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Events Diary 2010

Raveners Farm SOME IMPORTANT CONTACTS Epping Forest out-of-hours contact 020 8532 1010 Epping Forest Visitor Centre 020 8508 0028 Queen Elizabeth’s Hunting Lodge 020 8529 6681 Superintendent’s Office 020 8532 1010 Epping Forest Website www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/epping e-mail [email protected]

FOR EMERGENCIES CALL 999 The information contained in this booklet is correct at the time of going to print (January 2010). The City of reserves the right to vary the events, withdraw facilities or change opening times without prior notice. The information in this leaflet can be provided in alternative formats, on request. Printed using vegetable based inks on paper from well-managed forests.

Picture credits: C Eastwood, D Woodfall/, M Collins, A Woodgate, J Clarkson, M Whitfield, K French, S Tetlow, J Preston, S Lillington, E Pountney, Epping Forest Centenary Trust, Epping Forest Field Centre Contents Message Message from the Chairman 3 Getting to Epping Forest 4 from the Welcome to Epping Forest 5 Keeping Epping Forest Special 6 Chairman Forest Heritage 7 Forest Wildlife 8 Welcome to the very first edition of the Epping Looking after Epping Forest 9 Forest Diary, detailing many of the Forest’s Access for Everyone 10 activities in 2010. Forest Refreshments 12 2010 is an exciting year for Epping Forest. Our Volunteering 13 £6.8 million Branching Out Project , that has Get Involved 14 received a substantial grant from the Heritage Forest Education 15 Lottery Fund, is gaining more and more Guide to Events 16 momentum as each month passes. Our brand Sports & Leisure Activities 60 new £1 million Pavilion at Harrow Road is now • Cycling 60 being enjoyed by thousands of users. • Fishing 61 Epping Forest provides a fantastic area that all • Golf 62 individuals can take advantage of, and our • Horse Riding 62 accreditation to 'Green Heritage Site' for the • Walking 62 seventh year in a row highlights our Flats Playing Fields 63 determination to maintain our very high • Football 63 standards and commitment to the Forest. We are • Athletics 63 passionate about ensuring you get the most 64 enjoyment possible out of your visit so do come Buffer Lands 65 back again soon and enjoy the variety of events Three Forest Centres: 66 that are taking place in 2010. • Epping Forest Visitor Centre 66 • Queen Elizabeth’s Hunting Lodge 67 • The Temple 68 Epping Forest Centenary Trust 69 Barbara Newman Epping Forest Field Centre 70 Chairman, Epping Forest and Commons Committee The City of London 71 A pull out map of Epping Forest can be found in the middle of this diary.

2 3 Welcome to Epping Forest

Stretching for over 21 km (13 miles) from Manor Woodford in into south-west , Epping Forest is London’s largest public open space. Over two thirds of the Forest is designated a Site of Getting to Special Scientific Interest and European Special Epping Forest Area of Conservation. As a former royal hunting forest has played host Rail: to kings and queens of England. In the : The popular Chingford Plain area is 19th century the City of London Corporation just a five minute walk, while Queen Elizabeth’s fought to save it from destruction. It is now a Hunting Lodge is a ten minute walk away. registered Charity funded from the City of London’s private funds. Wanstead Park Rail Station: are just a ten minute walk from the station. Now owned and managed by the City of London, the Forest provides green open space 365 days a Manor Park Rail Station: The southern part of year with all the open air benefits of a natural Epping Forest is a five minute walk away. landscape for relaxation, healthy exercise, sport and appreciation of the natural world. Football Underground: Central Line stations: pitches, a golf course and boating lake also Wanstead, , , provide opportunities for more formal sporting , , and activities. Epping are located near to Epping Forest. Our varied programme of events and activities will, Bus: Some sections of the Forest are well-served we hope, add to your enjoyment and by local buses. understanding of this special place. Why not come Car: M25 Junction 26 or M11 Junctions 4 or 5. along and find out what the Forest has to offer? For further information, please visit www.tfl.gov.uk or www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/epping

A bird’s eye view of the Forest 4 5 Keeping Forest Heritage

Epping Forest Special … Epping Forest is an amazing survival, an ancient Forest extending from densely populated Manor Please… Park in the East End to agricultural Essex in the north. • Take your litter with you Epping Forest has been owned and managed by Put it in one of our bins or take it home and the City of London Corporation since 1878 when recycle it. the Epping Forest Act protected it in perpetuity for its preservation and the recreation and • Scoop the poop enjoyment of its visitors. Please bag it, bin it or take it home. It’s your As well as a mosaic of habitats from wood-pasture , dog and your responsibility. and deep ancient woodlands packed with veteran • Keep your dog under control and beeches, to acid grasslands and heath, the Do not allow your dog to approach people, Forest has a rich human history including: horses, wildlife or . • Two Grade 2 listed buildings open to the public as Forest Centres: Queen Elizabeth’s Hunting • Don’t cycle too fast Lodge and The Temple People, cattle and dogs use the Forest – make • A Visitor Centre at with full disabled sure you can stop in good time. access • Feed the birds only what they eat • Wanstead Park, the remains of an important Don’t tip unused bread in the ponds, it will 18th century formal garden landscape and the only encourage rats! In fact, our birds prefer site of a Roman villa • grain or lettuce. Two iron-age camps: Loughton Camp and Ambresbury Banks Y • ate A Grade 2 listed barn, Butler’s Retreat, a historic s M e We very much hope that Victorian Retreat offering refreshments ad ow you enjoy your visit to (operational from late 2010) Epping Forest but • Green Lanes and ancient drove roads ask you to • Knighton Wood, with Pulhamite rocks and other consider the survivals of a Victorian garden needs and • The Purlieu Hedge, an ancient deer park enjoyment of Boundary and other users. • 50,000 veteran trees including ancient pollards, evidence of traditional forestry.

7 Forest Wildlife

Epping Forest is internationally important for the large number of very old trees, mainly , beech and hornbeam, and the rare insects, plants, bats and fungi associated with them.

The traditional uses of the Forest have created a diverse landscape that include areas of historic wood-pasture, green lanes, ancient pollarded trees Grimston’s Oak and grassy plains, much of which has been grazed by cattle and deer for centuries and which now supports a wide range of rare and protected wildlife. Looking After The Forest’s ancient pollards have resulted from the tradition of lopping branches for firewood Epping Forest from above head height so that the new growth sprouting from the trunk is out of the reach of Careful and sensitive management of the diverse grazing animals. Such trees are many hundreds of landscapes – which include historic wood-pasture, years old and support a wealth of rare insects and ancient pollarded trees and grassy plains – by our fungi. The nature conservation importance of the conservation teams is essential to maintain this Forest has resulted in more than two thirds of it rich natural landscape. being designated a Site of Special Scientific Some of the projects due to be carried out in the Interest and a Special Area of Conservation under year ahead include European legislation. • the first phase of a ten year wood-pasture The Conservators have a legal duty to manage restoration programme across several areas of the Forest in such a way as to preserve and the Forest, including Bury Wood, Barn Hoppitt enhance the features of conservation importance and Lords Bushes including its and habitats. • restoration and management work to over 200 ‘keystone’ trees (1,200 of these particularly important ancient pollards will be worked on over the next five years) and

• management of over 140 hectares of the Forest’s conservation grasslands.

