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Epping Forest is 339 km², a 2,400-hectare vast ancient forest managed by Britain’s capital city, London, which falls under the county of Essex in southeast England. The woodland’s 4,270 acres (1,728 hectares) are conserved for special scientific interest. Epping – Introduction and manors | A History of the County of Essex: Volume 5 (pp. 114–127)". British-history.ac.uk . Retrieved 26 March 2013. The town is known in some quarters for the Epping sausage, and, in the 18th and 19th centuries, for Epping butter. [ citation needed] Governance [ edit ] Epping Hall: Town Council headquarters Winston Churchill, Member of Parliament for the town and the larger constituency named after it from 1924 to 1945, including his tenure as Prime Minister during World War II Walking and running in Epping Forest". City of London Corporation. Archived from the original on 1 August 2021 . Retrieved 16 December 2021.

Walford, Edward (1898). Greater London: a narrative of its history, its people, and its places. Volume I. London: Cassell & Company Limited. Epping Forestis owned and managed by the City of London. The Forest is of national and international conservation importance and home to over 50,000 ancient pollard trees and 100 lakes and ponds. Open 365 days of the year, the Forest is free to visit.

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A112 - between Waltham Abbey and Sewardstone. Onward connections towards Walthamstow and Stratford; A104 Epping New Road - between Wake Arms and Woodford. Onward connections towards Leyton and Islington; Predominant tree species are Pedunculate oak ( Quercus robur), European beech ( Fagus sylvatica), European hornbeam ( Carpinus betuloides), silver birch ( Betula pendula) and European holly ( Ilex aquifolium). Indicator species of long-uninterrupted woodland include service-tree ( Sorbus torminalis) butcher's-broom ( Ruscus aculeatus) and drooping sedge ( Carex pendula). Special Areas of Conservation: Epping Forest". Joint Nature Conservation Committee . Retrieved 14 January 2016.

The plains were located in wet or low-lying areas. The area surrounding the forest is now to a great extent urbanised; the corresponding reduction in grazing has led to some former areas of grassland and heathland being overcome by secondary woodland. Gorman, Mark. "Wanstead Flats History Walks: No. 2: Aldersbrook Flats" (PDF). www.leytonhistorysociety.org.uk. Leyton & Leytonstone Historical Society . Retrieved 3 February 2020. and 1689. (fn. 309) Ralph left four daughters, Elizabeth, Rebecca, Jane, and Martha, who jointly held Of the seven Essex County Councillors elected for Epping Forest divisions in the most recent county council elections in 2021, six are from the Conservative Party, and one is from Loughton Residents Association. Wilson, Jean Moorcroft (2015). Edward Thomas: from Adlestrop to Arras: A Biography. Bloomsbury Continuum. p.343. ISBN 978-1408187135.

The north-east of the district is rural and sparsely populated for an area so close to London; this area includes Chipping Ongar and surrounding villages. The south-west of the district closer to the boundary with Greater London is more suburban and is dominated by Loughton, the largest town in the district. Most of the district has a wide range of architectural styles and periods. [16] Loughton adjoins the woodland of Epping Forest to the west and is separated by farms, rivers and golf courses from other settlements in other directions. As an example of conserved physical geographic landscapes, the Roding Valley and Three Forests Way (one end of the Stort Valley Way and the other end connecting to the Harcamlow Way in Hatfield Forest and National Nature Reserve, Essex which is north of Epping Forest District. Epping Forest was initially used as a hunting ground for the British Royal Family. Up until the reign of King Henry VIII, it was named Waltham Forest and served the sole purpose of being a hunting ground. In the 17th century, hunting in the forest gradually stopped. Wanstead Park; an enclosed area of the forest with restricted opening; formerly the landscaped parkland of Wanstead House demolished in 1825, the park was added to the forest in 1880.

In 1995 a small area around Grange Hill and Roding Valley stations was transferred to the London Borough of Redbridge. [4] The major ecological trend in the past 100 years has been towards uniformity" (Baker, Moxey, Oxford 1978). Marian Hartley, a 15-year-old schoolgirl, was killed by Joseph Kiely, 20. Kiely dragged Hartley into the forest late at night, in the Chingford area, where he sexually assaulted her and strangled her, after she had been to a school dance. [97] Primary sources and commentary https://pasttense.co.uk/2019/07/08/today-in-london-riotous-history-1871-1000s-demolish-enclosure-fences-on-wanstead-flats/ and a row of service rooms. (fn. 98) The present Winchelsea House evidently represents a reconstruction ofmanor of Eppingheath' of the Countess of Stafford. (fn. 252) He also held a manor in Little Totham in Roding Valley Meadows is the largest of Countrycare’s nine Local Nature Reserves and the only one to be awarded the Green Flag Award. These beautiful meadows are thought to be the largest surviving complex of flood plain meadow and marshes in Essex. Amongst Epping St John's School, a Church of England school, is the only mainstream secondary school in Epping. It has an active charity fundraising group led by a Student Executive team. In 2020 two hundred students were awarded the Rotary Prize for 'Service to Schools was in Essex' by the local Epping Rotary Club. Two of the three independent councillors sit together as the "Grange Hill Independent Community Group". [12] The next election is due in 2024. London Transport – Local Bus Maps". eplates.info. Archived from the original on 17 March 2016 . Retrieved 28 August 2013.