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.
- Type: Locality with 276,000 residents
- Description: borough in the London Region in England
- Also known as: “Borgo londinese di Waltham Forest”, “Buirg Londan an Waltham Forest”, “Burgul londonez Waltham Forest”, “Chingford”, “GB-WFT”, “Highams Park”, “Leyton”, “Leytonstone”, “London Borough of Waltham Forest”, “Londonski okraj Waltham Forest”, “Waltham Forest (unparished area)”, “Walthamstow”, “ואלטהאם פורסט”, “וולטהאם פורסט”, “וולת’האם פורסט”, “וולת’ם פורסט”, “וולתאם פורסט”, “וולתהאם פורסט”, “וולתם פורסט”, “יעם וולת’ם”, “יער וולת’אם”, “יער וולת’האם”, “יער וולתאם”, “יער וולתהאם”, “יער וולתם”, “רובע וולת’אם פורסט”, “רובע וולת’אם פורסט של לונדון”, “רובע וולת’ם פורסט”, “ウォルサムフォレスト・ロンドン特別区”, “沃爾瑟姆福利斯特區”, “沃爾瑟姆福里斯特”, “瓦爾珊森林倫敦自治市”, and “窩咸科域士”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Lee Valley and London Stadium.
Lee Valley
Places in the Area
Nearby places include North London and East London.
Waltham Forest
- Categories: London borough and unparished area
- Location: Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.5667° or 51° 34′ north
Longitude
-0.0333° or 0° 2′ west
Population
276,000
Elevation
26 feet (8 metres)
Abbreviation
“WFT”
Open location code
9C3XHX88+MM
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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: “沃尔瑟姆福里斯特区”
- Chinese: “沃爾瑟姆森林區”
- Chinese: “沃爾瑟姆福里斯特區”
- Chinese: “窩咸森林區”
- Czech: “Waltham Forest”
- Danish: “Waltham Forest”
- Dutch: “Waltham Forest”
- Esperanto: “Waltham Forest”
- Finnish: “Waltham Forest”
- French: “Borough londonien de Waltham Forest”
- French: “Waltham Forest”
- Galician: “Waltham Forest”
- German: “London Borough of Waltham Forest”
- Gujarati: “લંડન બોરો ઓફ વોલ્થમ ફોરેસ્ટ”
- Hebrew: “וולת’אם פורסט”
- Hindi: “वॉल्थम फ़ॉरस्ट बरो”
- Hungarian: “Waltham Forest kerület”
- Icelandic: “Waltham Forest”
- Irish: “Buirg Londan 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”
- 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”
- Portuguese: “Waltham Forest”
- Romanian: “Waltham Forest”
- Russian: “Уолтем-Форест”
- Serbian: “Лондонска општина Волтам Форест”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Waltham Forest”
- Slovenian: “London Borough of Waltham Forest”
- South Azerbaijani: “والتام فورست لندن منطقهسی”
- Spanish: “Waltham Forest”
- Swedish: “London Borough of 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
Places to explore: Lea Bridge and Leyton Marshes.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Lea Bridge Road and Walthamstow Marshes.
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