Fallow fawn

8 9 mallard and moorhen combine to make this an Access for Everyone attractive feature in this part of Epping Forest. Get involved Often the elderly, Epping Forest Centenary Trust offers practical people with conservation-based experiences particularly aimed disabilities and at people who would otherwise find it hard to families with young access the Forest. Telephone 020 8508 9061. children may feel that Epping Forest Learn about the Forest Epping Forest Field Centre at High Beach runs is inaccessible to Enjoying the Forest them but there are several sites which are attractive Natural History and Local Interest courses for the and suitable to those with limited mobility. local community, covering a wide range of subjects. Most courses can cater for visitors with limited Places to visit include: mobility or other special needs, please contact th e Centre on 020 8502 8500 to discuss suitability. • Epping Forest Visitor Centre, High Beach This single storey building was designed for Events and activities ease of access and houses displays relating the The Forest runs a programme of events and Forest’s history and natural history which are of activities throughout the year. A number of the interest to all ages events may be suitable for visitors with limited • High Beach Easy-Access Path mobility or other special needs, so please do give The easy-access path starts near the Visitor the Visitor Centre a call to check for suitability. Centre. This path is firm-surfaced and winds for Telephone 020 8508 0028. half a mile through the trees. There are seats at frequent intervals Accessible Toilets The Visitor Centre, High Beach • Connaught Water Easy-Access Path Queen Elizabeth's Hunting Lodge The surrounding trees shelter the lake from (RADAR key operated) cold winds and large numbers of wildfowl winter here. In dry weather, it is possible to Disabled Parking progress all around Connaught Water The Visitor Centre, High Beach Reading about Queen Elizabeth’s Hunting Lodge the Forest • Knighton Wood Easy-Access Path An easy-access path winds around the lake. There are seats at intervals and, although the path takes in some inclines, shorter circuits on the flatter area can be chosen • Jubilee Pond Easy-Access Path An easy-access path encircles the pond where various aquatic plants and wildfowl such as coot, Learning about the Forest 10 11 Volunteering

Would you be able to help us care for Epping Forest? Bradley’s Tea Hut As a result of Epping Forest being awarded Forest Refreshments £4.76 million from ‘Hands on’ conservation the Heritage Lottery Fund, we are delighted to be able to increase our • Bradley’s Tea Hut, High Beach* involvement in the local community and will be • Carl's Tea Hut, High Beach* seeking new volunteers to join our existing • Chilled and Filled, Harrow Road* Volunteer team. • Hollow Ponds Boating Kiosk* Volunteers carry out a variety of roles within Epping Forest including those of Information Assistants, • The Kiosk, Wanstead Park* Litter Pickers and Fishing Bailiffs. Volunteers also • Lakeside Diner, Road* work with Forest based conservation groups such as the Epping Forest Conservation Volunteers, the • Outdoor Caterers at Road and Wren Conservation Group and the Epping Forest Capel Road* Centenary Trust. Within recent years, a further two • Ice Cream Vans* community based groups have been created, the During fine weather, ice cream vans may Lakehouse Lake Project, whose work is focused in sometimes be found at High Beach, Connaught the Jubilee Pond area and the Wanstead Parklands Water and Chingford Plain Community Project based in Wanstead Park.

If you think you might be able to spare some time to *Opening times volunteer in Epping Forest, vary throughout we’d love to hear from you. the year. Please contact Martin Whitfield, Volunteer Development Officer 020 8532 5335.

Pond clearance The Kiosk, Wanstead Park 12 13 Get Involved Forest Education

There are several local groups that help protect and The Epping Forest City of London free in-house conserve the Forest by organising practical tasks education service is based at Queen Elizabeth’s and activities. The Forest really benefits from all the Hunting Lodge in Chingford. It also covers the vital management work they do. You are very wider environment of the Forest. The Lodge has a welcome to join them at any of their events – all fascinating history but it is also used for learning tools provided, all levels of fitness catered for and on a wide variety of other subjects. Groups of all no experience necessary! All ages welcome, ages and abilities visit for informal tours or children to be accompanied by an adult. curriculum-oriented sessions led by Useful Contacts: knowledgeable, enthusiastic staff. Family learning Epping Forest Conservation Volunteers events are held at each of the Forest Centres For further information, contact Peter Lyons on during school holidays. Drop in at any point 020 8529 3060 or Kevin Mason on 020 8529 within these session time s. 9273, e-mail [email protected] or visit www.efcv.uel.ac.uk Our service is complemented by those provided by three other independent learning providers. Amenity Group Environmental sessions and recreational activities Several activities are organised throughout the year are available from Epping Forest Field Centre and in various locations in Woodford Green. For further Suntrap Forest Education Centre. Epping Forest details contact Mr G Stimpson on 020 8504 2330. Centenary Trust offers practical conservation- Wren Conservation and Wildlife Group based experiences particularly aimed at people Practical work in and around Wanstead Park on the who would otherwise find it hard to access the first Sunday of every month. For further details Forest. Family learning events are held at each of contact Richard Oakman on 020 8989 3243. the Forest Centres during school holidays.

Epping Forest Centenary Trust The Trust aims to promote access, understanding and interest in Epping Forest through awareness and conservation programmes. To book, contact 020 8508 9061 or [email protected] or visit www.efct.info

Lakehouse Lake Project All events take place around the Jubilee Pond area. Learning at the Lodge

14 15 Within the event information listing, you will find the organiser of each event. For further Guide to Events information or to book an event, please see below:

City of London Corporation In the following pages marked with a green www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/epping border, you will find many of the events that will Tel 020 8508 0028 take place in Epping Forest over the next twelve months. Trust www.coppedhalltrust.org.uk Each event is listed with the date, time and location, as Tel 01992 571657 well as a symbol to help you decide which events are suitable for you. Some events require booking and Friends of Epping Forest may have a charge. We hope that you will find www.friendsofeppingforest.org.uk something that takes your fancy, so get planning! Tel 020 8529 8594

Epping Forest Riders Association Music Workshop www.efra.co.uk

For children General event Suntrap Forest Education Centre [email protected] Sports Conservation Tel 020 8508 0611

Guided walk Cycling Epping Forest Centenary Trust www.efct.info Theatre Horse Riding Tel 020 8508 9061

Epping Forest Field Centre www.field-studies-council.org/eppingforest Tel 020 8502 8500

F London Metropolitan Archives or es t F www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma es ti Tel 020 7332 3820 Fax 020 7833 9136 va l Loughton Festival www.loughtonfestival.org.uk Tel 020 8508 2512

* All events marked with a star require pre-booking and may require payment .

16 17 Sunday 17 January 10.15am-12.45pm Tour of Copped Hall * January 01992 571657 Copped Hall Trust event Saturday 2 January 12pm-3pm Tudor Eighth Night Sunday 24 January 10am-12 noon Queen Elizabeth’s Hunting Lodge Guided Walk: Copped Hall with Celebrate the end of the Christmas season with Michael Davies Tudor games, traditional greenery, spiced juice Come and meet Verderer, Michael Davies and jollity for all the family. and enjoy a stroll around the beautiful 020 8508 0028 Copped Hall Park. City of London Corporation event 020 8508 0028 City of London Corporation event Sunday 3 January 12pm-3pm Tudor Ninth Night Sunday 24 January 9.30am Queen Elizabeth’s Hunting Lodge Identifying Trees Without Leaf * A final celebration of Christmas: as above plus Epping Forest Field Centre songs from the Court of Henry VIII performed 020 8502 8500 by The Erato Consort. Epping Forest Field Centre event 020 8508 0028 City of London Corporation event Thursday 28 January 1 pm- 3pm Evergreens and tree silhouettes in the Wednesday 13 January 10.30am-11.30am City of London Cemetery All Ability Walk Meet inside the main gate Meet: Connaught Water Car Park www.friendsofeppingforest.org.uk Join Forest Keeper, Christine Brassey, on this gentle Friends of Epping Forest event stroll around Connaught Water. 020 8508 0028 Sunday 31 January 9am City of London Corporation event Winter Birds * Epping Forest Field Centre Saturday 16 January 10.30am-2pm 020 8502 8500 Forest Hands: Family conservation task * Epping Forest Field Centre event 020 8508 9061 Epping Forest Centenary Trust event

Saturday 16 January – Sunday 31 January During opening hours The Big Draw Exhibition: The Image of the King The Temple Artwork from 2009 Forest Big Draw. 020 8508 0028 City of London Corporation event

*All events marked with a star require pre-booking and may require payment .

18 19 Wednesday 17 February 10am-12pm, 2pm-4pm Safaris – holiday activities for children * Epping Forest Field Centre February 020 8502 8500 Epping Forest Field Centre event Saturday 6 February – Sunday 28 March During opening hours Wednesday 17 February 12pm-3pm The Big Draw Exhibition: The Image Family Learning Drop In Event: of the King Games and Toys The Temple The Temple Repeat of Saturday 16 January – Sunday 31 What games and toys were enjoyed in the January event. 18th and 19th centuries? Try some out and 020 8508 0028 make one of your own. City of London Corporation event 020 8508 0028 City of London Corporation event Saturday 13 February 12pm-3pm Weekend Special: The Food of Love Thursday 18 February 10am-12pm, 2pm-4pm Queen Elizabeth’s Hunting Lodge Safaris – holiday activities for children * A Valentine’s food special in our Tudor kitchen. Epping Forest Field Centre Suitable for all ages. 020 8502 8500 020 8508 0028 Epping Forest Field Centre event City of London Corporation event Friday 19 February 12pm-3pm Sunday 14 February 12pm-3pm Family Learning Drop In Event: Weekend Special: The Food of Love Games and Toys Queen Elizabeth’s Hunting Lodge Queen Elizabeth’s Hunting Lodge A Valentine’s food special in our Tudor Learn about and experience some of the ways kitchen. Suitable for all ages. people entertained themselves in Tudor times. 020 8508 0028 Create your own Tudor game or toy. City of London Corporation event 020 8508 0028 City of London Corporation event Monday 15 February 12pm-3pm Family Learning Drop In Event: Games and Toys Epping Forest Visitor Centre There are lots of ideas and free things to collect in the Forest to make into toys and games. Make a Forest-inspired toy or game to take home. 020 8508 0028 City of London Corporation event

Tuesday 16 February 1pm onwards Darwin Drop in – Family event * Copped Hall Park Epping Forest Field Centre 020 8502 8500 *All events marked with a star require pre-booking Epping Forest Field Centre event and may require payment .

