Chingford Foodie History Walk

A guided walk around Chingford with a local tour guide.

Although only around 12 miles from Central London and 4.5 miles from Walthamstow, Chingford was practically cut off from civilisation until the arrival of the railways and still has quite a rural feel to it being right on the edge of Epping Forest.

Hear about the three significant events at the end of the 19th Century that turned Chingford and the Forest into a tourist destination with some 100,000 visitors arriving by train on one bank holiday. Find out why the pub built as the railway hotel is nowhere near the station, where the 19th Century daytrippers to the Forest stopped for post-walk refreshments and hear about some of the more unusual foods eaten during Tudor times at Queen Elizabeth’s Hunting Lodge.

The walk will include one or two tasting stops of locally produced food/drink and will finish at the aforementioned 19th Century refreshment retreat on the edge of the Forest but only a 10 minute downhill walk back to the station.

Please wear appropriate shoes as the last ten minutes of the walk will be across Chingford Plain.

Chingford is only 25 minutes by train from Liverpool Street or 10 minutes from Walthamstow Central. Trains are at 03, 18, 33 and 48 from both locations. It is in Zone 5.