Waltham Forest
The London Borough of Waltham Forest is an outer London borough formed in 1965 from the merger of the Essex municipal boroughs of Leyton, Walthamstow and Chingford.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 276,000 residents
- Description: borough in the London Region in England
- Also known as: “London Borough of Waltham Forest” and “Waltham Forest (unparished area)”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lee Valley and London Stadium.
Lee Valley
Photo: Iridescent, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Lee Valley Regional Park is a 26-mile long park in Essex, Hertfordshire and London in England. It has had a special legal status for almost 80 years, set aside "for recreation, sport, entertainment and the enjoyment of leisure".
London Stadium
Stadium
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London Stadium is a multi-purpose outdoor stadium at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in the Stratford district of London. It is located in the Lower Lea Valley, 6 miles east of central London.
Lee Valley VeloPark
Stadium
Lee Valley VeloPark is a cycling centre in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, London, England. It is owned and managed by Lee Valley Regional Park Authority, and it was opened to the public in March 2014.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include North London and East London.
North London
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North London is the northern part of London, England, north of the River Thames and the City of London. It extends from Clerkenwell and Finsbury, on the edge of the City of London financial district, to Greater London's boundary with Hertfordshire.
East London
Photo: Roel Hemkes, CC BY 2.0.
East London is the part of London, England, east of the ancient City of London and north of the River Thames as it begins to widen. East London developed as London's docklands and the primary industrial centre.
Hackney
Photo: Laurencefwhite, CC BY 2.5.
Hackney is a district of London. Hackney has a diverse population and the area has undergone massive regeneration in recent decades. Hackney is now very fashionable with a thriving arts scene in the south of the district for example.
Waltham Forest
- Categories: London borough and unparished area
- Location: Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yiddish—“Waltham Forest” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ناحية غابة والثام في لندن”
- Basque: “Waltham Forest”
- Belarusian: “Уолтэм-Форэст”
- Belarusian: “Ўолтэм-Форэст”
- Bengali: “ওয়ালথম ফরেস্ট”
- Catalan: “Waltham Forest”
- Cebuano: “Waltham Forest”
- Chinese: “Waltham Forest”
- Chinese: “沃尔瑟姆福里斯特区”
- Chinese: “沃爾瑟姆森林區”
- Chinese: “沃爾瑟姆福利斯特區”
- Chinese: “沃爾瑟姆福里斯特”
- Chinese: “沃爾瑟姆福里斯特區”
- Chinese: “瓦爾珊森林倫敦自治市”
- Chinese: “窩咸森林區”
- Chinese: “窩咸科域士”
- Czech: “Waltham Forest”
- Danish: “Waltham Forest”
- Dutch: “London Borough of Waltham Forest”
- Dutch: “Waltham Forest”
- Esperanto: “Waltham Forest”
- Finnish: “Waltham Forest”
- French: “Borough londonien de Waltham Forest”
- French: “London Borough of Waltham Forest”
- French: “Waltham Forest”
- Galician: “Waltham Forest”
- German: “Chingford”
- German: “GB-WFT”
- German: “Highams Park”
- German: “Leyton”
- German: “Leytonstone”
- German: “London Borough of Waltham Forest”
- German: “Waltham Forest”
- German: “Walthamstow”
- Gujarati: “લંડન બોરો ઓફ વોલ્થમ ફોરેસ્ટ”
- Hebrew: “ואלטהאם פורסט”
- Hebrew: “וולטהאם פורסט”
- Hebrew: “וולת’אם פורסט”
- Hebrew: “וולת’האם פורסט”
- Hebrew: “וולת’ם פורסט”
- Hebrew: “וולתאם פורסט”
- Hebrew: “וולתהאם פורסט”
- Hebrew: “וולתם פורסט”
- Hebrew: “יעם וולת’ם”
- Hebrew: “יער וולת’אם”
- Hebrew: “יער וולת’האם”
- Hebrew: “יער וולתאם”
- Hebrew: “יער וולתהאם”
- Hebrew: “יער וולתם”
- Hebrew: “רובע וולת’אם פורסט של לונדון”
- Hebrew: “רובע וולת’אם פורסט”
- Hebrew: “רובע וולת’ם פורסט”
- Hindi: “वॉल्थम फ़ॉरस्ट बरो”
- Hungarian: “Waltham Forest kerület”
- Icelandic: “Waltham Forest”
- Irish: “Buirg Londan an Waltham Forest”
- Irish: “Buirg Londan Waltham Forest”
- Italian: “Borgo londinese di Waltham Forest”
- Italian: “London Borough of Waltham Forest”
- Italian: “Waltham Forest”
- Japanese: “ウォルサム・フォレスト・ロンドン特別区”
- Japanese: “ウォルサム・フォレスト区”
- Japanese: “ウォルサムフォレスト・ロンドン特別区”
- Kannada: “ಲಂಡನ್ ಬರೋ ಆಫ್ ವಾಲ್ತ್ ಫಾರೆಸ್ಟ್”
- Korean: “월섬포리스트구”
- Latin: “Waltham Forest”
- Latvian: “Voltemforesta”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Waltham Forest”
- Northern Frisian: “London Borough of Waltham Forest”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Waltham Forest”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “London Borough of Waltham Forest”
- Norwegian: “Waltham Forest”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Waltham Weald se Lunden Burgscipe”
- Ossetian: “Уолтем-Форест”
- Persian: “منطقه والتام فورست لندن”
- Persian: “منطقه والتهام فورست لندن”
- Polish: “London Borough of Waltham Forest”
- Polish: “Waltham Forest”
- Portuguese: “Waltham Forest”
- Romanian: “Burgul londonez Waltham Forest”
- Romanian: “Waltham Forest”
- Russian: “Уолтем-Форест”
- Serbian: “London Borough of Waltham Forest”
- Serbian: “Лондонска општина Волтам Форест”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Waltham Forest”
- Slovenian: “London Borough of Waltham Forest”
- Slovenian: “Londonski okraj Waltham Forest”
- Slovenian: “Waltham Forest”
- South Azerbaijani: “والتام فورست لندن منطقهسی”
- Spanish: “Waltham Forest”
- Swedish: “London Borough of Waltham Forest”
- Swedish: “Waltham Forest”
- Tajik: “Ноҳияи Уолтҳем Форест”
- Tamil: “லண்டன் பாரூக்ஹ் ஆப் வாள்தாம் போரஸ்ட்”
- Tatar: “Волтем-Форест”
- Telugu: “లండన్ బోరోగ్ అఫ్ వాల్తం ఫారెస్ట్”
- Turkish: “Waltham Forest”
- Ukrainian: “Волтем-форест”
- Ukrainian: “Волтем-Форест”
- Urdu: “لندن بورو والتھم فارسٹ”
- Urdu: “والٹہیم جنگل بورو”
- Welsh: “Bwrdeistref Llundain Waltham Forest”
- Welsh: “Waltham Forest”
- Western Panjabi: “والٹہیم فوریسٹ”
- Yiddish: “לאנדאנער בארא פון וואלטאם פארעסט”
- Yiddish: “לאנדאנער בארא פון וואלטם פארעסט”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Lea Bridge and Leyton Marshes.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lea Bridge Road and Walthamstow Marshes.
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