Most of the population live in the built up area centred on and around the High Street (B1393) and Station Road. About a thousand people live in the village of Coopersale which, while physically separated from Epping by forest land, is still part of the civil parish. A few dozen households make up the hamlets of Coopersale Street and Fiddlers Hamlet. Much of the eastern part of the present parish was until 1896 in the parish of Theydon Garnon. [6] The bodies of Susan Blatchford (eleven years old) and Gary Hanlon (twelve years old) were discovered in a copse on Lippitts Hill, after they went missing from their homes in Enfield, north London, in March 1970. The case was to be known as the 'Babes in the Wood' murders. Thirty years later, Ronald Jebson, already serving a life sentence for the 1974 murder of eight-year-old Rosemary Papper, confessed to the murders. [98] In the first decades of the 19th century, the Lord Warden of Epping Forest, William Long-Wellesley, acquiesced to the enclosure of 3,000 acres (1,200ha) of forest land, about a third of the remaining total, by the lords of the manors who held freeholds in the forest. The government was keen to enclose land for farming and building development and allowed the Commissioners of Woods, Forests and Land Revenues to sell off further freeholds in the forest. [17] Epping is a market town and civil parish in the Epping Forest District of Essex, England. Part of the metropolitan and urban area of London, it is 17 miles (30km) north-east of Charing Cross. It is surrounded by the northern end of Epping Forest, and on a ridge of land between the River Roding and River Lea valleys.

Refreshments Available - There are some excellent refreshment facilities in Epping Forest to suit every budget, including the newly refurbished Butler's Retreat café, near the View on Rangers Road, a refreshment kiosk in Wanstead Park and tea huts located in High Beach. Butler’s Retreat, is open from 9am to 5pm during the week and is now open until 8pm on Saturdays and Sundays until October.Carl’s Tea Hut is located on the Pillow Mounds car park and is open from 10am to 4pm in the winter and from 10am to 5pm in the summer. Min's Tea Hut, sometimes referred to as The Biker's Tea Hut', due to its popularity with motorcyclists, is located on the road to High Beach, just off of the Robin Hood Roundabout. The Tea Hut is open from 9am to dusk every day of the year. Begin on Snaresbrook Road, a short walk from Snaresbrook station, and you’ll be surrounded on your ramble by one of the forest’s most plentiful species of tree, the Hornbeam. During spring and summer, the yellow flowers you’ll see in the grassland are bird’s-foot trefoil, a type much beloved by bees.

Chingford Golf Course". www.chingfordgolfcourse.co.uk. The City of London . Retrieved 24 April 2017. By 1870, the unenclosed forest had shrunk to only 3,500 acres (1,400ha). One landowner, Reverend John Whitaker Maitland, who had enclosed 1,100 acres (450ha) in his manor of Loughton, was engaged in a long running dispute with a commoner called Thomas Willingale and his family, who insisted on maintaining his right to lop trees in the forest, despite inducements offered for him to stop. The matter came to the public attention in 1866, when Willingale's son and two nephews were fined for damaging Maitland's trees, and were sent to prison for seven days when they refused to pay. Willingale was encouraged to continue the dispute by Edward Buxton and other members of the Commons Preservation Society, however a court action against Maitland lapsed in 1870 when Willingale died. [21] Expect to see lots of fallow deer in the Deer Sanctuary, English Oak and other native tree species including alder, birch and beech. Census". nomis, Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 21 November 2022 . Retrieved 28 February 2023. The first election to the council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities until the new arrangements came into effect on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council since 1974 has been as follows: [8] [9] Party in control

namely the Abbot's room (postulating the subsequent screening-off of a passage at the east end), the Armchair tourists - enjoy videos and online content about Epping Forest, its history and heritage HERE and walks with John Rogers HERE. Epping Forest and Covid 19:up-to-date details of Covid-19 measures and what is currently open and accessible can be found HERE.

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Epping was an ancient parish. When elected parish and district councils were created in 1894, Epping was initially given a parish council and included in the Epping Rural District. [14] Shortly afterwards it was decided that the town should become a separate urban district, but the more rural north-western part of the parish, including the original village of Epping, was not considered appropriate for inclusion in an urban district. Therefore the parish was split on 1 April 1896 into a rural parish called Epping Upland, which remained in the Epping Rural District, and an urban district called Epping (which also gained territory from the neighbouring parishes of Theydon Garnon and Theydon Bois at the same time). [15] Epping Forest is 339 km², a 2,400-hectare vast ancient forest managed by Britain’s capital city, London, which falls under the county of Essex in southeast England. The woodland’s 4,270 acres (1,728 hectares) are conserved for special scientific interest. Sprawling over a magnificent 2,400 hectares, Epping Forest is a walker’s adventure playground within easy reach of London.