Leyton
Leyton is a town in East London, England, within the London Borough of Waltham Forest.
Leyton is a town in East London, England, within the London Borough of Waltham Forest. It borders Walthamstow to the north, Leytonstone to the east, and Stratford to the south, with Clapton, Hackney Wick and Homerton, across the River Lea, to the west. The area includes New Spitalfields Market, Leyton Orient Football Club, as well as part of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. The town consists largely of terraced houses built between 1870 and 1910, interspersed with some modern housing estates. It is 6.2 miles (10 km) north-east of Charing Cross.
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Worth seeing in and around Leyton
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01London Stadium
London Stadium is a multi-purpose outdoor stadium at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in the Stratford district of London. It is located in the Lower Lea Valley, 6 miles east of central London.
3.5 km · multi-purpose stadium at the London Olympic Park, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 02Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in London, England. It is owned and operated by the Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur, replacing the club's previous ground, White Hart Lane.
5.2 km · stadium in London, England · Wikipedia - 03Queen Mary University of London
Queen Mary University of London is a public research university in Mile End, East London, England. It is a member institution of the federal University of London.
5.4 km · public research university in London, United Kingdom; constituent college of the federal University of London · Wikipedia - 04London Velopark
Lee Valley VeloPark is a cycling centre in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, London, England. It is owned and managed by Lee Valley Regional Park Authority, and it was opened to the public in March 2014.
2.2 km · velodrome in London, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Bethnal Green
Bethnal Green is an area in London, England, and is located in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is in east London and part of the East End.
5.9 km · area in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets · Wikipedia - 06Copper Box Arena
The Copper Box Arena is a multi-sport venue built for the 2012 Summer Olympics, located in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London, England. Previously known as the Handball Arena, it was renamed because, aside from handball, it hosted modern pentathlon during the Olympics and was the goalball venue for the 2012 Summer Paralympics.
2.9 km · sports arena in Hackney Wick, London, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Riverbank Arena
The Riverbank Arena was a stadium in the Olympic Park, in Hackney Wick, London, United Kingdom, containing a water-based astroturf.
2.3 km · stadium · Wikipedia - 08Water Polo Arena
The Water Polo Arena was a temporary sporting venue of the 2012 Summer Olympics held in London from 27 July to 12 August 2012. It was situated in the south-east corner of the Olympic Park, alongside the Aquatics Centre, and opposite the Olympic Stadium on the opposite bank of the Waterworks River.
3.2 km · arena · Wikipedia - 09ArcelorMittal Orbit
The ArcelorMittal Orbit is a 114.5-metre sculpture and observation tower in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, London. It is Britain's largest piece of public art, and is intended to be a permanent lasting legacy of London's hosting of the 2012 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games, assisting in the post-Olympics regeneration of the Stratford area.
3.5 km · sculpture and observation tower in the Olympic Park in Stratford, London · Wikipedia - 10Bow
Bow is a district in East London, England and is in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is an inner-city suburb located 4.6 miles east of Charing Cross.
4.6 km · district of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Epping Forest
- 02Queen Elizabeth's Hunting Lodge
6 Ranger's Road, Chingford, London E4 7QH (Within walking distance of Chingford WEA station (London Overground from Liverpool Street, Zone 5)),.
- 03Wanstead Park / The Temple
Remaining grounds of the 18th century mansion Wanstead House, with woods and ornamental lakes.
- 04Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
- 05House Mill
Three Mill Lane E3 3DU (Tube: Bromley-by-Bow DIS H&C ).
- 06V&A East Museum
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Stratford, London..
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Things to do
- 01Theatre Royal Stratford East
Gerry Raffles Square, E15 1BN (tube: Stratford CEN JUB DLR MLD ELI ),.
- 02West Ham United
London Stadium E20 2ST (tube: Statford / Stratford International DLR ),.
- 03ABBA Voyage
ABBA Arena, Pudding Mill Lane, London E15 2RU (Pudding Mill Lane DLR ).
- 04ExCeL London
1 Western Gateway, Royal Victoria Dock (DLR and rail: Custom House DLR ELI ), info@excel-london.co.uk.
- 05London Royal Docks
Open water swimming in the docks operated by Love Open Water.
- 06Leyton Orient F.C
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Where to eat
Goodmayes is a great area for really good cheap Indian/Pakistani food.
- 01The Pantry Café
357 High St, E15 4QZ (ten seconds' walk from Stratford High Street DLR, on the same side of the road).
- 02Albina
239 Barking Rd, Plaistow, E13 8EQ (directions: Canning Town JUB DLR ),.
- 03Kebabish
411 Hoe St, Walthamstow, E17 9AP (tube: Walthamstow Central OGD VIC or Leyton Midland Road OGD ).
- 04Thainese
Hoe St (turn right from Walthamstow Central),.
- 05Supperclub.tube
South Access Road, E17 8AX (in Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum), dining@supperclub.tube.
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Getting to Leyton
- Airports
- London Heathrow (LHR), 33 km · London Stansted (STN), 39 km · London Luton (LTN), 42 km
- Stations
- Tottenham Hale station, 3.7 km · Woodford tube station, 5.3 km · Blackhorse Road station, 2.6 km · West Ham station, 4.8 km · Mile End tube station, 5.2 km
- London → Leyton10 km · quickest by road, 47 min · £1–1.5
- Luton, Luton → Leyton45 km · quickest by road, 1h 28m · £6–8
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Leyton165 km · quickest by road, 3h 9m · £18–24
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Leyton
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Leyton. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inUse Woolwich Ferry then for destinations in south London.
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Next door to Leyton
Leyton is 7 km from Islington, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- London Borough of Hackneyborough in the London Region in England4.1 km
- London Borough of Waltham Forestborough in the London Region in England2.4 km
- Tottenhamtown in the London Borough of Haringey4.8 km
- Stratforddistrict of the London Borough of Newham in East London, England3.2 km
- Stratford railway stationmajor multi-level station serving the district of Stratford in the London Borough of Newham; interchange with the tube/DLR station of the same name3.3 km
- West Hamdistrict of the London Borough of Newham in East London, England4.2 km