| Epping Forest |
| Epping Forest is London's largest open space. Shaped like a large exclamation mark, it covers 6,000 acres, stretching 12 miles from the bottom of Wanstead up to rural south Essex. Two thirds is still covered by a thick canopy of oak, beach and hornbeam making it London's last true wildeness. |
| Originally it was part of the vast medieval forest that went all the way up to The Wash. Both Henry VIII and daughter Elizabeth I hunted in Epping Forest, and resided at the Queen Elizabeth Hunting Lodge (now a museum) in Chingford. |
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20 goes through a large part of the forest. Although car may be the better option. |
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The forest was a perfect haunt for highwaymen - Dick Turpin notably. |
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The forest is run by the City of London. |
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