20 21 Saturday 20 February 10.30am-2pm Saturday 6 March 12pm-3pm Forest Hands: Family conservation task * Saturday Special: Tudor costume crafts Queen Elizabeth’s Hunting Lodge and dressing Up 020 8508 9061 Queen Elizabeth’s Hunting Lodge Epping Forest Centenary Trust event Get entangled in fascinating finger-loop braiding or blackwork embroidery, simple knitting and our Tudor Sunday 21 February 10.15am onwards dressing up box for all ages. Tour of Copped Hall * 020 8508 0028 01992 571657 City of London Corporation event Copped Hall Trust event Sunday 7 March 2pm-4pm Sunday 28 February 10.30am-12.30pm Copped Hall: Open Garden ‘Through the Guided Walk: Around the Furze Ground Seasons’ * Meet: Broadstrood Car Park 01992 571657 www.friendsofeppingforest.org.uk Copped Hall Trust event Friends of Epping Forest event Saturday 13 March 1pm British Amphibians * Epping Forest Field Centre 020 8502 8500 March Epping Forest Field Centre event Sunday 14 March 9am Thursday 4 March 4.30pm-5.30 pm Advanced British Amphibians * Twilight in the Forest: World Book Day Epping Forest Field Centre at the Hunting Lodge 020 8502 8500 Queen Elizabeth’s Hunting Lodge Epping Forest Field Centre event An hour of Forest story-telling, simple craft and snack for parents/carers and under 8s. Sunday 14 March 7. 30pm Small and big siblings welcome too. Loughton Festival: Youth Music Festival 020 8508 0028 Methodist Church, Loughton City of London Corporation event 0208 502 3071 Loughton Festival event Saturday 6 March – Sunday 28 March During opening hours The Big Draw Exhibition: The Image Queen Elizabeth’s of the King Hunting Lodge The Temple Artwork from 2009 Forest Big Draw: bright and beautiful images of King Henry VIII produced by local ‘artists’ of all ages. 020 8508 0028 City of London Corporation event

*All events marked with a star require pre-booking and may require payment .

22 23 Sunday 21 March 10.15am-12.45pm Sunday 4 April 12pm-3pm Tour of Copped Hall * Egg Rolling for Easter 01992 571657 Queen Elizabeth's Hunting Lodge Copped Hall Trust event Decorate an egg and roll it in our traditional egg-rolling competition. Bring your well hard Wednesday 24 March – Thursday 25 March boiled egg and we'll provide materials to 9.30am decorate. Prizes to be won! Involving Children in Environmental Activities * 020 8508 0028 Epping Forest Field Centre City of London Corporation event 020 8502 8500 Epping Forest Field Centre event Sunday 4 April 10am-12pm Guided Walk: Spring in the Forest * Wednesday 31 March 2pm-3.30 pm Lodge Road Car Park Explore the Archives: Introduction Learn about our woodland from Senior for New Users * Forest Keeper, Nick Baker, who will be guiding London Metropolitan Archives you around the Forest on this leisurely walk. Interested in the history and heritage of Booking required 020 8508 0028 Epping Forest? Discover our archive collection. City of London Corporation event 020 7332 3851 London Metropolitan Archives event Sunday 4 April & Monday 5 April 11am-3pm (timed slots) Easter Weekend Special: High Beach Easter Trail * Epping Forest Visitor Centre Follow a self guided trail through the Forest. April £6.50 per child includes prize. Booking required 020 8508 0028 Saturday 3 April – Sunday 25 April City of London Corporation event During opening hours Exhibition: 1886 - Watercolours for Monday 5 April 12pm-3pm a Royal Visit Egg Rolling for Easter The Temple The Temple An exhibition centering on the charming Decorate an egg and roll it in our traditional watercolour album of Forest views presented egg-rolling competition. Bring your well hard to the Duke of Connaught in 1886. boiled egg and we'll provide materials to 020 8508 0028 decorate. Prizes to be won! City of London Corporation event 020 8508 0028 City of London Corporation event Sunday 4 April 2pm-4pm Copped Hall: Open Garden ‘Through the Seasons’ * 01992 571657 Copped Hall Trust event

*All events marked with a star require pre-booking and may require payment .

24 25 Monday 5 April 10am Thursday 8 April 1.30pm-4.30pm Wanstead Flats 5k * (Sessions start 1.30pm, 2.30 pm, 3.30pm) Aldersbrook Road Meet the Tudor Huntsman and Woodsman Come and take part in a 5k walk/ jog/ run event on Queen Elizabeth’s Hunting Lodge Wanstead Flats. A 3K option is available for children A costumed Tudor huntsman will explain how 12 to 16 years. On line registration only the Forest was used in Tudor times. Joint event www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/wansteadflatsplayingfields with the London Metropolitan Archives. City of London Corporation event 020 8508 0028 City of London Corporation & London Metropolitan Archives event

Saturday 10 April 1pm Newts, Frogs & Toads * Epping Forest Field Centre 020 8502 8500 Tuesday 6 April 1pm onwards Epping Forest Field Centre event Pond Dipping – Drop in Family Event * Epping Forest Field Centre Saturday 10 April 10.30am-2pm 020 8502 8500 Forest Hands: Family conservation task * Epping Forest Field Centre event 020 8508 9061 Epping Forest Centenary Trust event Wednesday 7 April 10am-12pm, 2pm-4pm Safaris – holiday activities for children * Sunday 11 April 11am–1pm Epping Forest Field Centre Epping Forest Visitor Centre 020 8502 8500 A chance to draw a selection of animals from Epping Forest Field Centre event our museum collection as the Centre’s contribution to the Loughton Festival. Thursday 8 April – Friday 9 April 9.30am 0208 502 3071 Education Outside the Classroom * Loughton Festival event Epping Forest Field Centre 020 8502 8500 Sunday 11 April 2pm-5pm Epping Forest Field Centre event Loughton Festival: Sketch and Paint Church of the Holy Innocents, High Beach Thursday 8 April 10am-12pm, 2pm-4pm Loughton Festival event. Safaris – holiday activities for children * Drop in. £3 admission - £1 per activity. Epping Forest Field Centre 020 8508 2512 020 8502 8500 Loughton Festival event Epping Forest Field Centre event Sunday 11 April 10am Nature Photography in Epping Forest * Epping Forest Field Centre 020 8502 8500 Epping Forest Field Centre event

*All events marked with a star require pre-booking and may require payment . Gorse

26 27 Tuesday 13 April 2pm onwards Sunday 18 April 10.15am-12.45pm Guided Walk: High Beach Spring Walk Tour of Copped Hall * Family Event 01992 571657 Epping Forest Field Centre Copped Hall Trust event 020 8502 8500 Epping Forest Field Centre event Sunday 18 April 11am-1pm Guided Cycle Ride: Family Cycle Wednesday 14 April 10am-12pm, 2pm-4pm Meeting Point: Queen Elizabeth’s Safaris – holiday activities for children * Hunting Lodge Epping Forest Field Centre Join a Forest Keeper on a gentle family 020 8502 8500 cycle ride around the central area of the Epping Forest Field Centre event Forest. All participants must wear safety helmets. Cycles will be safety checked Thursday 15 April 10am-12pm, 2pm-4pm before start of ride. Safaris – holiday activities for children * 020 8508 0028 Epping Forest Field Centre City of London Corporation event 020 8502 8500 Epping Forest Field Centre event Friday 23 April 8pm Loughton Festival: Sir Frederick Gibberd, Saturday 17 April 9am the designer of Harlow - Talk by John Graham Advanced British Amphibians * Loughton Methodist Church Epping Forest Field Centre £1.50 per person. 020 8502 8500 020 8508 2512 Epping Forest Field Centre event Loughton Festival event

Saturday 17 April 7pm Saturday 24 April 2pm-4pm Loughton Festival: Evening Concert Loughton Festival: Volunteering Saturday Church of the Holy Innocents , High Beach 020 8508 2512 Tickets £10 (Inc. Buffet) – 020 8989 4975 Loughton Festival event Loughton Festival event Saturday 24 April 7pm onwards Sunday 18 April 10.30am Family Bat Walk * Loughton Festival: Guided Walk - Epping Forest Field Centre Fields & Forest 020 8502 8500 Debden Station to Epping Station Epping Forest Field Centre event £5 per person 020 8508 2512 Saturday 24 April 9.30am Loughton Festival event Guided Walk in Epping Forest * Epping Forest Field Centre Sunday 18 April 9.30am 020 8502 8500 Map and Compass Skills * Epping Forest Field Centre event Epping Forest Field Centre 020 8502 8500 Epping Forest Field Centre event *All events marked with a star require pre-booking and may require payment .

