Epping Forest (district)

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Epping Forest District

Shown within Essex
Geography
Status: District
Region: East of England
Admin. County: Essex
Area:
- Total Ranked 142nd
338.99 km²
Admin. HQ: Epping
ONS code: 22UH
Demographics
Population:
- Total ()
- Density Ranked {{EnglishDistrictRank

/ km²
Ethnicity: 95.1% White
2.4% S.Asian
Politics

Epping Forest District Council
http://www.eppingforestdc.gov.uk/
Leadership: Leader & Cabinet
Executive:
MPs: Eleanor Laing, Eric Pickles, Bill Rammell
Epping Forest is a local government district of the county of Essex, England. It is named for Epping Forest, of which the district contains a large part.

Epping Forest District
Shown within Essex
Geography
Status:	District
Region:	East of England
Admin. County:	Essex
Area: - Total	Ranked 142nd 338.99 km²
Admin. HQ:	Epping
ONS code:	22UH
Demographics
Population: - Total () - Density	Ranked {{EnglishDistrictRank / km²
Ethnicity:	95.1% White 2.4% S.Asian
Politics
Epping Forest District Council http://www.eppingforestdc.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:
MPs:	Eleanor Laing, Eric Pickles, Bill Rammell

Contents

1 Settlement
2 History
3 Transport
4 Politics
5 Local government

5.1 2006 Local Election
5.2 Wards

6 List of places in Epping Forest district
7 Trivia

Settlement

The north east of the district is more rural and includes the town of Chipping Ongar and surrounding villages, whilst the south, closer to London, is more urban and forms part of the Greater London Urban Area.

The district is part of the London Commuter Belt and includes the towns of Loughton (the largest town in the district), Abridge, Epping,Chigwell, Buckhurst Hill and the commuter village of Theydon Bois. To the west is the town of Waltham Abbey, which lies in the Lea Valley.

History

The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of Chigwell Urban District, Epping Urban District and Waltham Holy Cross Urban District, along with most of Epping and Ongar Rural District.

Transport

The district is roughly divided into four parts by the M25 motorway and the M11 motorway which form a junction at Theydon Garnon. From the junction the town of Loughton and the village of Buckhurst Hill are south west, Chigwell is south east, Epping and Waltham Abbey north west, and Ongar north east.

Rail transport in the district is provided by the Central Line of London Underground. There are national Rail stations at Sawbridgeworth and Roydon, along the District's boundary.

The stations in the district are:

Buckhurst Hill tube station
Chigwell tube station
Debden tube station
Epping tube station
Grange Hill tube station (on the boundary with Redbridge)
Loughton tube station
Roding Valley tube station (on the boundary with Redbridge)
Theydon Bois tube station

Unlike the situation on the Metropolitan Line outside of Greater London where a special fare structure exists, stations in the district are in either Travelcard zone 5 or 6. This is because Essex County Council have agreed a subsidy scheme with Transport for London similar to that with the London boroughs, whilst neither Hertfordshire County Council nor Buckinghamshire County Council have done so. However, the Woodford - Hainault section in the southern part of Epping Forest is not as frequent or as late running as in Greater London.

Stapleford Airfield [link] is the district's local airfield, and offers pleasure and charter flights.

Politics

As of 2006, the members of parliament for the district are Eleanor Laing (Conservative) for the Epping Forest constituency, whilst Eric Pickles (Conservative) sits for the Brentwood and Ongar constituency, covering the east of the district, and the area around Nazeing lies in the Harlow constituency represented by Bill Rammell (Labour). Of the seven Essex County Councillors elected for Epping Forest divisions in 2005, six are from the Conservative Party and one is non-aligned.

Local government

The district council is now based in Epping, a town roughly in the centre of the district. Its offices were previously located in Loughton.

2006 Local Election

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Party		Councillors	+/-
	Conservative Party	29	align="right"
	Liberal Democrats	13	−1
	BNP	6	align="right"
	Loughton Residents Association	5	align="right"
	Labour Party	1	−3
	Others	4	align="right"
	NOC Hold (Con 1st)

Wards

Buckhurst Hill East (last election in 2006)

List of places in Epping Forest district

Trivia

A track on Genesis's 1973 album Selling England by the Pound is entitled The Battle of Epping Forest, and refers to a real-life East End gang-fight in the forest.

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