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 Leytonstone tube 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 3,700 feet southwest of Wanstead Flats.

Leytonstone tube station

Metro station

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Leytonstone is a London Underground station in Leytonstone, in the London Borough of Waltham Forest, east London. It is a stop on the Central line, between Leyton and Snaresbrook or Wanstead stations. Leytonstone tube station is situated 2,600 feet west of Wanstead Flats.

Wanstead tube station

Metro station

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Wanstead is a London Underground station in Wanstead in the London Borough of Redbridge, east London. It is on the Hainault loop of the Central line, between Leytonstone and Redbridge stations. Wanstead tube station is situated 2,700 feet northeast of Wanstead Flats.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Leytonstone and Wanstead.

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.

Wanstead

Suburb

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Wanstead is an area in East London, England, in the London Borough of Redbridge. It borders South Woodford to the north, Redbridge to the east and Manor Park to the south, with Leytonstone and Walthamstow to the west.

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.

Wanstead Flats

Type: Park
Category: recreation area
Location: Redbridge, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.57094° or 51° 34′ 15″ north

Longitude

0.01969° or 0° 1′ 11″ east

Open location code

9F32H2C9+9V

OpenStreetMap ID

way 28849449

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

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