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Leytonstone is an area of East London
East London, England

East London is the name commonly given to the north eastern part of London, England on the north side of the Thames.The London boroughs that make up this informal area are London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, London Borough of Hackney, London Borough of Havering, London Borough of Newham, London Borough of Redbridge, London Borough of T...
 and part of the London Borough of Waltham Forest
London Borough of Waltham Forest

The London Borough of Waltham Forest is a London borough in East London, England and forms part of Outer London. It is a mix of built-up residential development and a fifth of the borough is made up of forestland, reservoirs, open space, parks and playing fields....
. It is a high density suburban area, located north east of Charing Cross
Charing Cross

Charing Cross denotes the junction of the Strand, London, Whitehall and Cockspur Street, just south of Trafalgar Square in City of Westminster within Central London, England....
. It borders Walthamstow
Walthamstow

Walthamstow is a town in the London Borough of Waltham Forest, North East London, England, England, located north east of Charing Cross. Walthamstow is bordered to the north by Chingford, south by Leyton and Leytonstone, east by the southern reaches of Epping Forest at Woodford and west by Tottenham and the River Lea valley....
 to the northwest, Wanstead
Wanstead

Wanstead is a suburban area in the London Borough of Redbridge, East London, England. The main road going through Wanstead is the A12 road . The name is from the Old English words w?nn and stede, meaning "settlement on a small hill"....
 (in the London Borough of Redbridge
London Borough of Redbridge

The London Borough of Redbridge is a London borough in north east London, England and forms part of Outer London....
) to the north, Leyton
Leyton

Leyton is an area of East London, England and part of the London Borough of Waltham Forest. It is a high density inner London area, located north east of Charing Cross....
 to the south, and Forest Gate
Forest Gate

Forest Gate is a residential area in the London Borough of Newham.Its name is derived from a southern gate of Epping Forest which once stretched continuously down from Epping....
 (in the London Borough of Newham
London Borough of Newham

The London Borough of Newham is a London borough in East London, England, within Greater London.It is situated east of the City of London, and is north of the River Thames....
) to the east.

main thoroughfare in Leytonstone, High Road Leytonstone, which runs the length of Leytonstone to Stratford
Stratford, London

Stratford, historically Stratford Langthorne, is a place in the London Borough of Newham in East London, England. It will be the primary location of the 2012 Summer Olympics....
 is an ancient pathway dating to pre-Roman
Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
 times.






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Leytonstone is an area of East London
East London, England

East London is the name commonly given to the north eastern part of London, England on the north side of the Thames.The London boroughs that make up this informal area are London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, London Borough of Hackney, London Borough of Havering, London Borough of Newham, London Borough of Redbridge, London Borough of T...
 and part of the London Borough of Waltham Forest
London Borough of Waltham Forest

The London Borough of Waltham Forest is a London borough in East London, England and forms part of Outer London. It is a mix of built-up residential development and a fifth of the borough is made up of forestland, reservoirs, open space, parks and playing fields....
. It is a high density suburban area, located north east of Charing Cross
Charing Cross

Charing Cross denotes the junction of the Strand, London, Whitehall and Cockspur Street, just south of Trafalgar Square in City of Westminster within Central London, England....
. It borders Walthamstow
Walthamstow

Walthamstow is a town in the London Borough of Waltham Forest, North East London, England, England, located north east of Charing Cross. Walthamstow is bordered to the north by Chingford, south by Leyton and Leytonstone, east by the southern reaches of Epping Forest at Woodford and west by Tottenham and the River Lea valley....
 to the northwest, Wanstead
Wanstead

Wanstead is a suburban area in the London Borough of Redbridge, East London, England. The main road going through Wanstead is the A12 road . The name is from the Old English words w?nn and stede, meaning "settlement on a small hill"....
 (in the London Borough of Redbridge
London Borough of Redbridge

The London Borough of Redbridge is a London borough in north east London, England and forms part of Outer London....
) to the north, Leyton
Leyton

Leyton is an area of East London, England and part of the London Borough of Waltham Forest. It is a high density inner London area, located north east of Charing Cross....
 to the south, and Forest Gate
Forest Gate

Forest Gate is a residential area in the London Borough of Newham.Its name is derived from a southern gate of Epping Forest which once stretched continuously down from Epping....
 (in the London Borough of Newham
London Borough of Newham

The London Borough of Newham is a London borough in East London, England, within Greater London.It is situated east of the City of London, and is north of the River Thames....
) to the east.

