Epping Forest (district)
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| Epping Forest District | |
|---|---|
 Shown within Essex | |
| Geography | |
| Status: | District |
| Region: | East of England |
| Admin. County: | Essex |
| Area: - Total | Ranked 142nd 338.99 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Epping |
| ONS code: | 22UH |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2005 est.) - Density | Ranked 160th 122,000 360 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 95.1% White 2.4% S.Asian |
| Politics | |
 Epping Forest District Council http://www.eppingforestdc.gov.uk/ | |
| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Conservative / Independent |
| MPs: | Eleanor Laing, Eric Pickles, Bill Rammell |
Epping Forest is a local government district of the county of Essex, England. It is named for Epping Forest, of which the district contains a large part.
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[edit] Settlement
The north east of the district is more rural and includes the town of Chipping Ongar and surrounding villages, whilst the south, closer to London, is more urban and forms part of the Greater London Urban Area.
The district is part of the London Commuter Belt and includes the towns of Loughton (the largest town in the district), Abridge, Epping,Chigwell, Buckhurst Hill and the commuter village of Theydon Bois. To the west is the town of Waltham Abbey, which lies in the Lea Valley.
[edit] History
The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of Chigwell Urban District, Epping Urban District and Waltham Holy Cross Urban District, along with most of Epping and Ongar Rural District.
[edit] Transport
The district is roughly divided into four parts by the M25 motorway and the M11 motorway which form a junction at Theydon Garnon. From the junction the town of Loughton and the village of Buckhurst Hill are south west, Chigwell is south east, Epping and Waltham Abbey north west, and Ongar north east.
Rail transport in the district is provided by the Central Line of London Underground. There are National Rail stations at Sawbridgeworth and Roydon, along the District's boundary.
The stations in the district are:
- Buckhurst Hill tube station
- Chigwell tube station
- Debden tube station
- Epping tube station
- Grange Hill tube station (on the boundary with Redbridge)
- Loughton tube station
- Roding Valley tube station (on the boundary with Redbridge)
- Theydon Bois tube station
Unlike the situation on the Metropolitan Line outside of Greater London where a special fare structure exists, stations in the district are in either Travelcard zone 5 or 6. This is because Essex County Council have agreed a subsidy scheme with Transport for London similar to that with the London boroughs, whilst neither Hertfordshire County Council nor Buckinghamshire County Council have done so. However, the Woodford - Hainault section in the southern part of Epping Forest is not as frequent or as late running as in Greater London.
Stapleford Aerodrome [1] is the district's local airfield, and offers pleasure and charter flights.
[edit] Politics
As of 2006, the members of parliament for the district are Eleanor Laing (Conservative) for the Epping Forest constituency, whilst Eric Pickles (Conservative) sits for the Brentwood and Ongar constituency, covering the east of the district, and the area around Nazeing and Sheering lies in the Harlow constituency represented by Bill Rammell (Labour). Of the seven Essex County Councillors elected for Epping Forest divisions in 2005, six are from the Conservative Party and one is non-aligned.
[edit] Local government
The district council is now based in Epping, a town roughly in the centre of the district. Its offices were previously located in Loughton.
[edit] 2006 Local Election
| Party | Councillors | +/- | |
| Conservative Party | 29 | +3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 13 | −1 | |
| BNP | 6 | +3 | |
| Loughton Residents Association | 5 | -1 | |
| Labour Party | 1 | −3 | |
| Others | 4 | -1 | |
| NOC Hold (Con 1st) | |||
[edit] Wards
Buckhurst Hill East (last election in 2006)
[edit] List of places in Epping Forest district
- Abridge
- Buckhurst Hill
- Chigwell
- Chipping Ongar
- Debden
- Epping
- Loughton
- Roydon
- Sewardstone
- Stapleford Abbotts
- Stapleford Tawney
- Theydon
- Waltham Abbey
[edit] Trivia
A track on Genesis's 1973 album Selling England by the Pound is entitled The Battle of Epping Forest, and refers to a real-life East End gang-fight in the forest.
[edit] See also
| Districts of the East of England | Image:Flag of England.svg |
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Babergh | Basildon | Bedford | Braintree | Breckland | Brentwood | Broadland | Broxbourne | Cambridge | Castle Point | Chelmsford | Colchester | Dacorum | East Cambridgeshire | East Hertfordshire | Epping Forest | Fenland | Forest Heath | Great Yarmouth | Harlow | Hertsmere | Huntingdonshire | Ipswich | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | Luton | Maldon | Mid Bedfordshire | Mid Suffolk | North Hertfordshire | North Norfolk | Norwich | Peterborough | Rochford | St Albans | St Edmundsbury | South Bedfordshire | South Cambridgeshire | Southend-on-Sea | South Norfolk | Stevenage | Suffolk Coastal | Tendring | Three Rivers | Thurrock | Uttlesford | Watford | Waveney | Welwyn Hatfield | |
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Counties with multiple districts: Bedfordshire - Cambridgeshire - Essex - Hertfordshire - Norfolk - Suffolk |
