A Place Where Travellers are Welcome: Walthamstow Village
Did you know?
Walthamstow  has the longest
outdoor market in Europe.

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The word 'Walthamstow' means 'a place where travellers are welcome'.


Before the railway arrived in the 1840s, Walthamstow village was surrounded by countryside.

Today, the old village still survives in the middle of Walthamstow. You can still see many of the old houses that belonged to members of the royal family during the 15th and 16th centuries as well as the medieval church.
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The 15th century Ancient House, Walthamstow

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The Police station Cage, 1760s (where prisoners were locked up)



We meet at Walthamstow Central station (on the Victoria underground line and overground trains from Liverpool Street)

After introductions in a nearby café, we begin our walk. We see:
  • Victorian cottages and almshouses
  • St. Mary's Church
  • Ancient House - a 15th century  house 
  • Vinegar Alley - a 16th century plague pit
  • Vestry House - a 1730s workhouse for the poor (now a local history museum)
  • Walthamstow Town Hall - built 1930s
  • Walthamstow Market - the longest street market in Europe
  • Lloyd Park - home of William Morris, famous designer and socialist

Did you know?

The UK's first driven petrol car
was built in Walthamstow, 1894

Go over the new vocabulary
at the end

At the end, we relax over a coffee and go over the new vocabulary with your teacher and guide.

Ask any questions about the new language you have learnt.
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Caribbean food, Walthamstow Market

We finish at Walthamstow Central station, where there are both tube and overground trains.

You can find dates and prices for this walk here.


History notes will be given to you at the end.

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Victorian cottages, Walthamstow

Don't forget the VOCABULARY! (click here)

Find the new vocabulary HERE after the walk.
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Pie and Mash Shop
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Pie & Mash Shop, traditonal East End of London food

Did you know?
Walthamstow has its own lighthouse,
35 miles from the sea! In fact, it is the
turret of the Methodist church, erected
in 1893 by a Captain in a shipping company.
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Inside of a market café
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The site of a 'plague pit' (where bodies were buried during the Plague 1665














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The old Town Hall
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William Morris Gallery
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View from Walthamstow across the Ching Valley.