Visit Wanstead Places

Welcome to Visit Wanstead Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Wanstead

  

Wanstead Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Wanstead

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Wanstead history

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Astronomy

In 1707 the astronomer James Pound became rector of Wanstead. In 1717 the Royal Society lent Pound Huygens’s 123-foot focal length object-glass. Pound’s observations with it enabled Halley to correct calculations of their movements.

The George public house

The George has been a pub on the site since at least 1716. Set in to the side of the pub is a plaque dating from 1752. The plaque is inscribed with the eccentrically spelled verse: There are various local legends explaining this curious plaque.

Schools and education

The Royal Commercial Travellers Schools were sited in Wanstead from their foundation in 1845 by John Robert Cuffley until their move to Pinner in 1855. The schools provided housing, food, clothing and education for up to 130 children of commercial travellers who had died or became unable to earn their livelihood. The Royal Merchant Navy School was founded in St George in the East, London in 1827 before moving to Hermon Hill, Wanstead in 1862.

Places of worship

The church of St Mary the Virgin, Wanstead was completed in 1790. It is now a Grade I listed building, and contains a large monument to Josiah Child. It was followed in the 1860s by both the Anglican church of Christ Church and Wanstead Congregational Church.

You can visit Wanstead places with Walkfo Wanstead to hear history at Wanstead’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Wanstead has 128 places to visit in our interactive Wanstead map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Wanstead, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Wanstead places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Wanstead & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 128 audio facts unique to Wanstead places in an interactive Wanstead map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Wanstead Places Map
128 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Wanstead historic spots	Wanstead tourist destinations	Wanstead plaques	Wanstead geographic features
Walkfo Wanstead tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Wanstead

  

Best Wanstead places to visit

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Wanstead has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Wanstead’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Wanstead’s information audio spots:

Woodford Bridge Woodford Bridge is part of the East London suburb of Woodford, in the London Borough of Redbridge. It is located on an old road between Chigwell and Leytonstone.

Bushwood, Leytonstone Bushwood is an area in the north of Leytonstone in East London. The area is popular for its proximity to Wanstead Flats and Wanstead Park. It has many tree-lined streets with Victorian and Edwardian houses.

Woodford Green Woodford Green is 9.4 miles (15.1 km) north-east of Charing Cross. It adjoins Buckhurst Hill to the north, Woodford Bridge to the east, South Woodford to the south and Epping Forest to the west. It was a hamlet in the ancient civil parish of Woodford St Mary, in the historic county of Essex.

Highams Estate The Highams Estate is a housing estate in Waltham Forest in East London. The area was developed by Thomas Courtenay Warner in the 1930s. The estate was within the grounds of the former Highams Manor House.

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