History

The main thoroughfare in Leytonstone, High Road Leytonstone, which runs the length of Leytonstone to Stratford
Stratford, London

Stratford, historically Stratford Langthorne, is a place in the London Borough of Newham in East London, England. It will be the primary location of the 2012 Summer Olympics....
 is an ancient pathway dating to pre-Roman
Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
 times. Roman archaeological features have been found in the area.

The name Leytonstone — in early documents Leyton-Atte-Stone — may derive from the large stone standing at the junction of Hollybush Hill and New Wanstead; in the 18th-century an obelisk was mounted on top of it, and it has been claimed that it is the remains of a Roman milestone.

Two of the obelisk's inscriptions are still just legible: others are not.

"To Epping XI Miles through Woodford, Loughton"
"To Ongar XV Miles through Woodford Bridge, Chigwell, Abridge"


It has been claimed that High Road Leytonstone is a prehistoric pathway dating from before the Romans
Ancient Rome

Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC....
 built a road along the same route to London. However Roman roads have since been found during excavations.

The earliest known cartographic reference to Leytonstone is dated from 1545. It was part of Essex
Essex

Essex is a counties of England in the East of England England. The county town is Chelmsford, and the highest point of the county is Chrishall Common near the village of Langley, Essex, close to the Hertfordshire border, which reaches ....
 until 1965.

To the eastern side of Leytonstone lies the Lake House estate, which until its recent inclusion within the London Borough
London borough

The administrative area of Greater London contains thirty-two London boroughs. Inner London comprises twelve of these boroughs plus the City of London....
 of Redbridge
Redbridge

Redbridge may refer to:...
 was also seen as belonging to the area.

Leytonstone was the centre of protests
M11 link road protest

The M11 link road protest was an anti-road campaign in East London, England, United Kingdom in the early 1990s. Though ultimately unsuccessful, the campaign was a significant factor in increasing the cost of constructing the road, and together with others in the UK at that time, is considered by many to have played a major role in the large-...
 against the construction of the M11 link road
M11 motorway

The M11 motorway in England is a major road running approximately north from the A406 road in South Woodford in north-east London to the A14 road , north-west of Cambridge....
, in 1990. The protesters' final stand was staged at Claremont Road, Leytonstone and was ended by the forced eviction of protestors in 1994.

Education

The borough includes:

  • Connaught School for Girls
    Connaught School for Girls

    Connaught School for Girls is a girls' only, 11-16 comprehensive school in Leytonstone, London. The school has been awarded specialist Language College status....
    , a specialist Language College
    Language College

    Language Colleges were introduced in 1995 as part of the Specialist school in the United Kingdom. The system enables secondary schools to specialise in certain fields, in this case, modern foreign languages....
  • Leytonstone School
    Leytonstone Business and Enterprise Specialist School

    Leytonstone Business and Enterprise Specialist School is a mixed, comprehensive 11-16 school on Colworth Road in Leytonstone, London....
    , which is a specialist Business and Enterprise College
    Business and Enterprise College

    Business and Enterprise Colleges were introduced in 2002 as part of the Specialist school in the United Kingdom. The system enables secondary schools to specialise in certain fields....
  • Tom Hood School
    Tom Hood School

    Tom Hood School is a secondary, 11-16 coeducational school located in Waltham Forest, Leytonstone, London. The school holds specialist Science College status....
    , a specialist Science College
    Science College

    Science Colleges were introduced in 2002 as part of the Specialist school in the United Kingdom. The system enables Education in England#Secondary Education to specialise in certain fields, in this case, science and mathematics....
Norlington School for boys