28 29 Sunday 25 April 8am Saturday 1 May – Sunday 30 May Discovering Birds * During opening hours Epping Forest Field Centre Exhibition: 1886 - Watercolours 020 8502 8500 for a Royal Visit Epping Forest Field Centre event The Temple Repeat of Saturday 3 April – Sunday 25 April event. Sunday 25 April 2pm-4pm 020 8508 0028 Loughton Festival Lecture: Rabbit Tales - City of London Corporation event From Pillow Mounds to Rabbit Pies A ‘virtual’ tour of The Warren grounds and Saturday 1 May & Sunday 2 May 1pm-4pm Pillow Mounds explaining the ‘rabbit history’ Weekend Bluebell Special at the Temple of Epping Forest as part of the Loughton Festival. The Temple £5 per person. Art activities to capture the delight of the 020 8508 2512 bluebell woods of Wanstead Park. Loughton Festival event 020 8508 0028 City of London Corporation event Sunday 25 April 10.30am-12.30pm Guided Walk: Birds and Bluebells in Sunday 2 May 2pm-4pm Wanstead Park Copped Hall Open Garden Meet at the entrance to the Park ‘Through the Seasons’ * on Warren Road. Wanstead E11. 01992 571657 www.friendsofeppingforest.org.uk Copped Hall Trust event Friends of Epping Forest event Wednesday 5 May 10am-12noon Friday 30 April 8pm Pushchair Walk Around Wanstead Park Loughton Festival: De-Lovely! The Temple A tribute to Cole Porter Join Senior Ecologist, Imogen Wilde, on a The Murray Hall, Loughton nature stroll around Wanstead Park £7.50 per person. 020 8508 4200 focusing on the bluebell groves. Loughton Festival event 020 8508 0028 City of London Corporation event

Wednesday 5 May 10.30am-11.30am All Ability Walk May Connaught Water Car Park Join Forest Keeper, Chris Brassey, on this Saturday 1 May – Monday 3 May 10am-6pm gentle stroll around Connaught Water. Loughton Festival: Do not put all your 020 8508 0028 flowers into one basket! Flower Festival City of London Corporation event The Church of the Holy Innocents, High Beach Saturday 8 May 9.30am 020 8508 4200 Natural History of Veteran Trees * Loughton Festival event Epping Forest Field Centre 020 8502 8500 *All events marked with a star require pre-booking Epping Forest Field Centre event and may require payment .

30 31 Sunday 9 May 11.30am Saturday 29 May 1pm-3pm Discovering Bats * Guided Walk: Find Five! Epping Forest Field Centre A High Beach Tree Trail 020 8502 8500 Epping Forest Visitor Centre Epping Forest Field Centre event A short walk for children around High Beach to find and identify five different kinds of tree. Sunday 9 May 10.30am-12.30pm Plus a simple art activity. Strawberry Hill in Springtime Booking required 020 8508 0028 Meet at the Stubbles car park City of London Corporation event www.friendsofeppingforest.org.uk Friends of Epping Forest event Sunday 30 May 11am-4pm Copped Hall Open Day * Saturday 15 May 9pm-12am 01992 571657 Wildlife Activity: Moth Night * Copped Hall Trust event Epping Forest Visitor Centre In celebration of 'National Moth Night', come Monday 31 May 1pm-4pm and help trap and record the different species Family Learning Drop In Event – Making Faces: The Green Man of moths found in the Forest. Epping Forest Visitor Centre 020 8508 0028 The Green Man is a traditional City of London Corporation event symbol of nature’s fecundity. Saturday 15 May - Sunday 16 May 9.30am Bring a variety of fresh leaves Mosses, Liverworts and Ferns * and we will help identify the Epping Forest Field Centre trees they came from. 020 8502 8500 Create your own mysterious, leafy Epping Forest Field Centre event Green Man face . 020 8508 0028 Sunday 16 May 10.15am-12.45pm City of London Corporation event Tour of Copped Hall * 01992 571657 Copped Hall Trust event

Saturday 22 May 9.30am Creating a Wildlife Garden s* Epping Forest Field Centre 020 8502 8500 Epping Forest Field Centre event

Sunday 23 May 2pm-4pm Guided Walk: Explore the Forest - Heydays and Holidays * Queen Elizabeth’s Hunting Lodge Car Park Learn about the historical records of Victorian & Edwardian retreats and outings to the Forest. Beeches in the mist 020 8508 0028 City of London Corporation & *All events marked with a star require pre-booking and London Metropolitan Archives event may require payment .

32 33 Friday 4 June 2.30pm onwards Newts, Frogs and Toads F amily Event* June Epping Forest Field Centre 020 8502 8500 Tuesday 1 June 1pm onwards Epping Forest Field Centre event Forest Explorers and Mini-Beasts: Drop in Family Event* Saturday 5 June 9.30am Epping Forest Field Centre Wildlife Ponds* 020 8502 8500 Epping Forest Field Centre Epping Forest Field Centre event 020 8502 8500 Epping Forest Field Centre event Wednesday 2 June 1pm-4pm Family Learning Drop In Event – Saturday 5 June – Sunday 27 June Making Faces: Historic Portrait During opening hours The Temple Exhibition: 1886 - Watercolours for a Learn about past fashions and make your Royal Visit own historic portrait. The Temple 020 8508 0028 Repeat of Saturday 3 April – Sunday 25 April event. City of London Corporation event 020 8508 0028 City of London Corporation event Wednesday 2 June 10am-12pm, 2pm-4pm Safaris – holiday activities for children* Saturday 5 June 1pm-4pm Epping Forest Field Centre Weekend Special: The Movement 020 8502 8500 of the Spheres Epping Forest Field Centre event Queen Elizabeth’s Hunting Lodge Craft activity based on Copernicus’s new Thursday 3 June 10am-12pm, 2pm-4pm vision of the solar system published in 1543, Safaris – holiday activities for children* the year the Hunting Lodge was built. Epping Forest Field Centre 020 8508 0028 020 8502 8500 City of London Corporation event Epping Forest Field Centre event Sunday 6 Ju ne 1pm-4pm Friday 4 June 1pm-4pm Weekend Special: The Movement Family Learning Drop In Event – of the Spheres Making Faces: Arcimboldo Art Queen Elizabeth’s Hunting Lodge Queen Elizabeth Hunting Lodge Craft activity based on Copernicus’s new Learn about the XVI Century artist, vision of the solar system published in 1543, Giuseppe Arcimboldo and design your the year the Hunting Lodge was built. own ‘veggie face’ using traditional 020 8508 0028 City of London Corporation event technique, decoupage. 020 8508 0028 Sunday 6 June 2pm-4pm City of London Corporation event Copped Hall Open Garden ‘Through the Seasons’* 01992 571657 *All events marked with a star require pre-booking Copped Hall Trust event and may require payment .

