Walthamstow is a Town in the county of Greater London.

Walthamstow in Greater London is located 1.7 km N from Leyton, 3.7 km SE from Tottenham and 5.4 km S from Chingford.

Retail in Walthamstow

There are great places to visit near Walthamstow including some great cities, castles, museums, historic buildings, rivers and streams, shopping centres, towns, country parks, nature reserves, historic monuments, airports and bluebell woods.

The area close to Walthamstow boasts some of the best cities including London.

Don't miss The Tower of London's castles if visiting the area around Walthamstow.

Walthamstow has some unmissable museums nearby like The Tower of London, National Maritime Museum Greenwich, and Cutty Sark.

The area around Walthamstow features a number of interesting historic buildings including The Tower of London, Millenium Bridge, Sutton House and Breaker's Yard, and Osterley Park and House.

Don't miss River Thames at London's rivers and streams if visiting the area around Walthamstow.

Walthamstow's best nearby shopping centres can be found at Westfield London, Westfield Stratford City, Brent Cross Shopping Centre, and Whitgift Centre.

Hendon, Greenwich, Croydon, Chislehurst, Enfield, and Isleworth are great places to visit near Walthamstow if you like towns.

There are a number of country parks near Walthamstow including Fryent Country Park, South Norwood Country Park, Morden Hall Park, Bedfont Lakes Country Park, Scadbury Estate Country Park, Stanmore Country Park, and Whitewebbs Country Park.

Nature Reserves to visit near Walthamstow include Morden Hall Park.

Cutty Sark is one of Walthamstow's best, nearby historic monuments to visit in Walthamstow.

Don't miss London Biggin Hill Airport, Heathrow Airport, London City Airport, and London Heliport's airports if visiting the area around Walthamstow.

Stanmore Country Park is one of Walthamstow's best, nearby bluebell woods to visit in Walthamstow.

Walthamstow History

There are some historic monuments around Walthamstow:

• London Wall: remains of Roman wall and bastion, Goring Street
• Barnard's Inn Hall (Mercers' School)
• Second World War anti-aircraft gun emplacements, Beckton
• Tallow Chandlers' Hall
• Tudor naval storehouse at Convoys Wharf
• Roman governor's palace (site of)
• Merchant Taylors' Hall
• Goldsmiths' Hall
• Parnell Road Bridge
• Stationers' Hall
• Queenhithe dock
• London Wall: section bounding All Hallows Churchyard
• Benedictine nunnery of St Mary, Clerkenwell
• Remains of Roman and medieval wall and gateway W of boundary of Stationers' Hall to Ludgate Hill
• London Wall: section in Amen Court
• Remains of St Pancras Church, Pancras Lane
• The London Greyfriars, site of, Newgate Street, Farringdon
• London Wall: section from underground railway to Tower Hill GUARDIANSHIP
• Inner Temple Hall Buttery
• Stratford Langthorne Abbey (part of area within precincts), Baker's Row, West Ham
• Earthworks at Old Park
• Medieval moated manor house, 43m west of Cathay House
• Skinners' Hall
• Flash Road aqueduct
• The Curtain Playhouse
• London Wall: section of Roman wall and bastion beneath Crosswall, No. 1 America Square and Fenchurch Street railway station
• London Wall: remains of Roman wall and bastion, Camomile Street
• Painter Stainers' Hall
• Medieval moated site, 408m ENE of Highland's School
• London Wall: remains of Roman wall and conduit and medieval postern, Bloomfield House to site of Moor Gate
• The Rose Theatre, Rose Court, Southwark
• London Wall: site of Newgate and 121-124 Newgate Street, remains of Roman and medieval wall, gateway and bastion
• Romano-British bath house and medieval remains at 11-15 Borough High Street
• Pumping engine house for Brunel's Thames tunnel
• Ambresbury Banks slight univallate hillfort
• London Wall: remains of Roman and medieval wall from W end of All Hallows Church to 38 Camomile Street
• London Wall: section of Roman wall at the Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey
• London Wall: section of Roman wall within the London Wall underground car park, 25m north of Austral House and 55m north west of Coleman Street
• Baynard's Castle, 78m south-west of St Benet Metropolitan Welsh Church
• London Wall: section of Roman wall and Roman, medieval and post-medieval gateway at Aldersgate
• Innholders' Hall
• London Wall: site of the Roman and medieval gateway of Cripple Gate
• Structures of archaeological interest below Billingsgate Market
• Armourers' and Brasiers' Hall
• Tower Hill West
• Three Colt Bridge, Gunmaker's Lane
• Bonner Hall Bridge, Regent's Canal
• Watermen's Hall
• Vintners' Hall
• Roman wall in basement of 90 Gracechurch Street
• Roman amphitheatre, Guildhall Yard
• London Wall: section of Roman and medieval wall at St Alphage Garden, incorporating remains of St Alphage's Church
• London Wall: remains of Roman wall and bastion (4a) at Crutched Friars
• London Wall: the west gate of Cripplegate fort and a section of Roman wall in London Wall underground car park, adjacent to Noble Street
• London Wall: remains of Roman fort wall and east gate under Aldermanbury
• London Wall: remains of Roman wall, bastions and city gate of Aldgate from 17 Bevis Marks to India Street
• Huggin Hill Roman bath house, 120m WNW of St James's Church
• Smiths' Wharf
• Tower of London
• Barking Abbey
• Loughton camp slight univallate hillfort
• Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite including Anti-Tank Blocks on Lippitts Hill
• The Globe Theatre
• London Wall: section of Roman and medieval wall and bastions, west and north of Monkwell Square
• Abbey buildings, Bermondsey
• Monument
• The Theatre Playhouse
• London Wall: section of Roman wall and medieval bastion in Postman's Park and King Edward Street
• London Wall: remains of medieval and Roman wall extending 75yds (68m) N from Trinity Place to railway
• Roman hypocaust and building on site of Coal Exchange
• Roman Bath House, Shadwell
• Remains of Winchester Palace, Clink Street and waterfront
• Site of the launch ways of the SS Great Eastern
• Elsyng Palace
• Dyers' Hall
• Roman riverboat, 136m west of Greenwood Theatre
• The Hope Playhouse, and the remains of three further bear gardens, Bankside
• Priory and Hospital of St Mary Spital
• Apothecaries' Hall
• Fishmongers' Hall
• London Wall: section of Roman and medieval wall and bastion at Noble Street