# Waltham Forest, London

[Parks](https://geography.me/london/parks) · Loughton

## Close by

- [Oakwood Pharmacy](https://geography.me/london/oakwood-pharmacy): Pharmacy, 280 m
- [The Avenue Tennis Club](https://geography.me/london/the-avenue-tennis-club): Pitch, 860 m

Directions: https://maps.apple.com/directions?destination=51.64,0.065

Source: https://geography.me/london/waltham-forest

## The story here


Waltham Forest was a royal forest that existed from around the time the Forest of Essex was disestablished in the 13th century. After that Forest Law was focused on areas with higher concentrations of woodland than the sparsely wooded Forest of Essex ever had.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waltham_Forest_(legal_forest)