34 35 Friday 11 June 8pm-10pm Saturday 19 J une 7pm-9pm Guided Walk: Twilight Walk * Midsummer’s Evening Walk Meet: Knighton Wood car park Meet in Hornbeam Lane Join Senior Forest Keeper, Jonathan Preston, 020 8418 0730 for a wildlife and historical walk around Friends of Epping Forest event Knighton Wood and Lords Bushes. 020 8508 0028 Saturday 19 June 9.30am City of London Corporation event Pond Invertebrates * Epping Forest Field Centre Saturday 12 J une – Sunday 13 June 9.30am 020 8502 8500 Identification & Ecology of Grasses, Epping Forest Field Centre event Sedges & Rushes * Epping Forest Field Centre Sunday 20 June 9.30am 020 8502 8500 Discovering Wild Flowers * Epping Forest Field Centre event Epping Forest Field Centre 020 8502 8500 Sunday 13 June 6pm-9pm Epping Forest Field Centre event (gates open at 5pm) Outdoor Theatre: Romeo & Juliet * Monday 21 June 7pm-9pm The Temple Guided Walk: The Longest Day * This Shakespearian classic comes to Wanstead Meet: Lodge Road Car Park Park. Bring a picnic. Tickets: Adult £9.95; It's Midsummer and an ideal opportunity for Children 16 & under £4.95; 3 & under £1.95. a leisurely walk in the Forest with No dogs allowed. Senior Forest Keeper, Nick Baker. 020 8508 0028. www.illyria.uk.com 020 8508 0028 City of London Corporation event City of London Corporation event Wednesday 16 June 11am-1pm Open Access Day * Guided walk to promote access to Epping Forest for users with disabilities. 020 8508 9061 Epping Forest Centenary Trust event Wednesday 16 June 2pm-3.30pm Explore the archives: Holiday delights and postcard memories * London Metropolitan Archives How did people enjoy themselves in Epping Forest 100 years ago? Explore our postcard and image collection. 020 7332 3851 London Metropolitan Archives event Thursday 17 June 1pm-3pm Guided Walk: Looking at Trees in Knighton Wood and Lords Bushes Meet: Knighton Wood car park *All events marked with a star require pre-booking www.friendsofeppingforest.org.uk . Friends of Epping Forest event and may require payment

36 37 Wednesday 23 June 2pm-4pm Bug hunting in the Woods Meet: Bury Road Car Park, Chingford July To celebrate National Insect Week, join the Ecologists to hunt for insects and Saturday 3 July & Sunday 4 July other creatures of Bury Wood. During opening hours 020 8508 0028 Exhibition: 1886 - Watercolours for City of London Corporation event a Royal Visit Saturday 26 June - Sunday 27 June 9am The Temple Dragonflies and Damselflies * Repeat of Saturday 3 April – Sunday 25 April event. Epping Forest Field Centre 020 8508 0028 020 8502 8500 City of London Corporation event Epping Forest Field Centre event Saturday 3 July 10.30am-2pm Forest Hands: Family conservation task * Saturday 26 June 1pm–3pm 020 8508 9061 Find Five! A High Beach Insect Trail Epping Forest Centenary Trust event Epping Forest Visitor Centre A short guided walk for children around High Saturday 3 July 10.30am-2pm Beach to find and identify five different kinds Junior Angling Event of insects with a simple art activity based on them. Theydon Bois Pond 020 8508 0028 Learn all about fishing with Forest Keeper, City of London Corporation event Philip Murfin and our Fishing Bailiffs. Fishing tackle and bait will be supplied free. Sunday 27 June 10.30am-11am 020 8508 0028 Horseman’s Sunday Service City of London Corporation event Meet: The Village Green, High Beech www.efra.co.uk Saturday 3 July & Sunday 4 July 12pm-5pm Epping Forest Riders Association event Weekend Special: Take the Ruff with the Smooth Queen Elizabeth’s Hunting Lodge Rare and surprising exhibition of 500 years of historic ‘smoothing implements’ for ruffs, ribbons and linens. 020 8508 0028 City of London Corporation event

Sunday 4 July 2pm-4pm Copped Hall-Open Garden ‘Through the Seasons’ * 01992 571657 Copped Hall Trust event

*All events marked with a star require pre-booking . A great way to explore Epping Forest and may require payment

38 39 Saturday 10 July 9.30am Saturday 17 July 9.30am Aquatic Plants (Beginners) * Natural History of Hedgerows * Epping Forest Field Centre Epping Forest Field Centre 020 8502 8500 020 8502 8500 Epping Forest Field Centre event Epping Forest Field Centre event

Saturday 10 July 2pm-4pm Sunday 18 July 10.15am-12.45pm A Stroll Around Tour of Copped Hall * Meet at the end of Tamworth Avenue, 01992 571657 off Charter Rd, London E4 Copped Hall Trust event www.friendsofeppingforest.org.uk Friends of Epping Forest event Sunday 18 July 10.30am-12.30pm Guided Walk: Two Heaths Walk * Saturday 10 July – Saturday 31 July Meet: Earls Path Car Park, Loughton during opening hours Join Forest Keeper, Philip Murfin, on Postcards from the South Exhibition this informative walk around The Temple, Wanstead Park Strawberry Hill and Warren Hill. Victorian and Edwardian postcards of favourite 020 8508 0028 spots from Wanstead Park, Hollow Ponds and City of London Corporation event other Forest beauty spots in the south. 020 8508 0028 Saturday 24 July 11am-12pm City of London Corporation event Guided Walk: Wanstead Park The Temple, Wanstead Park Saturday 10 July 6pm-9pm As part of Love Parks Week – A leisurely stroll (gates open at 5pm) around Wanstead park to learn about its Outdoor Theatre: Pride & Prejudice * history. For more info on Love Parks Week: The Temple enclosure, Wanstead Park www.loveparksweek.org.uk Jane Austen’s classic tale of the Bennet sisters 020 8508 0028 comes to Wanstead Park. Tickets: Adult £9.95; City of London Corporation event Children 16 & under £4.95; 3 & under £1.95. No dogs allowed. 020 8508 0028 or www.illyria.uk.com City of London Corporation event

Sunday 11 July 9.30am Aquatic Plant Identification (Advanced) * Epping Forest Field Centre 020 8502 8500 Epping Forest Field Centre event

Saturday 17 July 2pm-11pm Music in Wanstead Park * Temple enclosure, Wanstead Park Aldersbrook Families Association welcomes visitors to a family day of music and fun. Queen Elizabeth’s Hunting Lodge 020 8989 4898 Aldersbrook Families Association event *All events marked with a star require pre-booking and may require payment .

40 41 Sunday 25 July 9am Bugs in Epping Forest * Epping Forest Field Centre 020 8502 8500 August Epping Forest Field Centre event

Tuesday 27 July 1pm onwards Sunday 1 August – Sunday 29 August Pond Dipping – Drop in family event * During opening hours Epping Forest Field Centre Postcards from the South Exhibition 020 8502 8500 The Temple Epping Forest Field Centre event See 10 July – 31 July for description of event. 020 8508 0028 Thursday 29 July 10am-12pm, 2pm-4pm City of London Corporation event Safaris – holiday activities for children * Epping Forest Field Centre Sunday 1 August 2pm-4pm 020 8502 8500 Copped Hall Open Garden Epping Forest Field Centre event ‘Through the Seasons’ * 01992 571657 Thursday 29 July 1.30pm-4.30pm Copped Hall Trust event (Drop In Sessions start 1.30pm, 2.30pm, 3.30pm) Tuesday 3 August 1pm onwards Meet Forest Explorers and Mini-Beasts – Epping Forest Visitor Centre Drop in family event * A costumed will tell gripping tales Epping Forest Field Centre of dangerous times! 020 8502 8500 020 8508 0028 Epping Forest Field Centre event City of London Corporation & London Metropolitan Archives event Wednesday 4 August 10am-12pm, 2pm-4pm Safaris – h oliday activities for children * Epping Forest Field Centre 020 8502 8500 Epping Forest Field Centre event

Wednesday 4 August 3pm-5pm (gates open at 2pm) Outdoor Theatre: James & The Giant Peach * The Temple enclosure, Wanstead Park This Roald Dahl classic story is brought to life by Illyria. Suitable for children aged 5 and above. Bring a picnic. Tickets: Adult £9.95; Children 16 & under £4.95; 3 & under £1.95. No dogs allowed. 020 8508 0028 or www.illyria.uk.com City of London Corporation event

*All events marked with a star require pre-booking The Temple, Wanstead Park and may require payment .

