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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Leytonstone

  

Leytonstone Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Leytonstone

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Leytonstone history

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Origins and Roman milestone

Leytonstone High Road is part of an ancient highway from Epping to London. The main thoroughfare is the High Stone, a restored 18th-century obelisk set up on an earlier stump. Other Roman archaeological features have been found in nearly by Leyton, including a Roman cemetery south of Blind Lane.

18th and 19th century

Leytonstone was largely rural until the opening of the railway in 1856. The Epping Forest Act 1878 preserved more than 200 acres of open space for public use. In 1898 the department store Bearmans was the first store outside central London with an escalator.

20th century

In the mid-1990s, the M11 link road (A12) was built through the area, despite a long-running protest by locals and protestors. This and other protests led to the policy, Roads for Prosperity, being abandoned. From 2001 to 2013, artists ran the 491 Gallery, a squatted social space in a building next the A12.

You can visit Leytonstone places with Walkfo Leytonstone to hear history at Leytonstone’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Leytonstone has 197 places to visit in our interactive Leytonstone 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 Leytonstone, 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 Leytonstone places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Leytonstone & the surrounding areas.

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Walkfo: Visit Leytonstone Places Map
197 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Walkfo Leytonstone tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Leytonstone

  

Best Leytonstone places to visit

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

Hackney Wick Hackney Wick lies 4.2 miles (6.8 km) northeast of Charing Cross. Adjacent areas of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets are sometimes also described as being part of Hackney.

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.

East Village, London East Village is a housing development in Stratford, East London that was designed and constructed as the Olympic Village of the 2012 Summer Olympics. The area was formerly contaminated waste land and industrial buildings to the north of Stratford town centre.

St Francis of Assisi Church, Stratford St Francis of Assisi Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Stratford, London. It was founded from a mission that started in 1770. The Franciscan Order of Friars Minor arrived in 1873 and built a friary next door to the church in 1876.

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