Wanstead Flats

Wanstead Flats is the southernmost portion of Epping Forest, in Leytonstone and Wanstead, London. The flats and by extension the forest ends at Forest Gate directly to the south.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Leytonstone High Road railway station and Wanstead Park railway station.

Leytonstone High Road railway station

Railway station

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Leytonstone High Road is a railway station in Leytonstone in the London Borough of Waltham Forest, on the Gospel Oak to Barking line, 9 miles 76 chains down the line from Gospel Oak and situated between Leyton Midland Road and Wanstead Park. Leytonstone High Road railway station is situated 2,500 feet west of Wanstead Flats.

Wanstead Park railway station

Railway station

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Wanstead Park is a railway station in Forest Gate, London. It is on the Suffragette line of the London Overground in London fare zone 3, 11 miles 11 chains down the line from Gospel Oak and situated between Leytonstone High Road and Woodgrange Park. Wanstead Park railway station is situated 1 mile south of Wanstead Flats.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Leytonstone and Aldersbrook.

Leytonstone

Suburb

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Leytonstone is an area in East London, England, within the London Borough of Waltham Forest. It adjoins Wanstead to the north-east, Forest Gate to the south-east, Stratford to the south-west, Leyton to the west, and Walthamstow to the north-west, and is 7 miles north-east of Charing Cross.

Aldersbrook

Neighborhood

Aldersbrook, is an Edwardian housing estate in Wanstead, East London. It is named after the medieval Manor of Aldersbrook the manor itself was named after the Alders Brook, a minor river which marks part of the boundary between the London Boroughs of Newham and Redbridge.