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The forest gives its name to the Epping Forest local government district, which covers part of it, and to Forest School, a private school in Walthamstow towards the south of it.
A Forest rich in biodiversity, heritage and culture, Epping Forest has probably been open heathland and woodland since trees returned after the last Ice Age, over 10,000 years ago. It is considered to be ‘ancient woodland’, but has been affected by human practices since early times.
Epping forest is an ancient, deciduous woodland to the northeast of London. It is all that remains of a more extensive forest that colonised England at the end of the last ice age. The forest is approximately 19 kilometres (12 miles) long from north to south but no more than 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) from east to west at its widest point.
The original forest was a royal hunting ground that was gradually enclosed; only through opposition by holders of common rights was it in part saved by act of Parliament in 1878. The remaining 9 square miles (23 square km) passed to the care of the Corporation of the City of London.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Epping Forest (formerly Essex or Waltham Forest), between the Lea and the Boding, was at one time very extensive; the unenclosed portion was secured to the public by Act of Parliament, and was opened by Queen Victoria in April 1882.
May 5, 2022 · Epping Forest, some 6,000 acres in total, was established in the 17th century. Prior to that, it was known as Waltham Forest and was first decreed a hunting forest in the 12th century by Henry II. Henry VIII held many manorial lands around Chingford and had the use of a smaller hunting lodge in Loughton called Little Standing.
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Jan 2, 2014 · During the 12th century Henry II declared Epping Forest to be a Royal Forest. Local people could graze animals although only the King was allowed to hunt in the forest. In 1543, Queen Elizabeth ‘s hunting lodge was built in the forest. The Royals would look for deer from the upper floors of the timber framed building and shoot them with crossbows.