42 43 Thursday 5 August 10am-12pm, 2pm-4pm Tuesday 10 August 1pm onwards Safaris – holiday activities for children * Map and Compass - Drop in family event * Epping Forest Field Centre Epping Forest Field Centre 020 8502 8500 020 8502 8500 Epping Forest Field Centre event Epping Forest Field Centre event

Saturday 7 August 10.30am-2pm Wednesday 11 August 10am-12pm, 2pm-4pm Junior Angling Event * Safaris – h oliday activities for children * Theydon Bois Pond Epping Forest Field Centre Learn all about fishing with Forest Keeper, 020 8502 8500 Philip Murfin and our Fishing Bailiffs. Fishing Epping Forest Field Centre event tackle and bait will be supplied free. 020 8508 0028 Sunday 15 August 10.15am-12.45pm City of London Corporation event Tour of Copped Hal l* 01992 571657 Saturday 7 August and Sunday 8 August Copped Hall Trust event 1pm-4pm Weekend Special at the Lodge: How to Tuesday 17 August 1pm onwards make Corn Dollies Pond Dipping – Drop in family event * Queen Elizabeth’s Hunting Lodge Epping Forest Field Centre A seasonal holiday workshop for the 020 502 8500 height of summer. Epping Forest Field Centre event 020 8508 0028 Wednesday 18 August 10am-12pm, 2pm-4pm City of London Corporation event Safaris – h oliday activities for children * Saturday 7 August to Sunday 29 August Epping Forest Field Centre During opening hours 020 8502 8500 The Tudors & Early Stuarts: An exhibition Epping Forest Field Centre event of life during Tudor times, 1485-1603 Wednesday 18 August 1.30pm-4.30pm Queen Elizabeth’s Hunting Lodge (Sessions start 1.30pm, 2.30 pm, 3.30 pm) A Tudor social history exhibition also featuring Meet the Victorian Keeper and Poacher the significance of local Essex notables and The Temple the great houses of the district, Copped Hall Meet the Victorian Keeper and learn about the and Hill Hall. poachers and miscreants he had to deal with. 020 8508 0028 Based on Keepers’ notebooks and photos from City of London Corporation event the Epping Forest Archive. Sunday 8 August 10.30am-12.30pm 020 8508 0028 Guided Walk: Mills, Quarries and Woods City of London Corporation & Meet: Corner of Oakhill and Forest Drive, London Metropolitan Archives event Woodford Green Thursday 19 August 10am-12pm, 2pm-4pm www.friendsofeppingforest.org.uk Safaris – h oliday activities for children * Friends of Epping Forest event Epping Forest Field Centre 020 8502 8500 Epping Forest Field Centre event *All events marked with a star require pre-booking and may require payment .

44 45 Thursday 19 August 6.30pm onwards Fungus Fun * Epping Forest Field Centre 020 8502 8500 Epping Forest Field Centre event

Saturday 21 August 10.30am-2pm Junior Angling Event September Theydon Bois Pond Learn all about fishing with Forest Keeper, Saturday 4 September During opening hours Philip Murfin and our Fishing Bailiffs. Fishing Postcards from the South Exhibition tackle and bait will be supplied free. The Temple 020 8508 0028 See 10 July – 31 July for description. City of London Corporation event 020 8508 0028 City of London Corporation event Saturday 21 August - Sunday 22 August 9am Ladybirds * Saturday 4 September 10.30am-2pm Epping Forest Field Centre Junior Angling Event * 020 8502 8500 Theydon Bois Pond Epping Forest Field Centre event Learn all about fishing with Forest Keeper, Philip Murfin and our Fishing Bailiffs. Tuesday 24 August 1pm onwards Fishing tackle and bait will be supplied free. Forest Explorers and Mini-Beasts: 020 8508 0028 Drop in family event * City of London Corporation event Epping Forest Field Centre 020 8502 8500 Sunday 5 September 11am-4pm Epping Forest Field Centre event Epping Forest Festival Chingford Plain Wednesday 25 August 7pm onwards Fun for all the family. 020 8508 0028 Family Bat Walk * City of London Corporation event Epping Forest Field Centre 020 8502 8500 Sunday 5 September 2pm-4pm Epping Forest Field Centre event Copped Hall-Open Garden ‘Through the Seasons’ * Thursday 26 August 10am-12pm, 2pm-4pm 01992 571657 Safaris – h oliday activities for children * Copped Hall Trust event Epping Forest Field Centre 020 8502 8500 Saturday 11 September 9.30am Epping Forest Field Centre event Identifying Trees in Leaf * Epping Forest Field Centre Sunday 29 August 11am-4pm 020 8502 8500 Copped Hall-Open Day * Epping Forest Field Centre event 01992 571657 Copped Hall Trust event Sunday 12 September 9.30am Natural History of Hedgerows * Epping Forest Field Centre *All events marked with a star require pre-booking 020 8502 8500 and may require payment . Epping Forest Field Centre event

46 47 Thursday 16 September 2pm-3.30pm Saturday 18 & Sunday 19 September 12pm-5pm Explore the Archives: Introduction Guided tours at 1.00 pm and 3.00 pm for New Users * Open House at The Temple London Metropolitan Archives The Temple Interested in the history and heritage of A special focus on the heritage and history of Epping Forest? Discover our archive collection . Children’s knot garden now stored at LMA and how to access its collage activity. 020 8508 0028 pictures and records. City of London Corporation event 020 7332 3851 London Metropolitan Archives event Sunday 19 September 10am-12pm Guided Walk: Open House to The Temple Thursday 16 September 11am-1pm Meeting at Wanstead Station Guided Walk: Identifying trees in leaf A guided walk taking in areas outside the Park Queen Elizabeth’s Hunting Lodge connected with the history of Wanstead House. Learn about tree identification. Ideal for 020 8508 0028 beginners who would like to know how to City of London Corporation event identify the common and less common tree species in Epping Forest. Sunday 19 September 10.15am-12.45pm 020 8508 0028 Tour of Copped Hall * City of London Corporation event 01992 571657 Copped Hall Trust event Saturday 18 & Sunday 19 September 12pm-5pm Sunday 19 September 9.15am Guided tours at 1.00pm, 2.00pm and 3.00pm Using Environmental Crafts with Open House at the Lodge Young People * Queen Elizabeth’s Hunting Lodge Epping Forest Field Centre A weekend focussing on the architecture of 020 8502 8500 the Hunting Lodge and its adjacent buildings, Epping Forest Field Centre event Butler’s Retreat and the Coach Houses. Sunday 19 September 9am-5pm 020 8508 0028 Epping Forest Centenary Walk City of London Corporation event Various Points in Epping Forest Saturday 18 - Sunday 26 September Join the Friends of Epping Forest on their During opening hours annual Centenary Walk. Open House Exhibition: Features in a www.friendsofeppingforest.org.uk Landscape Friends of Epping Forest event The Temple A new exhibition for the Open House and the winter focussing on the known garden features of Wanstead Park. 020 8508 0028 City of London Corporation event

*All events marked with a star require pre-booking and may require payment .

48 49 Saturday 25 September 6.30pm onwards Sunday 3 October 9.30am Family Bat Walk * Introduction & Guide to Common Fungi * Epping Forest Field Centre Epping Forest Field Centre 020 8502 8500 020 8502 8500 Epping Forest Field Centre event Epping Forest Field Centre event

Sunday 26 September 10am Sunday 3 October 11am-2pm Discovering Badgers * Guided Cycle Ride: Intermediate Ride * Epping Forest Field Centre Meet: Chingford Mainline Station 020 8502 8500 This will be a more strenuous ride for experienced Epping Forest Field Centre event riders who will experience single track cycling. 020 8508 0028 Sunday 26 September 2pm-4pm City of London Corporation event Guided Walk: Explore the Forest - Poacher and Keeper * Saturday 9 October (tbc) 12pm-4pm Epping Forest Visit or Centre Suntrap Open Day Learn about what happened where and bring 020 8508 0611 alive historic images and records from our archives . www.lgfl.net/lgfl/leas/waltham-forest/schools/suntrap 020 8508 0028 Suntrap Forest Education Centre event City of London Corporation & London Metropolitan Archives event Saturday 9 October 10.30am-2.00pm Forest Hands: Family conservation task * 020 8508 9061 Epping Forest Centenary Trust event

Saturday 9 October & Sunday 10 October 12pm-3pm Big Draw: Ancient Oaks October Epping Forest Visitor Centre Art activity for all ages inspired by the ancient Saturday 2 October – Sunday 31 October oak pollards of Epping Forest and the insects, During opening hours birds and fungi that live on them. Open House Exhibition: Features 020 8508 0028 in a Landscape City of London Corporation event The Temple Repeat of Saturday 18 & Sunday 19 September event . Sunday 10 October 11am-4pm 020 8508 0028 12pm-3pm City of London Corporation event Copped Hall Apple Day * 01992 571657 Saturday 2 October & Sunday 3 October Copped Hall Trust event 2pm-3pm Big Draw: Ancient Oaks Autumn fruits Queen Elizabeth’s Hunting Lodge Art activity for all ages inspired by the ancient oak pollards of Epping Forest and the insects, birds and fungi that live on them. 020 8508 0028 *All events marked with a star require pre-booking City of London Corporation event and may require payment .