Notable features

  • Epping Forest
    Epping Forest

    Epping Forest is an area of ancient woodland in south-east England, straddling the border between north-east Greater London and Essex. It is managed by the City of London Corporation....
     boundaries reach Leytonstone in wooded areas called Hollow Ponds and Wanstead Flats
    Waltham Forest parks and open spaces

    The London Borough of Waltham Forest is an Outer London London borough. The Borough manages over 500 acres of open space; also within the boundaries are parts of Epping Forest; and a series of reservoir alongside the River Lee ....
    .
  • Whipps Cross University Hospital
    Whipps Cross University Hospital

    Whipps Cross University Hospital is an National Health Service-run University Hospital in Leytonstone, North-east London, which housed London's first Hyperbaric oxygen therapy....
  • Dagenham & Redbridge
    Dagenham & Redbridge F.C.

    Dagenham & Redbridge Football Club is an England football team based in Dagenham, Essex, England, currently playing in the Football League Two having been promoted as champions from the Football Conference in the 2006-07 in English football season....
     football club, currently a professional Coca-Cola League Two
    Football League Two

    Football League Two is the third-highest division of The Football League and fourth-highest division overall in the English football league system....
     team, is an amalgamation of several amateur football clubs, including Leytonstone F.C.
    Leytonstone F.C.

    Leytonstone F.C. was a London football club, founded in 1886 in football . Its ground was near Leytonstone High Road, next to what was the Midland Railway's overhead line, so near in fact that it was possible to watch the game, looking down from the railway platform....
    , who played along Leytonstone High Road. The Wanderers F.C. also originated from Leytonstone but played in several other venues round London
    London

    London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
    .


Notable people associated with Leytonstone

Lu Leytonstone Sign
  • Alfred Hitchcock
    Alfred Hitchcock

    Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, Order of the British Empire was a British filmmaker and film producer who pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres....
     was born and raised in the area; the entrance to Leytonstone tube station has a number of mosaics depicting scenes from his films.


  • One infamous person who reputedly passed through Leytonstone, staying at the Green Man pub (now O'Neill's), was Essex-born highwayman
    Highwayman

    The word highwayman is first attested from the year 1617. The term "highwayman" is mainly applied to robbers who travelled on a horse, as opposed to those who robbed on foot ....
     Dick Turpin
    Dick Turpin

    For other meanings see Dick Turpin .Richard Turpin The Highwayman was a legendary England rogue and highwayman. Turpin engaged in poaching, burglary, cattle rustling, horse theft, highway robbery and murder before being executed in York....
    . Turpin allegedly passed through Leytonstone to Epping Forest en route to Norwich
    Norwich

    Norwich , is a city status in the United Kingdom in Norfolk, East Anglia which is in Eastern England. It is the regional administrative centre and county city of Norfolk....
    , and eventually to his appointment with the hangman
    Executioner

    A judiciary executioner is a person who carries out a capital punishment ordered by the state or other law authority, which was known in feudal terminology as high justice....
     in 1739.


  • Damon Albarn
    Damon Albarn

    Damon Albarn, , is a Grammy Award-winning England singer-songwriter and record producer whose eclectic musical style and observational lyrics have made him one of England's most successful musicians of the past 20 years....
    , singer-songwriter and musician (keyboard, piano, ...) with Blur, Gorillaz
    Gorillaz

    Gorillaz is a virtual band created in 1998 by Damon Albarn of alternative rock band Blur , and Jamie Hewlett, co-creator of the comic book Tank Girl....
     and The Good The Bad And The Queen.


