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Epping Forest

Epping Forest is a forest on the border of Greater London, and Essex. It is very long, but very narrow. It stretches over 18 kilometres (11 mi), but at no point it is more than 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) wide. The earliest archeological finds date from the Mesolithic period. There is a Roman villa rustica in the forest.

Images for kids

  • Epping Forest location map

    Location of Epping Forest (shown in green) within Greater London and Essex

  • Queen Elizabeth's Hunting Lodge - geograph.org.uk - 1524048

    Queen Elizabeth's Hunting Lodge, Chingford

  • Epping Forest cattle marks

    The marks used by the Reeves of Epping Forest to brand Commoner's cattle turned out to graze in the "forest. wastes". The marks demote the parishes entitled to this right, and consist of a letter surmounted by crown or a cross.

  • Connaught Waters

    Connaught Water, an ornamental lake of 8 acres (3.2 ha) named after the Duke of Connaught, the first forest ranger

  • Epping Forest pollard

    An overgrown Beech pollard, in Epping Forest

  • Epping Forest 2

    Secondary woodland in Epping Forest

  • Hollow pond - geograph.org.uk - 1036284

    Hollow Pond, a former gravel pit on Leyton Flats near Whipps Cross.

  • Epping Forest, cyclist - geograph.org.uk - 1214480

    Mountain biking in Epping Forest.

  • Football match, Wanstead Flats - geograph.org.uk - 1593630

    A youth football match on Wanstead Flats.

  • Jacob Epstein (1934)

    The sculptor Jacob Epstein created a series of paintings of the forest

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Bosque de Epping para niños

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