Author: PM

Grete Hjorth-Johansen’s Forest photography exhibition

  Grete is the 2021 winner of the Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize Choice Award, meaning her work was voted the most popular by the Ashurst staff and associates. The exhibition is at Ashurst, London Fruit & Wool Exchange 1 Duval Square, London E1 6PW. It’s open every day and evening until 7th January, but visits are…
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Ghosts of Epping Forest

        Are you a believer or a sceptic? Either way most people like a legend or two and Epping Forest has its fair share to tell, from Highwaymen to Hangman’s Hill there is a fable or two about most parts of the forest and here we will share some of the popular…
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Epping forest act

Here is a link to the Epping forest act. There are subsequent amendments to this act which you have to remember to check and view it with the amendments    1878-Epping-Forest-Act-1-1

The lost pond

  Sitting at the top of Bellringers Hollow uphill from Baldwins Hill pond there is a beautiful pond encircled by some of the oldest beech pollards and coppards in the forest, possibly even in Europe! One of the Beeches is estimated to be circa 1000 years old! This brute of a tree is probably one…
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Cycling in Epping Forest

The 6,000 acres of Epping Forest is the closest freely accessible woodland to London and offers a wide range of off-road cycling opportunities. There are over 80 Kilometres of multi-user tracks, including 9 waymarked trails that are accessible to all and give a great opportunity to explore the forest from Wanstead in the south and…
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The forest

Epping Forest is an ancient forest that has been afforded protection by the Epping Forest Act since 1878.   It is a long, relatively narrow strip of woodland that stretches from Forest Gate in East London out past Epping in Essex. Varying landscapes from steep wooded valleys to flat open plains is what helps make…
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