  • David Beckham
    David Beckham

    David Robert Joseph Beckham Order of the British Empire is an England association football who currently plays in midfielder for Italy Serie A club A.C....
     was born in Leytonstone, but grew up in Chingford
    Chingford

    Chingford is a town in the London Borough of Waltham Forest. It is a suburban development situated northeast of Charing Cross. To the north and east of Chingford is Epping Forest and the boundary with Essex....
  • Boy Kill Boy
    Boy Kill Boy

    Boy Kill Boy was an England Rock music rock band based in Leytonstone, East London.In May 2005 they released their debut single "Suzie" for record label Fierce Panda Records, from here the future looked bright for Boy Kill Boy....
  • Cornelius Cardew
    Cornelius Cardew

    Cornelius Cardew was an England avant-garde composer, and founder of the Scratch Orchestra, an Experimental music performing ensemble. He later rejected the avant-garde in favour of a politically motivated "people's liberation music"....
  • Eamon Everall
    Eamon Everall

    Eamon Everall is an England artist and educator. He was one of the 12 founder members of the Stuckism art group. He paints in a "neo-cubist" style, with subjects from life worked on over a long period....
  • Fanny Craddock
  • Curtis Davies
    Curtis Davies

    Curtis Eugene Davies is an England professional Association football who plays as a Defender . He currently plays for Aston Villa F.C. and has previously played for Luton Town F.C., where he began his career, and West Bromwich Albion F.C.....
  • John Drinkwater
  • Ken Farnes
    Ken Farnes

    Kenneth Farnes was an England cricketer. He played in 15 Test cricket from 1934 to 1939.Farnes was born in Leytonstone, Essex, and was educated at the Royal Liberty School in Gidea Park....
  • Joanne Fenn
    Joanne Fenn

    Joanne Fenn n?e Mersh, is an England Middle distance track event....
  • Graham Gooch
    Graham Gooch

    Graham Alan Gooch, Order of the British Empire is a former cricketer who Captain Essex County Cricket Club and England. He was one of the most successful international batsman of his generation....
  • Steve Harris
    Steve Harris (musician)

    Stephen Percy Harris is the bassist, band leader and primary composer of the Heavy metal music band Iron Maiden. In addition, he plays keyboards, and sings backing vocals....
  • Sydney Horler
    Sydney Horler

    Sydney Horler was a prolific British novelist specialising in thrillers.Born in Leytonstone, London and was educated at Redcliffe School and Colston School in Bristol....
  • Justin Hoyte
    Justin Hoyte

    Justin Raymond Hoyte is an England Association football player who currently plays for Middlesbrough F.C.. His younger brother, Gavin Hoyte, plays for Arsenal F.C....
  • Derek Jacobi
    Derek Jacobi

    Sir Derek George Jacobi Order of the British Empire is an England actor and film director. Like Laurence Olivier, he bears the distinction of holding two knighthoods, Danish and British....
  • Colin Kazim-Richards
    Colin Kazim-Richards

    Colin Kazim-Richards , also known as Colin K?zim or K?zim K?zim in Turkey, is an England-born footballer who plays for Fenerbah?e S.K....
  • Natasha Little
    Natasha Little

    Natasha Little is a United Kingdom actor. She is best known for her work on British television, but has also starred in many film and theatre roles....
  • Morell Mackenzie
    Morell Mackenzie

    Sir Morell Mackenzie was a British physician, one of the pioneers of laryngology in the United Kingdom.Morell Mackenzie was born at Leytonstone, Essex, England on July 7, 1837....
  • Dominic McVey
    Dominic McVey

    Dominic McVey is a United Kingdom entrepreneur who started business at the age of 13, importing micro-Kick scooters from the United States into the United Kingdom....
     Britain's youngest self made millionaire
  • Tony Robinson
    Tony Robinson

    Tony Robinson is an England actor, broadcasting and political campaigner, best known for playing Baldrick in the BBC television series Blackadder, and for hosting Channel 4 programmes such as Time Team and The Worst Jobs in History....
  • Jonathan Ross
    Jonathan Ross (television presenter)

    Jonathan Stephen Ross Order of the British Empire is a triple BAFTA Award-winning England film critic and presenter of radio and television. Working extensively with the BBC, Ross has presented The Film programme since 1997, his own chat show, Friday Night with Jonathan Ross since 2001, and a radio show on BBC Radio 2 beginning in 19...
     and his brother Paul Ross
    Paul Ross

    Paul Ross , UK, is an England television and radio presenter, journalist, and media personality. He is the son of Martha Ross and the elder brother of Jonathan Ross ....
  • June Sarpong
  • Rita Simons
    Rita Simons

