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Wanstead
Area of East London

Wanstead

Wanstead is an area in East London, England, in the London Borough of Redbridge.

It borders South Woodford to the north, Redbridge to the east and Manor Park to the south, with Leytonstone and Walthamstow to the west. It is located 8 miles northeast of Charing Cross.

How locals move

Getting around Wanstead the local way

  • Get inUse Woolwich Ferry then for destinations in south London.

From Wikivoyage: London/East, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Acabashi (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.