Chingford was once a small hamlet beside the River Lea and is recorded in the Domesday Book as Cinghefort. Chingford became a London suburb in 1938. Lawrence of Arabia once owned part of Pole Hill, where a granite obelisk was erected in 1824 to mark true north for the Royal Observatory. Chingford Mount has good shopping facilities.
This stunning 10 acre lake is located within Epping Forest, one of the largest in the country and certainly the biggest wooded area around London. The lake is named...
Gilwell Park is a large area of natural land that has been set aside on the Greater London borders in Chingford. Baden Powell once used the area when he...
Henry VIII built this beautiful and unique timber framed building in 1543 as a hunting lodge. It offers some of the most magnificent views of Epping Forest, which in...
St. Andrews Church is a modern Church of England facility located in a residential area of the leafy suburb of Woodford in Essex. The church is compact, but built...
Established in 1933, by William Chandler. Walthamstow Stadium is still run by his descendants and now has the largest course attendance and gambling turnover in the UK. Today Walthamstow has...
Woodford Green is one of the central areas in this borderland district between Greater London and Essex. The green has for generations been a place of meeting and trading...
Waltham Forest is one of the furthest flung boroughs of London and is connected to Essex along the north eastern borders of the capital. This collection is based within...
Walthamstow Bowling Centre is a public access facility in the heart of Lloyd Park at the centre of Walthamstow in the north east of the Capital. The club and...
Lloyd Park is situated in the heart of Walthamstow, a large and ethnically diverse east London suburb. The park is one of the focuses of community life and the...
Housed in a handsome building dating to back 1750, Walthamstow’s William Morris Gallery is the only public museum devoted to England’s best-known designer. Home to the Morris family for eight...
Wake Valley and the pond are one of the most interesting and visited parts of the vast Epping Forest. Situated just off one of the main roads that run...