Wanstead And Woodford Urban District
Wanstead () is a town in East London, England, in the London Borough of Redbridge. It borders South Woodford to the north, Redbridge to the east and Forest Gate to the south, with Leytonstone and Walthamstow to the west. It is located 8 miles northeast of Charing Cross. Historically an ancient parish in the Becontree hundred of Essex, it was granted urban district status in 1894, and formed part of the Municipal Borough of Wanstead and Woodford between 1937 and 1965, when it became part of the London Borough of Redbridge. Wanstead was a key part of the M11 link road protest from 1993 to 1995, which ended with the construction of the A12 that runs through the town. The area contains a number of open spaces that are part of Epping Forest, including the grasslands of Wanstead Flats and the woodland of Wanstead Park. Wanstead Park was the site of a Roman villa, and later Wanstead Hall, the manor house of Wanstead Manor. The park, with artificial lakes, was formerly p ...
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Leyton And Wanstead (UK Parliament Constituency)
Leyton and Wanstead is a List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies, constituency created in 1997 and represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, UK Parliament since 2010 by John Cryer of the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party. Boundaries Uniting for general elections areas from the boroughs of London Borough of Redbridge, Redbridge and London Borough of Waltham Forest, Waltham Forest in inner north-east London, the constituency covers Leyton, Wanstead & Leytonstone. The seat was created for the 1997 election succeeding the Leyton (UK Parliament constituency), Leyton constituency, with parts of what had been the formerly safe Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Wanstead and Woodford (UK Parliament constituency), Wanstead and Woodford constituency. It has an electorate of approximately 60,000. The seat has electoral wards: *Snaresbrook; and Wanstead ''in the London Borough of Redbridge:'' *Cann Ha ...
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