50 51 Saturday 16 October 9.30am Sunday 24 October Fungi for Beginners * An Autumn stroll in For Epping Forest Field Centre Fruits and Fungi 020 8502 8500 www.friendsofeppingforest.org.uk Epping Forest Field Centre event Friends of Epping Forest event Saturday 16 October 9am Monday 25 October 12pm-3pm Terrestrial Invertebrates * Family Learning Drop In Event: Epping Forest Field Centre Food for Wildlife 020 8502 8500 Meet: Epping Forest Visitor Centre Epping Forest Field Centre event Food will get scarce for Forest wildlife as winter sets in. Sunday 17 October 9.30am Learn about what types of food to feed our wildlife & Mushrooms & Toadstools * make your own bird feeder. Epping Forest Field Centre 020 8508 0028 020 8502 8500 City of London Corporation event Epping Forest Field Centre event Tuesday 26 October 1pm onwards Saturday 16 October & Sunday 17 October Pond Dipping – Drop in family event * Big Draw: Ancient Oaks Epping Forest Field Centre Epping Forest Visitor Centre 020 8502 8500 Art activity for all ages inspired by the ancient Epping Forest Field Centre event oak pollards of Epping Forest and the insects, Wednesday 27 October 12pm-3pm birds and fungi that live on them. Family Learning Drop In Event: 020 8508 0028 Roman Mosaics City of London Corporation event The Temple Sunday 17 October 10.15am-12.45pm At least one Roman villa is thought to have Tour of Copped Hall * stood in Wanstead Park. Learn about images 01992 571657 and patterns used in Roman Mosaics and Copped Hall Trust event make your own mini mosaic to take home. 020 8508 0028 Sunday 17 October 10am-12pm City of London Corporation event Guided Walk: Fungi Foray * Meet: Epping Forest Visitor Centre Join Senior Forest Keeper, Jonathan Preston, for a light-hearted look at fungi. 020 8508 0028 rk City of London Corporation event a P s e Sunday 24 October 9.30am li r Guided Walk in Epping Forest * a Epping Forest Field Centre W 020 8502 8500 Epping Forest Field Centre event

*All events marked with a star require pre-booking and may require payment .

52 Wednesday 27 October 10am-12pm, 2pm-4pm Safaris – holiday activities for children * Epping Forest Field Centre 020 8502 8500 Epping Forest Field Centre event

Thursday 28 October 10am-12pm, 2pm-4pm Safaris – holiday activities for children * November Epping Forest Field Centre 020 8502 8500 Saturday 6 November – Sunday 28 Epping Forest Field Centre event November During opening hours Open House Exhibition: Features in a Friday 29 October 2pm-5pm Landscape Family Learning Drop In Event: The Temple Alch emy and Wizardry Repeat of Saturday 2 & Sunday 31 October event. Queen Elizabeth Hunting Lodge 020 8508 0028 Shortly before All Hallows Eve, City of London Corporation event learn about ancient ‘art’ of Alchemy which aimed to turn metal into Saturday 6 November 1pm-4pm gold and make your own wizards’ Saturday Special: Tudor Calligraphy for hat and wand. Why not come in Christmas seasonal costume! Queen Elizabeth’s Hunting Lodge 020 8508 0028 Simple calligraphy for all ages: Tudor City of London flourishes, curlicues, scripts and scrolled Corporation event signatures to add to cards, bookmarks or just try out for fun. 020 8508 0028 City of London Corporation event

Wednesday 10 November Guided Walk: A Landscape Redesigned Meet: Upshire Village Hall www.friendsofeppingforest.org.uk Friends of Epping Forest event

Saturday 20 November 10.30am-2pm Forest Hands: Family conservation task * 020 8508 9061 Epping Forest Centenary Trust event

Sunday 21 November 10.15am-12.45pm Tour of Copped Hall * 01992 571657 Copped Hall Trust event

*All events marked with a star require pre-booking and may require payment . Guided walk

54 55 Tuesday 23 November 2pm-3.30pm Saturday 4 & Sunday 5 December Explore the Archives: My Ancestor was… 11am-3pm both days London Metropolitan Archives Father Christmas at the Temple Interested in family history? Discover who The Temple worked in Epping Forest and how our Come and visit Father Christmas in this collection can help your genealogical research. listed Georgian building. Seasonal craft and 020 7332 3851 hot non-alcoholic punch for all the family. London Metropolitan Archives event £6.50 per child (includes gift). 020 8508 0028 Thursday 25 – Friday 26 November City of London Corporation event Fungi for Beginners * Epping Forest Field Centre Saturday 11 & Sunday 12 December 020 8502 8500 11am–3pm both days (timed slots) Epping Forest Field Centre event Father Christmas Trail * Epping Forest Visitor Centre Search for Father Christmas in his cosy grotto following a self guided trail through the Forest. Seasonal craft and hot non-alcoholic punch. Joint event with Epping Forest Field Centre. £6.50 per child (includes gift). 020 8508 0028 December City of London Corporation event Saturday 11 December 11am onwards Saturday 4 December 12pm-3pm Seasonal Celebrations – Tree Dressing * Drop in family event Epping Forest Visitor Centre Epping Forest Field Centre Make a decoration to adorn a Forest tree at 020 8502 8500 High Beach. Joint event with Epping Forest Epping Forest Field Centre event Field Centre. 020 8508 0028 City of London Corporation event

Saturday 4 December – Sunday 19 December During Opening Hours Open House Exhibition: Features in a Landscape The Temple Repeat of Saturday 6 November – Sunday 28 November event. 020 8508 0028 City of London Corporation event

*All events marked with a star require pre-booking and may require payment . Queen Elizabeth’s Hunting Lodge

56 57 Saturday 11 & Sunday 12 Decembe r 2pm Sunday 12 December 11am onwards gates open; 3pm–5pm concert Seasonal Celebrations – Drop in Copped Hall - Four Carol Concerts * Family Event 01992 571657 Epping Forest Field Centre Copped Hall Trust event Epping Forest Field Centre event

Sunday 12 December 10.30am-12.30pm Sunday 12 December 10.15am–12.45pm Guided Walk: A view for all Seasons Tour of Copped Hall * Meet: Car park opposite the Queen 01992 571657 Elizabeth’s Hunting Lodge Copped Hall Trust event A pre-Christmas celebratory walk exploring the views around the Hunting Lodge, with mince Saturday 18 December & Sunday pies and wine too! 19 December 2pm gates open; www.friendsofeppingforest.org.uk 3pm-5pm concert Friends of Epping Forest event Four Carol Concerts * 01992 571657 Copped Hall Trust event

Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 December 11am–3pm both days Father Christmas at the Lodge Queen Elizabeth’s Hunting Lodge Come and visit Father Christmas in the atmospheric Tudor Hunting Lodge. Seasonal craft activity and hot non-alcoholic punch. £6.50 per child (includes gift). 020 8508 0028. City of London Corporation event

Sunday 19 December 10am-2pm Guided Walk: The Deer of Epping Forest Join Forest Keeper, Michael Collins, on this four-mile walk around the Forest and Buffer Lands looking for signs of deer and learning about their management and ecology. No dogs allowed. 020 8508 0028. City of London Corporation event

*All events marked with a star require pre-booking and may require payment . Winter fun

58 59 Sport & Leisure

For those who wish to take exercise or participate in sport, the Forest provides many opportunities in the form of walking, jogging, cycling, horse riding and angling.

