Wanstead
Sign in to saveWanstead () is an area in East London, England, in the London Borough of Redbridge. It borders South Woodford to the north, Redbridge to the east and Manor Park to the south, with Leytonstone and Walthamstow to the west. It is located 8 miles northeast of Charing Cross.
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Wanstead
- UK place.static_image_name
- Wanstead fountain (18384688258).jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Wanstead drinking fountain, built to celebrate Queen Victoria’s diamond jubilee
- UK place.map_type
- Greater London
- UK place.region
- London
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.london_borough
- Redbridge
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Leyton & Wanstead
- UK place.post_town
- LONDON
- UK place.postcode_area
- E
- UK place.postcode_district
- E11
- UK place.dial_code
- 020
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TQ405885
- UK place.population
- 11,543
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 Census. Ward)
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- The George public house
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- Notable residents
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Wanstead () is an area in East London, England, in the London Borough of Redbridge. It borders South Woodford to the north, Redbridge to the east and Manor Park to the south, with Leytonstone and Walthamstow to the west. It is located 8 miles northeast of Charing Cross.
Historically an ancient parish in the Becontree hundred of Essex, it was granted urban district status in 1894, and formed part of the Municipal Borough of Wanstead and Woodford between 1937 and 1965, when it became part of the London Borough of Redbridge. Wanstead was a key part of the M11 link road protest from 1993 to 1995, which ended with the construction of the A12 that runs through the town.