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Epping Forest is at around 6,000 acres and stretches 12 miles from Manor Park in East London to just north of Epping. This forest is rich in wildlife, and two-thirds of it is the area of special scientific interest nationally and internationally.
Loughton is an underground station locating two miles north of the Greater London boundary, in the Epping Forest district of Essex.
Copped Hall Green: it is a ruined country house, but it currently undergoes renovation. A substantial building was first erected in the 12th century. Also, some evidences are showing that this site has been occupied from Roman period.
Epping is an underground station, locating in the market town of Epping in Essex, England.
Bell Common is a settlement in Essex, England. It also forms the southern part of the town of Epping.
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Epping Forest: A wonderful ancient woodland tour
Loughton, England

Epping Forest: A wonderful ancient woodland tour

Length8.2 mi
Elev. Gain515 ft
Est. Steps19000
Forest
Scenic views
Quiet place
Created by devin

Epping Forest: A wonderful ancient woodland tour Introduction

Epping Forest: A wonderful ancient woodland tour is a 8.3 mile (19,000-step) route located near Loughton, England. This route has an elevation gain of about 515 ft and is rated as medium. Find the best walking trails near you in Pacer App.
This tour takes you walk through the ancient woodland of Epping Forest, also called the peoples forest, and you can possibly visit the High Beach visitor centre before a pub lunch in Upshire.

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Copped Hall

Historical
Copped Hall, also known as Copt Hall or Copthall, is a mid-18th-century English country house close to Epping, Essex, which has been undergoing restoration since 1999. Copped Hall is visible from the M25 motorway between junctions 26 and 27. There was a separate Copped Hall (or Coppeed Hall) in Totteridge, which was demolished in 1928.

Loughton Camp

Historical
Loughton Camp is an Iron Age (~500 BC) Hill fort in Epping Forest, one mile (1.6 km) northwest of the town of Loughton.The camp's earthworks cover an area of approximately 10 acres (4 hectares) and are visible today as a low bank and ditch encircling the main camp. The banks were most probably once a single high rampart, used for defence and the appearance of the ditch suggests it was once very wide and deep in places.

Epping Forest

Landform
Epping Forest is a 2,400-hectare (5,900-acre) area of ancient woodland between Epping in Essex to the north, and Forest Gate in Greater London to the south, straddling the border between London and Essex. It is a former royal forest, and is managed by the City of London Corporation. An area of 1,728 hectares (4,270 acres) is a Site of Special Scientific Interest and a Special Area of Conservation.

Epping tube station

Place
Epping is a London Underground station in the market town of Epping in Essex, England. The station serves as the north-eastern terminus of the Central line. Located in Travelcard Zone 6, it is one of eight London Underground stations in the Epping Forest District. The station before Epping is Theydon Bois, which is about three minutes' travelling time away.

Loughton tube station

Place
Loughton is a London Underground station, some two miles north of the Greater London boundary, in the Epping Forest district of Essex.It is served by the Central line and lies between Buckhurst Hill and Debden. It is the larger of the two Underground stations in the town of Loughton, with Debden station being the smaller.

Ivy Chimneys

Place
Ivy Chimneys is a suburb of the town of Epping, in the Epping Forest District of Essex, England. Ivy Chimneys is 1⁄2 mile (800 m) south from Epping tube station on the London Underground Central line. The B1393 road is to the north-west, and the M11 and M25 motorways to the east and south but with no access from Ivy Chimneys.

Roding Valley High School

Place
Roding Valley High School is a secondary school in Loughton, Essex, founded in 1989 by the merger of three schools.

Upshire

Place
Upshire is a village in the Epping Forest District of Essex, England.The village is part of the civil parish of Waltham Abbey. Nearby settlements include the towns of Epping and Waltham Abbey. The M25 motorway passes close to the village. The village is on Horseshoe Hill (a minor road), on which is The Horseshoe public house, and the church of St Thomas, a Grade II* listed building in Arts and Crafts style dating from 1902.

Turpin's Cave

Place
Turpin's Cave is an area of Epping Forest in Essex which has been attributed as a hiding place of the highwayman Dick Turpin.Dick Turpin knew Epping Forest well and organised many criminal activities from a base between the Loughton Road and Kings Oak Road, which in legend became known as 'Turpin's cave'.

Kate's Cellar

Water

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2019/06/05
Amazing route
Last updated: Dec 1, 2024

Route Details

Length

8.2 mi

Elev. Gain

515 ft

Est. Steps

19000
Created by
devin
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