Cycling Cycling is available throughout much of Epping Forest, except for certain areas which are ‘out-of- bounds’ to cyclists for historic, ecological or scientific reasons. These areas are marked with prohibition notices. A cycling leaflet with a map Wake Valley Pond marking these areas is available from our Forest Centres. Fishing Epping Forest has over 100 man-made lakes and Although there are no designated cycle routes ponds of varying types and sizes. Fishing is within the Forest, there are almost 100km allowed on 24 of these lakes and ponds. Where (60miles) of surfaced and unsurfaced horserides angling is not allowed there are signs with which cyclists can enjoy. Cyclists should be aware prohibition notices. that the horserides have a shared use and should be mindful of pedestrians, horse riders and dogs. Angling where permitted, is free of any charge but anglers must Please ring your bell or call out to horse riders or have a current pedestrians as you approach them so they are Environment aware of your presence and pass slowly and allow Agency Rod plenty of room. Licence. Fishing is not permitted between 15 March and 15 June, inclusive. Please keep your area tidy and protect wildlife by disposing safely of old line and tackle.

All ages enjoy Epping Forest Junior angling day 60 61 Junior fishing sessions run over the summer months. For further information, please contact the Visitor Centre 020 8508 0028. Wanstead Flats Golf Playing Fields The City of London provides a fabulous 18-hole public golf course at Chingford. For further Football information, please contact Chingford Golf 58 mini, youth and adult football pitches are Course 020 8529 5708. available for hire between September and April, with free car parking & changing facilities. For pitch Horse Riding hire charges and booking information, please With its extensive network of surfaced and contact 020 8532 1010 unsurfaced horserides, the Forest is a wonderful www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/wansteadflatsplayingfields place to ride. [email protected] Please note: Horse riders are required to have Athletics purchased and displayed a valid horse riding A 400m grass athletics track is available for licence before riding in the Forest. Certain hire from June – July each Summer. Bookings restrictions apply to horse riders, for further and enquiries can be made to information please contact 020 8508 0028 or visit [email protected] or our website www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/epping 020 8532 1010.

Walking Holiday activities for young people Covering some 2,476 hectares, Epping Forest is A varied programme of sport activities will run a great place to enjoy a walk, either throughout the school holidays. Fol low informally or as part of one of in g t For further information, please contact he the organised walks ho rs listed in the events 020 8532 1010 er id e www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/wansteadflatsplayingfields s section. [email protected]

Wanstead Flats

62 63 Wanstead Park Buffer Lands

Wanstead Park was once the The City of London owns some 720 hectares formal gardens of the (1778 acres) of land mainly on the northern fringe magnificent Wanstead House. In of Epping Forest. This Buffer Land has been the 1720s, the owner, Richard acquired by the City of London to protect the Forest The Temple Child demolished the Tudor house from encroaching development and to maintain the bought by his father and built a highly links between the Forest and the wider countryside. fashionable mansion in the new Palladian style. Some of the land is farmed and several areas are of high importance for wildlife. The family developed the grounds with ornamental waters, avenues, orangery, grottoes, statuary, Much of the Buffer Land is accessible on foot by amphitheatres and all features requisite to display using the public rights of way, permissive rights of their classical learning, style and wealth. way and permissive open access for walking areas. Cycling is permitted on the public bridleways. Horse In 1811 his descendant, Catherine Tylney Long, riding is allowed on public bridleways and made the fateful decision to marry William permissive horse riding routes have been created at Wellesley Pole, a known rake. By the 1820s, the Warlies Park. The City of London welcomes you to celebrity couple were bankrupt and creditors explore these beautiful areas: forced the sale of first contents, then house, leading to its demolition in 1824. • Hall Fields Today’s Park is a peaceful mosaic of lakes, grass and • Fields woodlands but many historic features survive. The Grotto and the Temple, now a Forest Centre was • Copped Hall Park built in the 1760s. Less obvious but still witness to the Park’s former glory are the ancient chestnut • Great Gregories Farm trees and viewing mounts, amphitheatres and the • Monkhams Fortification. Read our displays at The Temple to find out more. • North Farm • Raveners Farm • Swaines Green • Warlies Park • Woodredon Estate Heronry Pond Warlies Park 64 65 Three Forest Centres

Wondering what’s what and what’s where in the Forest? Visit one of our three Forest Centres, chat to staff, pick up a free map or leaflet or browse a selection of maps, guides and booklets available to buy. Queen Elizabeth’s Hunting Lodge, Each Centre has its own character and varied Chingford E4 7HL displays relevant to Epping Forest and covering its 020 8529 6681 history, management and ecology. Summer (April–September) Open to the public Wed–Sun 12pm–5pm Winter (October–March) Open to the public Fri–Sun 10am–3pm

The Hunting Lodge is open to booked school and adult groups outside public opening times. Open all Bank Holidays (excluding Christmas Day) with times according to season.

Epping Forest Visitor Centre, Queen Elizabeth’s Hunting Lodge, a Grade II* High Beach, IG10 4AE listed building built for Henry VIII in 1543, is an 020 8508 0028 amazing survival, an intact Tudor hunt standing, Summer (April–September) still surrounded by ancient Forest including Tudor Open to the public 7 days a week 10am–5pm trees dating from Henry’s day. The Tudor kitchen Winter (October–March) with lavish displays of historic food is always Open to the public 7 days a week 10am–3pm appreciated by our visitors and simple dressing up Open all Bank Holidays (excluding Christmas Day) clothes and brass rubbing are provided for the with times according to season. young and young at heart. The shop stocks books, pocket money toys with a Tudor theme The Visitor Centre is the main information point and traditional for the Forest and the place to go for the full wooden toys. Don’t range of booklets and guides to the Forest and to miss the view across buy your Horse Riding Licence. The shop has lots the Forest from the of ‘woodland’ based toys, gifts and greetings upper floors and the cards and hand-turned bowls made from Epping unique atmosphere of Forest wood. this building.

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Our vision is to inspire people, particularly young people and The Temple, Wanstead Park, E11 2LT those less familiar with the Forest, 020 8989 7851 to understand, enjoy and value Summer (April–September) Epping Forest and appreciate the Open to the public Sat–Sun 12pm–5pm many values of trees, woodlands and forest Winter (October–March) products. Open to the public Sat–Sun 10am–3pm Open all Bank Holidays (excluding Christmas Day) We work with a variety of with times according to season. groups, including schools, special needs groups, The Temple, a Grade II listed building, dates from scouting organisations, the 1760s and is a survival from the heyday of volunteer groups, Wanstead Park, a magnificent Palladian mansion community groups and surrounded by extensive formal gardens. Displays youth groups. We want to at The Temple tell the story of the Park from make a positive difference Tudor pageantry – Queen Elizabeth really did in their lives and the Forest sleep at Wanstead – to its Regency demise with environment, working the true and tragic tale of the wooing of through ‘hands on’ Catherine Tylney Long and her rake of a husband. practical conservation work Have a look at archaeological finds from and environmental Wanstead’s ‘Lost Roman Villa’ and the 18th awareness activities. century Grotto and play with our collection of hats and helmets spanning the centuries of Wanstead’s For more history. information, visit Information on our website the Forest and www.efct.info or the Park, plus telephone other books, toys 020 8508 9061 and gifts are also available.

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Epping Forest Field Centre is The City of London owns and manages over situated in the heart of Epping 4,330 hectares of open spaces in and around Forest at High Beach. The London. Our sites are enjoyed by millions of Centre is managed by the Field visitors each year. They provide important wildlife Studies Council on behalf of the habitats, many facilities and act as breathing City of London Corporation, and spaces for the city. was established to The City’s commitment to open spaces dates back commemorate the European Outdoor learning to the 1870s when, in response to the growth of Year of Conservation in 1970. London, it embarked upon an ambitious project The Centre specialises in connecting people of all to safeguard some of the green spaces that ages with the natural environment by providing remained. safe and enjoyable learning experiences through first hand investigations and discovery learning. Epping Forest is one of a number of open spaces, parks and gardens around London owned and The Centre has been awarded: Learning Outside managed by the City of London as part of its the Classroom Quality Badge; Eco-centre commitment to sustaining a world class city. Each (Green Flag) status; Investors in People Award. open space is a unique resource managed for the The centre’s work has been described by a former use and enjoyment of the public and for the Senior Ofsted Inspector as ‘outstanding’. conservation of wildlife and historic landscape. In addition to the courses listed within this Visit www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/openspaces to find brochure, the Centre specialises in courses for out more about the City of London’s open spaces. schools for all ages. There are opportunities for other individuals and groups, including: • Environmental Birthday Parties • Uniform groups • Youth Groups • Corporate Team Building Days For further information please contact Epping Forest Field Centre, Paul’s Nursery Road, High Beach, Loughton, IG10 4AF 020 8502 8500 Email: [email protected] Website: www.field-studies-council.org/eppingforest

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