London/East

East London is the outer eastern part of London, north of the River Thames.

Understand
Many outer areas of East London were once part of the county of Essex. Essex is sometimes used as part of the postal address for these areas.

East London consists of the following boroughs:


 * Barking and Dagenham &mdash; the borough includes:
 * Barking
 * Dagenham
 * Havering &mdash; the borough includes:
 * Hornchurch
 * Romford
 * Upminster
 * Newham &mdash; the borough includes:
 * Stratford – Was the location of the 2012 Olympic Games. (Don't confuse this Stratford with Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire, the birthplace of Shakespeare.)
 * East Ham
 * West Ham
 * Redbridge &mdash; the borough includes:
 * Ilford
 * Woodford
 * Waltham Forest &mdash; the borough includes:
 * Walthamstow – This town was made famous by a teen pop band East 17 (the postcode of the area) who came from here and had a number of hits. Soak up the multicultural atmosphere.
 * Chingford
 * Leyton
 * Leytonstone – the birthplace of Alfred Hitchcock

By plane


The airport is east of the City of London and a short distance east from Canary Wharf. It mainly offers flights to major European cities by full service carriers. British Airways operates one flight a day to New York JFK using an Airbus A318 in an entirely business class configuration.

You may find that this may be your cheapest London airport to fly to, especially if you add £10 or more in transfer costs from outlying airports. It has a convenient link to the Docklands Light Rail (DLR). Minimum check-in time for most airlines is around 30 minutes, with some offering 15-minute check-in deadlines. Queues for security can be long at peak business times. Touchdown to the DLR (including taxi, disembarkation, immigration and baggage reclaim) can be as fast as 5 minutes, although 15 minutes is normal.

To get to the city centre the following options exist:



By Tube

 * Central Line (Red) to Woodford or Hainault.
 * District Line (Green) to Upminster.
 * Elizabeth Line (Light Purple) to Harold Wood or Custom House.
 * Hammersmith and City Line (Pink) to Barking.
 * Jubilee Line (Silver) to Stratford.
 * Victoria Line (Light Blue) to Walthamstow.

By DLR

 * DLR to Canning Town then branches to Beckton, or London City Airport and Woolwich.

By train

 * From London Liverpool Street: to Chingford and Ilford.
 * From London Fenchurch Street: to Southend or Grays.
 * From Stansted Airport: to Ipswich, Colchester and Norwich to Liverpool Street.


 * Jubilee line (westbound) services to Stanmore.
 * Central line services to West Ruislip, Ealing Broadway and Epping.
 * Docklands Light Railway (DLR) services to Woolwich Arsenal via Canning Town.
 * London Overground (Mildmay line) services to Richmond via Willesden Junction.
 * Elizabeth line services to London Liverpool St and Shenfield.
 * Greater Anglia services to Southend-on-Sea, Bishop's Stortford, Norwich, Braintree, Clacton-on-Sea, Colchester, Ipswich and Hertford.
 * c2c weekend services to Shoeburyness and London Liverpool St.

By London Overground
The London Overground (orange) is useful for getting across the district:


 * Suffragette line (sometimes referred to as the "Goblin") from Gospel Oak to Barking and Blackhorse Road.
 * Liberty line is a short line that runs from Romford to Upminster via Emerson Park. This is a separate line that is disconnected from the rest of the London Overground.

Walthamstow




Walthamstow

 * Bicycle along the River Lea or Epping Forest.
 * Bicycle along the River Lea or Epping Forest.

Eat
Goodmayes is a great area for really good cheap Indian/Pakistani food.



Walthamstow
There are a number of cafés and restaurants down the high street.



Go next

 * Hackney
 * East End of London
 * Hornchurch (including Rainham and Upminster)
 * Epping