Loughton
Sign in to saveLoughton () is a town and civil parish in the Epping Forest District of Essex, England. It is inside the M25 London orbital motorway but lies just outside the administrative boundary of Greater London. It lies north-east of Charing Cross in central London. The parish has two stations on the Central line of the London Underground: Loughton and Debden. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 33,346.
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Loughton
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.static_image_name
- High Road, Loughton, Essex - geograph.org.uk - 2151568.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- High Road, Loughton
- UK place.area_total_km2
- 15.30
- UK place.population
- 33,346
- UK place.population_ref
- (Parish, 2021)
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TQ422961
- UK place.map_type
- nomap
- UK place.post_town
- LOUGHTON
- UK place.postcode_area
- IG
- UK place.postcode_district
- IG10
- UK place.dial_code
- 020
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Epping Forest
- UK place.charingX_distance_mi
- 12
- UK place.charingX_direction
- SW
- UK place.civil_parish
- Loughton
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Loughton () is a town and civil parish in the Epping Forest District of Essex, England. It is inside the M25 London orbital motorway but lies just outside the administrative boundary of Greater London. It lies north-east of Charing Cross in central London. The parish has two stations on the Central line of the London Underground: Loughton and Debden. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 33,346.
The parish includes part of the ancient woodland of Epping Forest. Loughton has three conservation areas and 56 listed buildings, together with a further 50 that are locally listed.