Walthamstow: facts

At a glance

• Country: United Kingdom
• Region: England
• Administrative status: seat of a third-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA3)
• Population: approximately 109,424
• Coordinates: 51.5907° N, 0.0208° W
• Time zone: Europe/London (UTC+00:00 standard, UTC+01:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Pound (GBP)
• Distance to the capital, London: 12 km (7 mi), straight line

Getting there

• London City Airport (LCY): 11 km (7 mi), straight line
• London Heathrow Airport (LHR): 33 km (21 mi), straight line
• London Stansted Airport (STN): 37 km (23 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Tottenham: 3.6 km (2.2 mi)
• Woodford Green: 3.7 km (2.3 mi)
• Chingford: 4.6 km (2.9 mi)
• Edmonton: 4.7 km (2.9 mi)
• Hackney: 5.0 km (3.1 mi)

Things to see

• God's Own Junkyard (gallery)
• Essex Regiment War Memorial (memorial)
• South Grove Free Presbyterian Church (church)
• Sri Karpaga Vinayagar Kovil (place of worship)
• War Memorial, Queens Road Cemetery, Walthamstow (memorial)
• War Memorial, Waltham Forest Town Hall (memorial)