THEYDON BOIS
Central Line (Epping)













A slightly odd village. When you come out of theTube station and see the Bull pub and the enormous green beyond, you think you are in for a treat, but the fact is that any old buildings (and there aren’t many) are so tucked away that it’s hard to find them - and then you get only a glimpse.

The once - magnificent avenue of oaks marching into Epping Forest has several dead trees and is used as a car park.

There is a duck pond which is pleasant enough, but not a lot else to detain one. It is perhaps worth a stroll across the green to the far right corner at Piercing Hill to visit the church (1850). Designed by Sidney Smirke. The approach to it via a graveyard/shrubbery. This is reached by walking over the grass between a silver birch on your left and an oak on your right, starting at a wooden signpost.You can then return to Coppice Row, turn right, and enjoy a walk in the Forest.

There are some walks towards the motorway on the otherside of the railway, but they are perilously close to the M11.

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Theydon Bois is just one walk from the many to be found at London Tube Rambles. There are architectural gems, beautiful country views, historic places and whacky buildings to be found, even in the most unpromising areas covered by the Greater London Underground stations. Usually the places listed are within a mile of the Tube - often only five minutes walk away. If you reached this as an individual page via a search engine, you might like to go to www.londontuberambles.co.uk to see the other destinations explored . You'll be amazed at what's out there!


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