Wanstead Park Revealed...

Discover a landscape of history combined with nature and wildlife! Wanstead Park and the areas associated with it is a superb place to play or relax. Just to walk and spend time outside can heal the body and soothe the soul!

Here is where Epping Forest meets east London. The Park and its surrounds have a stunning and diverse wildlife population - especially for an area so close to residential development. The varied habitats include lakes and ponds, woodlands, open rough grassland and mown playing fields. These attract over 100 bird species, of which about 50 may breed. There is an abundant variety of plant, animal and other natural life.

The Park's history is extraordinary. A site occupied since pre-Roman times; a royal court of James I and Charles I; briefly a centre of England's government; site of the world's largest telescope of its time, leading to great scientific discoveries like the aberration of light and oscillation of the earth; one of the finest examples of English Landscape Movement of the 18th Century; listed Grade 2*.

Learn more of the natural wealth, historic landscape and national significance of the area. Your visit to Wanstead Parklands can be so much more than just a walk in the park !

Click here to learn more about Wanstead Parklands Community Project