Excellent transport links, friendly communities and a good selection of schools ensure that Forest Gate is popular with families.
Living in Forest Gate
Formerly the southern gateway to Epping Forest, Forest Gate is a residential area of predominantly Victorian villas, Edwardian terraced houses and semi-detached 1930s' properties.
Woodgrange Estate is a sought-after conservation area of double and triple-fronted Victorian villas which lies east of Woodgrange Road in Hampton Road, Osborne Road, Claremont Road and Windsor Road.
Wanstead Flats to the north of Forest Gate is a huge expanse of green, ideal for horse riding, flying model aircraft, enjoying a picnic or sailing a toy boat on one of several ponds.
Forest Gate has a fair number of independent shops especially in Green Street, which has a mix of fashion boutiques and fast food curry houses; and there are more shops and outlets approaching Forest Gate railway station.
Stratford lies to the south-west of Forest Gate where there is a cinema, a shopping mall and a performing arts centre. For serious shopping and entertainment, London's West End is within easy travelling distance.
Award winning Godwin Junior School is in Wanstead Park and there are several primary and secondary schools throughout the Forest Gate area.
Transport
Forest Gate railway station is served by National Express East Anglia trains providing a direct link to Liverpool Street via Stratford and to stations en route to Norwich.
For information regarding bus routes that serve Forest Gate please visit http://www.tfl.gov.uk/gettingaround/default.aspx
For details of train services throughout the UK please visit http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/
London City Airport lies south-east of Forest Gate adjacent to Beckton on the River Thames. For information regarding flights please visit http://www.londoncityairport.com/
History and culture
Jimi Hendrix in 1966 wrote his classic song 'Purple Haze' in the Upper Cut Club in Woodgrange Road, Forest Gate.
Ronnie Lane (1946 – 1997), a member of the pop group the Small Faces, spent his childhood in Forest Gate at 385 Romford Road. Fellow band members Steve Marriott and Jimmy Winston lived in neighbouring Manor Park.
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Hollywood star and Governor of California, lived for a short while with a family in Forest Gate and trained at a gym in Romford Road.
Award winning actor Chiwetel Ejiofor was born in Forest Gate in 1974 and has played major roles in many significant films including 'Dirty Pretty Things' and 'American Gangster'.
For current information about Forest Gate please visit http://www.newham.gov.uk/
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