Places to see in ( Waltham Abbey - UK )
Places to see in ( Waltham Abbey - UK )
Waltham Abbey is a suburban market town in the Epping Forest District of Essex, the metropolitan area of London, and the Greater London Urban Area. Lying on North East London's outskirts, it is located 15 miles from central London. It is on the Greenwich Meridian, between the River Lea in the west and Epping Forest in the east, situated north of the London Borough of Waltham Forest and east of the London Borough of Enfield. It is the resting place of King Harold Godwinson, who died in the Battle of Hastings in 1066.
Waltham Abbey takes its name from its former abbey, now the Abbey Church of Waltham Holy Cross, a scheduled ancient monument that was prominent in the town's early history. The town is within the large civil parish of Waltham Abbey which was known as Waltham Holy Cross until 1974. The parish has a town council and is twinned with the German town of Hörstel.
The name Waltham derives from weald or wald forest and ham homestead or enclosure. The name of the ancient parish was Waltham Holy Cross, but the use of the name Waltham Abbey for the town seems to have originated in the 16th century, although there has often been inconsistency in the use of the two names. Indeed, the former urban district was named Waltham Holy Cross, rather than Waltham Abbey. There are traces of prehistoric and Roman settlement in the town. Ermine Street lies only 5 km west and the causeway across the River Lea from Waltham Cross in Hertfordshire may be a Roman construction. A local legend claims that Boudica's rebellion against the Romans ended in the neighbourhood, when she poisoned herself with hemlock gathered on the banks of Cobbins Brook.
In 1177, as part of his penance for his part in the murder of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, Henry II refounded Harold's church as a priory of Augustinian Canons Regular of sixteen canons and a prior or dean. In 1184, this was enlarged so that Waltham became an abbey with an abbot and twenty-four canons, which grew to be the richest monastery in Essex. To the abbey's west and south, the town grew as a linear development around a crossing road, although it had a single north-south High Street as late as 1848. The town's dependence on the Abbey is signalled by its decline after the Abbey was dissolved and partially demolished in 1540, the last working abbey or monastery to be dissolved. Waltham Abbey vicarage is a 17th-century timber framed and plastered building. It was given by Edward Denny, 1st Earl of Norwich to create the first curacy, but was much altered in the 18th century and later, and was more recently architecturally Grade II*listed.
The medieval Waltham Abbey Church was kept as it was close to a town and is still used as a parish church. In addition there are other remains of the former abbey – the Grade II*listed Midnight Chapel, the gatehouse, a vaulted passage and Harold’s Bridge – all in the care of English Heritage. These grounds are notable for the reputed grave of Harold II or Harold Godwinson, the last Anglo-Saxon King of England. On the site of a former gunpowder factory another museum illustrates the evolution of explosives and the development of the Royal Gunpowder Mills (an Anchor Point of ERIH, The European Route of Industrial Heritage) through interactive and traditional exhibitions and displays.
The former gravel pits in the Lea Valley and parts of the former Abbey Gardens are now in the care of the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority for recreational use and nature conservation. The Epping Forest Conservation Centre in High Beach provides information, maps, books, cards, displays and advice for visitors to the area.
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Lee Valley - Cheshunt, Hertfordshire
Lee Valley - Cheshunt, Hertfordshire
Johnny Pereggi visits Waltham Abbey
Me and family visit great place of Waltham Abbey with free swimming and parking in River Lea. It is our first time exploring Essex and we got to see some of Hertfordshire and plan to visit Cheshunt, Hoddesdon, Broxbourne and other nature spots.
We enjoyed our stay at Lea Valley Park.
Operating Lock 11, Waltham Town, River Lea Navigation Canal, Waltham Abbey, Essex, UK
Me helping out operating lock number 11 along the River Lea Navigation.
