Cultural attractions

The new Soho Theatre Walthamstow

Cultural attractions

Soho Theatre Walthamstow celebrates welcoming 130,000 visitors in first year

No 6989 Wightwick Hall, aka Hogwart's Express coasting towards Ongar Station on April 19 (Image: Andrew Smith)

No 6989 Wightwick Hall, aka Hogwart's Express coasting towards Ongar Station on April 19 (Image: Andrew Smith)

Epping Ongar Railway

Steam gala success launches new season on the Essex Ongar Railway

A gold ring dating back to the Anglo-Saxon period was discovered on farmland in Matching (Image: EFDM)

A gold ring dating back to the Anglo-Saxon period was discovered on farmland in Matching (Image: EFDM)

Ancient Anglo‑Saxon ring found in Essex field to go on display after major purchase

Visitors at GTKA can interact animals that have been rescued (Image: GTKA)

Visitors at GTKA can interact animals that have been rescued (Image: GTKA)

Get To Know Animals (GTKA)

Inside the Epping sanctuary giving rescued exotic animals a second chance

The red Hogwarts Express locomotive will be powering trains at the Epping Ongar Railway (Image: EOR)

The red Hogwarts Express locomotive will be powering trains at the Epping Ongar Railway (Image: EOR)

Epping Ongar Railway

Epping Ongar Railway to showcase Harry Potter loco this Easter

Football-loving Lacoste was kept in a fish-tank before she was rescued by GTKA (Image: GTKA)

Football-loving Lacoste was kept in a fish-tank before she was rescued by GTKA (Image: GTKA)

Get To Know Animals (GTKA)

From rescue to breaking records - help Lacoste take her next step

A new exhibition looking at how the Roman's lived is opening at the Epping Forest District Museum (Image: EFDM)

A new exhibition looking at how the Roman's lived is opening at the Epping Forest District Museum (Image: EFDM)

Epping Forest District Museum

Roman history comes alive in major new museum exhibition

Locomotive 6989 Wightwick Hall has a starring role in the new Harry Potter TV series (Image: Katie Pickersgill)

Locomotive 6989 Wightwick Hall has a starring role in the new Harry Potter TV series (Image: Katie Pickersgill)

Epping Ongar Railway

Hop aboard for an egg‑citing Easter at the Epping Ongar Railway

Happy New Year by Clare Sydenham (Image: Walthamstow & District Photographic Society)

Happy New Year by Clare Sydenham (Image: Walthamstow & District Photographic Society)

Clubs and societies

Nature to celebration, Walthamstow and District Photographic Society shows it all

Lacoste the alligator is hoping for a new enclosure this year (Image: GTKA)

Lacoste the alligator is hoping for a new enclosure this year (Image: GTKA)

Get To Know Animals (GTKA)

Inside animal sanctuary's year of growth, conservation and community impact

Epping Forest District Museum has an exhibition honouring the Loughton Boys (Image: EFDM)

Epping Forest District Museum has an exhibition honouring the Loughton Boys (Image: EFDM)

Epping Forest District Council

Marking Holocaust Memorial Day by remembering the Loughton Boys

A fully restored Thumper, a Diesel-Electrical Multiple Unit, should be returning to the Epping Ongar Railway in the spring (Image: EOR)

A fully restored Thumper, a Diesel-Electrical Multiple Unit, should be returning to the Epping Ongar Railway in the spring (Image: EOR)

Epping Ongar Railway

Epping Ongar Railway gears up for 2026 with new events and community plans

Have you seen this? by John Cross

Have you seen this? by John Cross

Clubs and societies

Judge's favourite Walthamstow and District Photographic Society's photographs

A Blue Plaque at Ongar Station remembers Father Thomas Byles (Image: Epping Ongar Railway)

A Blue Plaque at Ongar Station remembers Father Thomas Byles (Image: Epping Ongar Railway)

Epping Ongar Railway

Ghost of a man who died on the Titanic calms anxious travellers at Ongar Station

Punch is bringing Judy to the Epping Forest District Museum to put on a show (Image: EFDM)

Punch is bringing Judy to the Epping Forest District Museum to put on a show (Image: EFDM)

Epping Forest District Museum

West Essex museum is remembering the end of the Second World War

Touch: Beyond Vision – An exhibition where photographs can be felt

Touch: Beyond Vision – An exhibition where photographs can be felt

Cultural attractions

Touch: Beyond Vision – An exhibition where photographs can be felt

Nicola Burrell’s ‘New Town III’ has found a new home in Gibberd Garden (Image: Gibberd Garden)

