lasts up to ten working days, according to GOV.UK's jury service page, and the day often runs from 10am to 5.30pm. Expect a slow first morning of forms, an introductory talk or video, and waiting to be called. Jury service is unpaid, but you can claim travel costs and some lost earnings.
Reply to the summons within seven days, as GOV.UK asks. If you need to move the dates, say so in that reply rather than waiting for the first morning.
On the first day, arrive early and expect the security check to take a while at 10am, when most courtrooms start. Find a Court lists a canteen at Woodall House selling hot and cold food, and Wi-Fi for a charge. Bring a book anyway, because jurors can spend whole mornings waiting to be called into a courtroom.
Once sworn in, do not look up the case online or discuss it outside the jury room. Doing so is a criminal offence and can stop a trial. Any worry about the case goes to the usher or the jury office, never to friends or social media.
Woodall House Before It Became a Crown Court
Courts kept order in this area long before the Crown Court arrived. Wood Green appears in records from 1256 as part of the manor of Tottenham, whose manorial courts appointed constables to keep the peace.
The court site itself began as Lordship Lodge, a private house in ten acres of grounds. In 1857 the Royal Masonic Institution opened a school there for 70 boys, the sons of deceased or needy Freemasons. A larger Victorian Gothic building replaced it in 1865 and held 200 boys, until the school moved to Bushey in 1898.
From 1904 to 1930 the building trained schoolmistresses for the Home and Colonial School Society. A local gas company then bought it and renamed it Woodall House after its chairman, Sir Colbert Woodall. Haringey Council acquired the site in 1974, and the remodelled building opened as Wood Green Crown Court in 1989, according to the Hornsey Historical Society.
- Hendon Magistrates' Court: the second building that some Wood Green Crown Court hearings use
- Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court: a magistrates' court in north London
- Snaresbrook Crown Court: another Crown Court in north-east London
Frequently Asked Questions
Why Does My Letter Say Wood Green but the List Says Hendon?
Wood Green Crown Court runs courtrooms at Hendon Magistrates' Court as well as at Woodall House, and both belong to the same Crown Court. A letter may only name the Crown Court. The day's list shows the building, so go by that, and ring the Wood Green office if the two still disagree.
Can I Search for a Wood Green Case by the Defendant's Name?
No, this site cannot be searched by name, and first names never appear. Search with the case number or police URN instead, or pick the date and read the courtroom you were given. A solicitor, the witness care officer or the court office can confirm the date if you only know the name.
Who Are the Judges at Wood Green Crown Court?
The judge sitting in each courtroom changes from day to day, and the official daily list shows who is sitting. This page does not name judges. If you are involved in a case, your solicitor or the court office can say which judge the hearing is before, and the usher will tell you how to address them.
Can I Watch a Trial at Wood Green If I Am Not Involved?
Usually, yes. Most Crown Court hearings are open to the public, so you can sit in the public gallery of an open courtroom after the security check. Some hearings are closed or restricted, and the usher may ask you to wait for a break before you go in. Phones must stay silent.
What Should I Wear to Wood Green Crown Court?
There is no formal dress code, according to GOV.UK guidance for court visitors. Clean, plain everyday clothes are fine. Remove hats and caps in the courtroom unless you wear headwear for religious reasons. Witnesses and defendants often choose something smart because it helps them feel ready for the courtroom.
Can a Teenager Come With Me to Watch a Hearing?
Ask the Wood Green office before you bring anyone under 18, because no published age rule for its public gallery was found. Some evidence is unsuitable for young people, and the judge or usher may ask a young visitor to leave. Court staff cannot look after children, so an adult must stay with them throughout.
Is There Parking at Woodall House?
Find a Court does not list any public parking at Woodall House or at the Hendon building. Public transport is the safer plan. If you must drive, check Haringey Council's parking rules before leaving the car on any nearby street, and allow time to walk from it.
Are All Wood Green Hearings Shown on This Site?
No. Between 7 and 15 October 2026, between 10 and 17 entries on each full weekday list were restricted or youth entries, and this site leaves those rows out. A missing case may also have moved, been adjourned or been added late.
Is Wood Green Crown Court the Same as Woodford Green?
No. Wood Green Crown Court is in Wood Green, N22, in the London Borough of Haringey. Woodford Green is a different place in north-east London, and no Crown Court carries its name. Snaresbrook Crown Court serves that side of London, so check which court your letter actually names.
Can I Leave Woodall House at Lunch and Come Back In?
Yes, you can leave during a break, but you go back through the security check each time you return. The lunch adjournment is often short, so the canteen at Woodall House is the safer option if your case could be called again at 2pm. Tell the usher before you go.
What If I Cannot Attend as a Witness on the Listed Day?
Tell whoever asked you to attend straight away, usually the witness care officer or the solicitor who called you. Do not simply stay away. They can tell the court, ask about a different date or arrange support such as a video link, which needs time to set up.