Town or village· Postcode E17
Upper Walthamstow
Greater London, London
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Days out & attractions in Upper Walthamstow
Days out around Upper Walthamstow – lakes, hills, nature reserves, museums and more, including 2 in Upper Walthamstow itself. Each comes with a description, photo, address and map where available.
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🏞️ Lakes & lochs
High Maynard Reservoir
Walthamstow · 1.2 miles
A notable component of the Lee Valley Reservoir Chain, High Maynard Reservoir lies in the Walthamstow area of the London Borough of Waltham Forest. The water body, classified as a lake on mapping services, forms part of the drinking-water supply network for London and is managed by Thames Water. The reservoir occupies former marshland that was developed after the East London Waterworks Company received permission in 1852; the first three reservoirs were finished by 1863 and the High Maynard scheme reached completion in 1870. Designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest, the reservoir supports winter roosts of cormorants whose numbers attain nationally important levels, while the surrounding margins host plant species that are uncommon within Greater London. Public access is permitted, making the site a regular destination for birdwatchers, walkers and anglers who wish to observe the wildlife or enjoy the waterside paths. No admission charge or specific facilities are mentioned in the available material, and the area is reachable from Walthamstow, the nearest town identified on mapping data. As a component of the broader London water-supply infrastructure, the reservoir combines functional importance with opportunities for outdoor recreation.
Source: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA
Warwick Reservoir East
Waltham Forest · 1.9 miles
East Warwick Reservoir is located in the London Borough of Waltham Forest at Walthamstow. The storage reservoir is part of the Lee Valley Reservoir Chain and supplies drinking water to London. The reservoir is owned by Thames Water.
Source: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA
Warwick Reservoir West
Stamford Hill · 1.9 miles
West Warwick Reservoir is located in the London Borough of Waltham Forest at Walthamstow. The storage reservoir is part of the Lee Valley Reservoir Chain, which supplies drinking water to London. It is owned by Thames Water.
Source: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA
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⛰️ Hills & peaks
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🌿 Nature reserves
Walthamstow Wetlands
Seven Sisters · 1.2 miles
Walthamstow Wetlands is a 211-hectare nature reserve in Walthamstow, east London, adjacent to the River Lea in the London Borough of Waltham Forest. It is focused on the Walthamstow Reservoirs, built by the East London Waterworks Company between 1853 and 1904 as part of the Lee Valley Reservoir Chain. The site is one of the largest urban wetland nature reserves in Europe and is particularly important for wildlife due to its position within the Lee Valley. It serves as a byway for migrating, wintering and breeding birds. Visitors can freely access the site's natural, industrial and social heritage in one of the capital's most densely populated urban areas.
Oct-Mar 09:30-16:00; Apr-Sep 09:30-17:00
Source: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA
Walthamstow Marshes
Waltham Forest · 1.9 miles
Covering 36.7 hectares (91 acres), the marshes constitute a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest within the London Borough of Waltham Forest. The River Lea marks the western edge, separating the area from the London Borough of Hackney, and the site sits inside the wider Lee Valley Park. To the south lie Leyton Marshes; to the north the remnants of Tottenham Marshes and a series of reservoirs, including Lockwood, High Maynard and others. The land escaped both urban development and gravel extraction, remaining a relatively untouched wetland crossed only by railway lines laid in the 19th century. The habitat supports a mosaic of plant communities typical of a former flood-plain, such as neutral grassland, sedge marsh, reed swamp, sallow scrub and tall-herb zones. This diversity underpins several insect species with limited London distribution, including the Essex skipper butterfly, the parasite fly *Ligeria angusticornis*, a pyralid moth and occasional breeding of the nationally endangered marsh warbler. Breeding birds such as reed bunting and various warblers are recorded, while wintering birds and autumn finch flocks use the adjoining reservoirs. A blue plaque on the railway arch commemorates Alliott Verdon Roe’s 1909 flight across the marsh, and the sculpture ‘Split Leaf’ by Jon Mills, created in 2003 with local primary-school pupils, marks the formal entrance.
