Walthamstow

Settlement in Essex

England

Walthamstow

Walthamstow is a vibrant town located in the London Borough of Waltham Forest in Essex, England. It is situated in the northeast part of London and is known for its diverse community and bustling atmosphere. Walthamstow is a popular residential area with a mix of Victorian terraced houses, modern apartment buildings, and green spaces.

The town is well-connected to central London via the Victoria line on the London Underground and several bus routes, making it a convenient location for commuters. Walthamstow Central station is a major transportation hub in the area, providing easy access to other parts of London.

Walthamstow is also home to a variety of amenities, including shopping centers, markets, restaurants, and cafes. The area is known for its vibrant street art scene, with numerous murals and graffiti art adorning the walls of buildings throughout the town.

Overall, Walthamstow offers a lively and diverse community, with plenty of amenities and convenient transportation links, making it a popular place to live and visit in Essex.

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Walthamstow Images

Images are sourced within 2km of 51.588358/-0.012264 or Grid Reference TQ3789. Thanks to Geograph Open Source API. All images are credited.

Walthamstow Stadium Dog Track (as was)

The frontage to the old dog racing stadium remains but no dogs race here now, officially anyway. The clock still tells the correct time.

John Kingdon

British Cars Graveyard in Walthamstow

Like an elephants' graveyard is this where old British cars go to die? I read that there are three million vehicles in the UK that are registered as off road. A staggering number I thought. Well here are three of them.

John Kingdon

Looking down the North Circular from overpass at Epping Forest

Epping Forest (formerly known as Waltham Forest) is an ancient woodland north-east of London. As a former royal forest dating from the 12th century, it is managed by the City of London Corporation. The forest is 2,476 hectares in area, comprising woodland, grassland and open heath, forming a 19km long green corridor. [abstract from Wikipedia article: Link

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Sophie

Walthamstow Greyhound Stadium

The stadium closed on 16 August 2008 and the site is now covered with apartments More information > Link

Richard Humphrey

Walthamstow Greyhound Racing Stadium - The finish line

This stadium opened in 1933 and closed in August 2008 soon after this photo was taken. For more information see - Link

Richard Humphrey

Walthamstow Greyhound Racing Stadium - Art Deco facade

This stadium opened in 1933 and closed on 16 August 2008 soon after this photo was taken and the site is now covered with apartments. For more information see - Link

This facade still stands as a reminder to the former stadium see Link

The other side of this structure was once the Tote board see Link

Richard Humphrey

Wood Street Library

Right near the bottom of the grid square looking south across Forest Road toward Wood Street, The White building on the corner is the Library, the brick building to the right of the library is a public convenience, the larger building behind that is a school.

Claire Ward

Hawker Siddeley Power Transformers

Walthamstow was once important in aeroplane construction.

Claire Ward

Walthamstow Stadium

Greyhound racing since 1933

Gipsy Rodney Smith memorial, Epping Forest

The inscription tells that Gipsy Rodney Smith was born here 31 March 1860, preached the gospel of Christ to thousands on five continents for seventy years and was 'called home' journeying to America in 4 August 1947. The stone lies in a secluded clearing of the forest, not far from the busy A104, Woodford New Road, just north-west of Waterworks roundabout.

John Davies

North Circular Road, E17

View from the footbridge over the A406 North Circular Road, close to Waterworks roundabout on the borders of Walthamstow and Woodford, looking west. The footbridge, which links two detached sections of Epping Forest to provide a continuous walking, cycling and horse-riding route has a warning sign indicating a weight limit of 32 tonnes. The chimney centre-right is the Edmonton Waste Incinerator.

John Davies

Covered Reservoir, Walthamstow and South Woodford

A peaceful view of a very busy flyover, the Waterworks Roundabout, where A104 Woodford New Road crosses the North Circular road (A406). The view is from the south-west; the grassy area in the foreground is the top of one of the two covered reservoirs that gives the junction its name. The reservoirs are in Walthamstow, the roundabout in South Woodford.

John Davies

End of terrace near Lloyd Park, Walthamstow

Taken on the corner of Winns Terrace (left) and Winns Avenue (right).

David Kemp

Lloyd Park, Walthamstow

For all that it's situated in a densely populated part of North-east London, much of Lloyd Park is open grassland. The houses in the background are in Brettenham Road.

David Kemp

Carlton Road, Higham Hill

Higham Hill is some fifty feet or so above the Lea valley. This area represented the northern limit of Walthamstow's nineteenth century terraced housing whose development the opening of the railway to Chingford in the early 1870s did much to encourage.

David Kemp