Gospel Oak for North London Line (to Kew Gardens, Richmond,
Camden, Hackney, Stratford & Docklands); station for Hampstead Heath.
Parliament Hill Lido which is a 2 minute walk from the station
Upper
Holloway for Archway tube, Highgate and Holloway Road
Crouch
Hill for Parkland Walk to Highgate Woods & Alexandra
Palace
Harringay
Green Lanes for busy shopping centre with many ethnic food
stores and cafés/restaurants
South
Tottenham for Seven Sisters, Stamford Hill and buses to
Tottenham
Hotspur FC
Blackhorse
Road for Victoria Line tube, Walhamstow Wetlands, local
fishing and bus 123 to William Morris Gallery
Walthamstow
Queens Road for Walthamstow Market, Walthamstow Village conservation
area and Walthamstow Central (London Overground, Chingford Branch and LU Victoria
Line)
Leyton Midland
Road for Leyton
Orient FC - probably the finest football club in London, E10
- and Brooks Farm
(city farm with some interesting animals). Also for bus 97 to
Walthamstow FC (Essex Senior League, ground located in Kitchener
Road, alight at Cazenove Road stop.)
Leytonstone High Road Just south of the town centre (shops,
pubs, restaurants etc). Cross the road and go down Ferndale Road
to reach the open spaces of Wanstead Flats, or go for a stroll through
Bush Wood followed by a drink in the North Star in picturesque Browning
Road. Indeed if you're feeling energetic you could use this as a
starting point to walk out towards Epping - look at a large scale
map of N.E. London and you will see a wedge of green stretching
out from Leytonstone towards Epping. Leytonstone Tube (Central Line)
is a 5-10 min walk away.
Wanstead Park for Forest Gate and Wanstead Flats and Woodgrange Market (Saturdays - junction of Woodgrange Road and Sebert Road). Nearest
station to Clapton FC (Essex Senior League; ground located halfway
down Upton Lane) a club with a glorious amateur past, now
experiencing a welcome revival after years in the doldrums. Their ground is also shared by Eastern Counties League club
Hackney Wick FC.
Woodgrange
Park The
City of London Cemetery is 10-15 minutes walk away for
those who may be interested.Those buried here include Bobby
Moore, Dame Anna Neagle, Winston Churchill's nanny, and two
victims of Jack the Ripper.
Barking
for District Line and C2C trains to Upminster, Chafford Hundred
(for Lakeside Shopping Centre), Southend and Tilbury (for Gravesend
Ferry)
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