Source: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA
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🏛️ Museums
William Morris Gallery
Walthamstow · 0.6 miles
A museum devoted to the life and works of William Morris occupies Water House, a substantial Grade II* listed Georgian building in Walthamstow, whose surrounding grounds form the public Lloyd Park. The gallery holds the most comprehensive collection of objects linked to Morris’s design, writing and social activism, arranged across nine permanent rooms that trace his early life, influences from the Pre-Raphaelites and John Ruskin, the formation of Morris & Co, workshop techniques, Victorian retail experiences, his printing ventures, socialist campaigning, the broader Arts and Crafts movement and works by his student Frank Brangwyn. Temporary exhibitions are accommodated in a 60 m² wing added during the 2012 redevelopment, and a tear-room featuring a Morris ‘Thistle’ frit pattern overlooks the gardens. Water House was built in 1762, served as Morris’s family home from 1848 to 1856, and was later donated to the town in 1900. The building opened as a museum in 1950, inaugurated by Prime Minister Clement Attlee, and after a major refurbishment it reopened in August 2012. Admission is free and opening times are published on the gallery’s listing. Lloyd Park provides a café, public toilets, artist studios, a play area, bowls pavilion, tennis courts, skate-park and basketball practice zones, together with a regular food market. The site is managed by Waltham Forest Borough Council.
Forest Road, London E17 4PP
10:00-17:00; May-Sep Fr-We off; May-Sep Th 10:00-20:00
Source: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA
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🌳 Parks & gardens
Tottenham Marshes
Upper Edmonton · 1.2 miles
Covering more than 100 acres, the Tottenham Marshes lie in the London Borough of Haringey, close to Upper Edmonton. Managed by the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority, the site forms part of the wider Lee Valley Park network and is split into three sections – Clendish Marsh, Wild Marsh West and Wild Marsh East – the latter two being divided by the River Lea. The area is recognised as one of the few remaining examples of semi-natural wetland within Greater London. A mixture of neutral grassland, sedge marsh, reed swamp, sallow scrub and tall-herb vegetation creates a varied habitat that supports plant species such as wall bedstraw, yellow vetchling, bee orchid and Babington’s poppy. Invertebrate and bird life includes the brown argus butterfly, skylark and short-eared owl, species that are relatively uncommon in the capital. Historically the marshes originated as a flood plain of the River Lea. Between the 1860s and the 1930s the site accommodated recreational facilities including tennis courts and a swimming area. Post-World War II, from 1946 to 1960, the land was used for gravel extraction and landfill, and in the late-19th century the River Lea was diverted to allow construction of part of the Lee Valley Reservoir Chain, bisecting Wild Marsh East. Tottenham Hotspur Football Club first played there in 1882. The Lee Valley Regional Park Authority, established by an Act of Parliament in 1965, purchased the marshes in 1972, securing their present status as a public park.
Source: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA
Leyton Jubilee Park
Lea Bridge · 1.9 miles
Leyton Jubilee Park is a park in Leyton, London, and the largest park managed by Waltham Forest Borough Council. It was formed out of the merger of two green spaces, Ive Farm and Marsh Lane Playing Fields in August 2012.
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Leyton Marsh
Waltham Forest · 1.9 miles
Set within the Lower Lea Valley, Leyton Marsh lies in Leyton in the London Borough of Waltham Forest. The open space is bounded to the north by the Walthamstow Marshes and flanked on its eastern side by Coppermill Fields, the Lee Navigation and the River Lee Flood Relief Channel. Today the remaining land is divided into two main sections. North of Lea Bridge Road the meadow known as Porter's Field Meadow adjoins the Walthamstow Marsh Nature Reserve and hosts school countryside teaching events, local sporting activities and forms part of regional cycling and running routes. South of the road, the area formerly known as Marsh Lane Playing Field, renamed Leyton Jubilee Park in August 2012, is linked to the rest of the marsh by a long pedestrian bridge over the railway and is reachable from Lea Bridge Road via the end of Seymour Road. The site originated as Lammas land, with historic grazing rights from 1 August to 25 March, and was protected after a 1892 demonstration against enclosure, leading to the Leyton Urban District Council Act 1904 which secured the area as public open space. A V-2 rocket impact during the Second World War left a crater that remains visible, and post-war rubble was deposited on the ground. The Lee Valley Regional Park Authority acquired much of the marsh in 1971 and later incorporated the former Essex and Middlesex filter beds as the WaterWorks and Middlesex Filter Beds nature reserves. Current stewardship is provided by the revived New Lammas Lands Defence Committee, which organises walks and the annual “beating the bounds” ceremony on 13 March. Improvements funded by the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority include new pathways, seating and habitat creation. Access is free, with footpaths from Lea Bridge Road and a pedestrian bridge connecting the two halves of the marsh.
Source: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA
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🗿 Monuments & memorials
War Memorial, Queens Road Cemetery, Walthamstow
Upper Walthamstow · 0.6 miles
Cross of Sacrifice war memorial
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🖼️ Galleries
God's Own Junkyard
Walthamstow Village · 0.6 miles
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🛝 Playgrounds
Data: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Distances are as the crow flies from Upper Walthamstow.
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