Butler's Retreat is a

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building at Rangers Road,

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, London E4. Originally a barn thought to have been built in the early 19th century, it is one of the few remaining

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retreats within the forest. The building is very close to

Queen Elizabeth's Hunting Lodge Queen Elizabeth's Hunting Lodge is a Grade II* listed former hunting lodge, now a museum, on the edge of Epping Forest, at 8 Rangers Road, Chingford, London E4, in the London Borough of Waltham Forest, near Greater London's boundary with Essex. ...

and takes its name from its 1891 occupier, John Butler. Retreats originally served non-alcoholic refreshments as part of the

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. After closing in 2009, the building was refurbished by the

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and re-opened as a cafe in 2012.City of London – Butler's Retreat
5 September 2014

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