    Rita Joanne Simons is an award-winning English people-British Jews actress, singer and model. She is most notable for playing Roxy Mitchell in the British soap opera EastEnders....
     British actress, singer and model
  • Talvin Singh
    Talvin Singh

    Talvin Singh , is a Producer/Composer and tabla player, known for creating an innovative fusion of classical Indian music and drum and bass. Talvin Singh is generally considered involved with an electronica sub genre called Asian Underground....
  • Meera Syal
    Meera Syal

    Meera Syal Order of the British Empire is a British comedian, writer, playwright, singer, journalist, producer and actor, rising to prominence as one of the team that created Goodness Gracious Me and becoming one of the UK's best-known Indian personalities....
  • June Sarpong
  • Sean MacStiofain


Spike Milligan
Spike Milligan

Terence Alan Patrick Se?n Milligan KBE , known as Spike Milligan, was an England-Ireland comedian, writer, musician, poet and playwright....
 also based the (fictional) closest heir to the British throne after the outbreak of nuclear war
Nuclear war

Nuclear warfare is battle in which nuclear weapons are used.Nuclear war may also refer to:*Nuclear War *Nuclear War *Nuclear War, an album by Sun Ra...
 in that setting. She was a "Mrs. Ethel Shroake" of 393A High Street, Leytonstone, who appears in the final scene of the play and film The Bed-Sitting Room
The Bed-Sitting Room

The Bed-Sitting Room is a satirical play by Spike Milligan and John Antrobus. It started off as a one-act play which was first produced at the Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury....
, 1969.

Transport and locale


Nearby places

  • Epping Forest
    Epping Forest

    Epping Forest is an area of ancient woodland in south-east England, straddling the border between north-east Greater London and Essex. It is managed by the City of London Corporation....
  • Forest Gate
    Forest Gate

    Forest Gate is a residential area in the London Borough of Newham.Its name is derived from a southern gate of Epping Forest which once stretched continuously down from Epping....
  • Leyton
    Leyton

    Leyton is an area of East London, England and part of the London Borough of Waltham Forest. It is a high density inner London area, located north east of Charing Cross....
  • Snaresbrook
    Snaresbrook

    Snaresbrook is an area of north-east London, mostly in the London Borough of Redbridge. A small part falls within the London Borough of Waltham Forest....
  • Stratford
    Stratford, London

    Stratford, historically Stratford Langthorne, is a place in the London Borough of Newham in East London, England. It will be the primary location of the 2012 Summer Olympics....
  • Temple Mills
    Temple Mills

    Temple Mills is a northerly part of Stratford, London, south of Leyton, located within the London borough of London Borough of Newham in East London, England...
  • Walthamstow
    Walthamstow

    Walthamstow is a town in the London Borough of Waltham Forest, North East London, England, England, located north east of Charing Cross. Walthamstow is bordered to the north by Chingford, south by Leyton and Leytonstone, east by the southern reaches of Epping Forest at Woodford and west by Tottenham and the River Lea valley....
  • Wanstead
    Wanstead

    Wanstead is a suburban area in the London Borough of Redbridge, East London, England. The main road going through Wanstead is the A12 road . The name is from the Old English words w?nn and stede, meaning "settlement on a small hill"....


Nearest tube station

  • Leytonstone tube station
    Leytonstone tube station

    Leytonstone tube station is on the Central Line of the London Underground, on the boundary of Zones 3 and 4. Towards London the next station is Leyton tube station, while going east from Leytonstone, the line divides into two branches....
  • Leyton tube station
    Leyton tube station

    Leyton tube station is a London Underground station at Leyton. Situated opposite Leyton Mills at the end of Leyton High Street. It is on the Central Line between Stratford station and Leytonstone tube station....


Nearest railway station

  • Leytonstone High Road railway station
    Leytonstone High Road railway station

    Leytonstone High Road railway station is a train station in Leytonstone, London in the London Borough of Waltham Forest, on the Gospel Oak to Barking line, between Leyton Midland Road railway station and Wanstead Park railway station....

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