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London/East

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East London is that part of London which is east of Central London and north of the River Thames.

Stratford is in London and will host the London 2012 Olympic Games. Note that this is not Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire, the birthplace of Shakespeare.

Walthamstow is a town in London. This town was made famous by a teen pop band called E-17 (the postcode of the area) who came from here and had a number of hits. Soak up the multicultural atmosphere.

Ilford is in north-east London. It can also be considered to be a part of Essex as it has non-London region postcodes and is listed as Ilford, Essex by Royal Mail.

Romford is a large town in East London, England.

[edit] Get in

By train

Romford is served by Romford train station located in the centre of town. It has frequent services to London Liverpool Street and serves many destinations in Essex and East Anglia.

[edit] Areas

East London is itself made up of several quite distinct areas, of which more can be found in the following articles (some yet to be started....)

[edit] Get in

[edit] Stratford

Jubliee Line (including from Westminster and Canary Wharf), Central Line (including from London Liverpool Street) or Docklands Light Railway (DLR) to Stratford [1]. Alternatively, by rail from London Liverpool Street, Stansted Airport, Ipswich, Colchester or Norwich [2] or London Overground from Gospel Oak

[edit] Walthamstow

  • Walthamstow Central and Blackhorse Road tube (Victoria Line) and Walthamstow Central, Blackhorse Road, St James's Street, Wood Street and Queen's Road railway stations.
  • Many bus routes, as Walthamstow is a major hub for buses, centred on Walthamstow Central.

[edit] Ilford

Ilford is served by national rail services from London Liverpool Street. Stratford is around 8 mins away and Liverpool Street around 15 mins. Gants Hill tube station is about a 20-30 minute walk from Ilford town centre although it is also served by local bus routes. The 25 bus from Oxford Circus terminates at Ilford bus station.

[edit][add listing] See

[edit] Stratford

[edit] Walthamstow

  • Eping Forest, (tube: Central Line; see website), ☎ +44 (0)20 85080028 (), [4]. Dawn-dusk. 12 miles long in East London and Essex. Free.  edit
  • The Vestry Museum [5]
  • Walthamstow High Street [6]is home to Europe's longest daily street market, which is nearly a mile long!
  • Walthamstow Village [7]
  • The William Morris Gallery [8]

[edit] Ilford

The Central Library on Winston Way is a very interesting structure from an architectural point of view. Unfortunately it is also the locale of choice for the native "rude-boys" to hang out; alas this is not due to the educational value of the institution.

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[edit] Stratford

[edit] Walthamstow

  • Cycle. Along the river Lea or around Epping Forest.  edit

[edit] Ilford

Valentines Park is a pleasent green area, Essex County Cricket team used to play on the pitch in the western side of the park.

[edit][add listing] Buy

[edit] Walthamstow

  • Walthamstow High Street market. early-approximately 5:30PM. All manner of items may be purchased here, an example of the amazing bargains to be found is a carrier bag full of bananas for £1.  edit
  • Selbourne Walk, (tube: Walthamstow Central; just over the road). Walthamstow's shopping mall, with the usual selection of shopping mall type shops.  edit

[edit] Ilford

The Exchange shopping centre was one of the largest American style malls when it was constructed in the early 1990s. Although now it has an extensive array of shops now it can only really be considered a bog standard shopping centre. The town centre itself has most high street chain shops.

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[edit] Walthamstow

There are a number of cafés and restaurants down the high street.

  • Kebabish, Hoe Street. Do a nice kebab and also tasty Indian food.  edit

[edit][add listing] Drink

[edit] Walthamstow

  • The Ferry Boat Inn, (nearest tube: Blackhorse Road). A quaint country style pub in a lovely river side setting (walking distance from Blackhorse Road tube station.  edit
  • The Goose, (tube: Walthamstow Central; opposite).  edit
  • Various pubs in Walthamstow Village.  edit

[edit] Clubs

Walthamstow doesn't have much of a clubbing scene, though there is:

  • The Standard Music Venue, (tube: Blackhorse Road; opposite). Has rock bands playing most nights of the week, and has a nightclub on Friday nights.  edit

[edit][add listing] Sleep

[edit] Contact

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