Upminster
Upminster is a suburb in East London, England, located 16.5 miles (26.6 km) northeast of Charing Cross.
Upminster is a suburb in East London, England, located 16.5 miles (26.6 km) northeast of Charing Cross. Part of the London Borough of Havering, it is one of the locally important district centres identified in the London Plan. It comprises a number of shopping streets and a large residential area. It was historically a rural village and formed an ancient parish in the county of Essex. Upminster was first connected to central London by rail in 1885 and has a terminal station on the London Underground network. The economic history of Upminster is characterised by a shift from farming to brick making and garden suburb. As part of the suburban growth of London in the 20th century, Upminster significantly expanded and increased in population, becoming part of Hornchurch Urban District in 1934, and has formed part of Greater London since 1965.
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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 Upminster
- Airports
- London Stansted (STN), 37 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 50 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 54 km
- London → Upminster27 km · quickest by road, 1h 10m · £3–3.5
- Luton, Luton → Upminster59 km · quickest by road, 1h 28m · £7–10
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Upminster180 km · quickest by road, 3h 9m · £19–26
- 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 Upminster
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 Upminster. 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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If you know how people move in Upminster – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Upminster
Upminster is 25 km from Islington, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.