Pole Hill
Pole Hill is a hill in Chingford, East London, on the border between Greater London and Essex. From its summit there is an extensive view over much of east, north and west London, although in the summer the leaves of the trees in Epping Forest have a tendency to mask some of the view to the north and west.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Scenic viewpoint
- Description: Hill in Chingford, north-east London
- Also known as: “Pole Hill Obelisk”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Pole Hill Obelisk and Chingford railway station.
Chingford railway station
Railway station
Photo: Sunil060902, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chingford railway station is the terminus of the Chingford branch of the Lea Valley Lines, located in Chingford in the London Borough of Waltham Forest. Chingford railway station is situated 2,800 feet southeast of Pole Hill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chingford and Friday Hill.
Chingford
Suburb
Photo: Richard Dunn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chingford is a suburban town in east London, England, within the London Borough of Waltham Forest. The centre of Chingford is 9.2 miles north-east of Charing Cross.
Friday Hill
Neighborhood
Photo: PeterChingfordHistory99, CC0.
Friday Hill is a housing estate in Chingford, named after the hill of the same name, lying north of Chingford Hatch. It takes its name from a John Friday who held land there in the fifteenth century; prior to this, it was known as Jackatt Hill. Friday Hill House, on the crest of the hill, designed by the architect Lewis Vulliamy, was built in 1839.
Chingford Hatch
Neighborhood
Chingford Hatch was one of the three hamlets comprising the old parish of Chingford, before the parish was developed in the nineteenth century into a large suburban town.
Pole Hill
- Categories: hill and tourism
- Location: Waltham Forest, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.63628° or 51° 38′ 11″ northLongitude
-0.00153° or 0° 0′ 6″ westElevation
299 feet (91 metres)Open location code
9C3XJXPX+G9OpenStreetMap ID
node 800924567OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=benchOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=viewpointGeoNames ID
6543952Wikidata ID
Q7209248
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In Other Languages
“Pole Hill” goes by many names.
- Finnish: “Pole Hill”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Pole Hill”. Photo: sidibousaid, CC BY 2.0.