Wanstead Flats
Southernmost part of Epping Forest, England
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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. It now falls wholly within the boundaries of the London Boroughs of Redbridge and Waltham Forest, though until 1994 two parts of it were in the London Borough of Newham: one of these was the section between Aldersbrook Road and Capel Road east of the junction between Aldersbrook Road and St Margaret's Road, whilst the other was the strip running along Capel Road between its junctions with Centre Road (the A114) and Ridley Road. As part of Epping Forest, the Flats is managed by the City of London Corporation.
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Leytonstone
Area of east London, England
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Forest Gate
Human settlement in England
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Wanstead
Area of East London
1.4 mi away
Wanstead House
Former mansion in England
0.9 mi away
Municipal Borough of Leyton
Former local government area in the UK
1.1 mi away
Manor Park, London
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