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17th May Waltham Cross, Chingford and Waltham Abbey
Working today in Waltham Cross, Chingford and Waltham Abbey
Lee Valley White Water Centre Cheshunt Hertfordshire
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Remembrance Day 2017
Remembrance Day 2017
Lee Valley Park
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Lee Valley Regional Park is a 10,000-acre 26 miles long linear park, much of it green spaces, running through the northeast of Greater London, Essex and Hertfordshire from the River Thames to Ware, through areas such as Stratford, Clapton, Tottenham, Enfield, Walthamstow, Cheshunt, Broxbourne and Hoddesdon in an area generally known as the Lea Valley.Greater London's largest park, Lee Valley Park is more than four times the size of Richmond Park, extending beyond Greater London's borders into the neighbouring counties of Hertfordshire and Essex.The park follows the course of the River Lea along the Lea Valley from Ware in Hertfordshire through Essex and the north east of Greater London, through the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park to East India Dock Basin on the River Thames.The park is managed by Lee Valley Regional Park Authority and is made up of a diverse mix of countryside areas, urban green spaces, heritage sites, country parks, nature reserves and lakes and riverside trails, as well as leading sports centres covering an area of over 10,000 acres .
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Lee Valley White Water Centre, Station Road, Waltham Cross, Herts EN9 1AB
As four of my local schools had been invited to take part in a White Water Rafting and canoeing event at the new Olympic Course I was fortunate enough to be invited along to watch the fun. There are some fantastic professionally video available on the Lee Valley Park Website so I offer this just as a record of my personal view of this terrific facility in Broxbourne at the Waltham Cross Centre in the Lee Valley Park, Hertfordshire.
Morning of Leyton near to Lee Valley Park and Spitalfields Market ( Md Chhafrul Alam Khan )
Morning of Leyton near to Lee Valley Park and New Spitalfields Market 27-08-2014
It's an one of the amazing tourist spot in London.
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Leyton is a district of east London and part of the London Borough of Waltham Forest, located 6.2 miles (10 km) north-east of Charing Cross in the United Kingdom. It borders Walthamstow and Leytonstone in Waltham Forest, Stratford in the London Borough of Newham and Homerton and Lower Clapton in the London Borough of Hackney. The district includes part of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, which hosted the 2012 Olympic Games, as well as Leyton Orient Football Club, although it is predominantly residential. It consists mainly of terraced houses built between 1870 and 1910, interspersed with some modern housing estates.
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Castle's failed trip to Waltham Abbey
Fun day out overall.
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British Open Lee Valley 2012 - 'Top Guns'.
A nod to a classic 80s action movie and white water action from the 2012 British Open Canoe slalom event at the Lee Valley white water course. 'I feel the need, the need for speed'.
Music by Kenny loggins. - 'Danger Zone'. Harold Faltermeyer & Steve Stevens. - 'Top Gun Anthem'.
Film by - Jed Cooper, HotDog Productions.
Waltham Abbey Ponds
Well this surprised me, this was a truly butterly cold early morning and me being lashed about (to days later it was sunny and warm?!).
Anyway did not know these were there and I will check them out again after a week of warm weather.
Walkthrough thick Green foliage in lee valley Cheshunt
Me and the family go out for a bike ride in the Lea Valley beside the River Lea beautiful sceneries and a hidden War Bunker from the Second World War I don't know the history of the bunker be nice if someone could tell me
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we visit leeValey again this year and little tour to our garden :)
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Walking around Cheshunt Lakes.
All I want is a quite life.
LV Olympic Run
Trying out the Contour Roam 3 - very pleased with it.
Pressure cleaning at Lee Valley WWC, Waltham Cross
This video shows our team carrying out pressure cleaning and high level cleaning of the external areas of the Pavilion cafe area at The Lee Valley White Water Centre in Waltham Cross which we carry out on a monthly basis to ensure that the premises are kept well maintained.
QCFishing Episode 3: Holyfields Fishery + Competio
A short day session on a busy day ticket plus Jake's first upper double of the season! Competition for a pot of pop ups and post answers below in the comments!