Beating the Bounds 2015

FORTHCOMING EVENT!  6th June 2015

Beating the Bounds with a difference - instead of a Rogationtide perambulation of Leyton Marshes, this year to mark 50 years of Greater London the Walthamstow Historical Society is marking the anniversary as part of their own Centenary Year celebrations by Beating the Bounds of the former Essex Borough of Walthamstow - on foot and by bicycle!

This is taking place on the afternoon of Saturday (not Sunday, as usual) the 6th June.
The event is being organised jointly by the Walthamstow Historical Society and Waltham Forest Cycling Campaign.

All residents of Walthamstow - and the former neighbouring boroughs of Chingford, Woodford and Wanstead, Leyton, Hackney and Tottenham - are all cordially invited to join in as we rediscover the lost boundaries of Walthamstow and the abolished divisions with Chingford and Leyton - still marked today by boundary posts, rivers, ponds and trees along the way.

Gather from 2pm at the Eagle Pond, Snaresbrook Road E11 for a ceremony at the Old Birch Well, before moving off to Whipps Cross to begin Bicycling the Bounds or walking part of the boundary northwards through Epping Forest or southwards towards the Lea Valley Marshes.

The event is free, but you will need to bring or buy your own refreshments.  “Comford stops” are available at the “Rose and Crown” in Woodford Green, the “Larkshall” tavern in Chingford Hatch, Londis service station on the North Circular Road, the “Hare and Hounds” in Leyton, “High Bridge Cafe” at Springfield Marina, Clapton, and “Pistachios” cafe at Markfield Park, South Tottenham.

Everyone will meet up later at the “Ferry Boat Inn” on Forest Road N17, where we will mark the 100th anniversary of the bridge installed in 1915 to allow trams to link Walthamstow and Tottenham!

Souvenir route guides will be available.

Hope to see you all there!
Katy.