Nicola Burrell’s ‘New Town III’ has found a new home in Gibberd Garden (Image: Gibberd Garden)

The Gibberd Garden

New home for 'New Town III' statue at the Gibberd Garden in Harlow

The Rialto Bridge in Venice by David Tyrell (Image: WWPS)

The Rialto Bridge in Venice by David Tyrell (Image: WWPS)

The travels of the Woodford and Wanstead Photographic Society

A postcard of Grade I listed All Saints Church in Nazeing (Image: Hazeing History Workshop)

A postcard of Grade I listed All Saints Church in Nazeing (Image: Hazeing History Workshop)

History and Heritage

When nuns had great influence over Nazeing

The Epping Forest District Museum is ready to welcome children and their families (Image: EFDM)

The Epping Forest District Museum is ready to welcome children and their families (Image: EFDM)

Epping Forest District Museum

Exciting new session for toddlers launched at Essex museum

Lacoste, the American alligator, adores playing with her football (Image: GTKA)

Lacoste, the American alligator, adores playing with her football (Image: GTKA)

Get To Know Animals (GTKA)

The indoor exotic animal sanctuary where rescued creatures are home for life

Queen Elizabeth Hunting Lodge on Rangers Road , Chingford in the 1960s (Image: Gary Stone)

Queen Elizabeth Hunting Lodge on Rangers Road , Chingford in the 1960s (Image: Gary Stone)

Gary Stone, historian

Hunting lodge built for King Henry VIII in Chingford

The Vagina Museum is in Poyser Street, Bethnal Green

The Vagina Museum is in Poyser Street, Bethnal Green

East London museum dedicated to vaginas raises more than £70k after closure threat

The William Morris Gallery is set for major upgrades

The William Morris Gallery is set for major upgrades

William Morris Gallery shuts for major renovations

Brett Ellis has 'done' the tourist sites of London (Image: PA)

Brett Ellis has 'done' the tourist sites of London (Image: PA)

Bored of London, not bored of life!

Ben Murphy joins Jon Phillips to make sure that the British Longhorn cattle have their winter hay (City of London Corporation)

Ben Murphy joins Jon Phillips to make sure that the British Longhorn cattle have their winter hay (City of London Corporation)

Let Epping Forest help you keep your New Years' resolutions

Chingford and Woodford Green MP, Sir Iain Duncan Smith and the minister for Food, Farming and Fisheries, Mark Spencer at Epping Forest with Ben Murphy and COL staff (Image: City of London Corporation)

Chingford and Woodford Green MP, Sir Iain Duncan Smith and the minister for Food, Farming and Fisheries, Mark Spencer at Epping Forest with Ben Murphy and COL staff (Image: City of London Corporation)

'Epping Forest is of national and international conservation importance'

Redbridge young care services day out. Picture: Barnardo's

Redbridge young care services day out. Picture: Barnardo's

Young carers enjoy Thames riverboat cruise

Hainault Recreation Ground. Image: Google Maps

Hainault Recreation Ground. Image: Google Maps

Cultural attractions

Weekend of festivals to go ahead despite noise and crime fears

The Standard was sold off and closed in 2011

The Standard was sold off and closed in 2011

Cultural attractions

When gigs were set to return at famous music venue

The launch of North Chingford Heritage Trail

The launch of North Chingford Heritage Trail

New heritage trail raises the profile of local history and heritage in North Chingford

Virgin Experiences launches Christmas sale (Virgin Experiences/Canva)

Virgin Experiences launches Christmas sale (Virgin Experiences/Canva)

Virgin Experiences launches Christmas sale on spa days, Wembley tour and more

Cllr Jas Athwal apologised over the 'obscene' costume work by a performer at an event at Goodmayes library

Cllr Jas Athwal apologised over the 'obscene' costume work by a performer at an event at Goodmayes library

Cultural attractions

Council 'contacted police' over obscene monkey incident at library

Council leader Grace Williams. Image: Waltham Forest Council

Council leader Grace Williams. Image: Waltham Forest Council

'A nice place in general' - library extension opens to public

Blackhorse Lane will be the first of six new Creative Enterprise Zones supported with £3m funding from the Mayor of London. Photo: Google

Blackhorse Lane will be the first of six new Creative Enterprise Zones supported with £3m funding from the Mayor of London. Photo: Google

Blackhorse Lane first of six new Creative Enterprise Zones to get £3m funding from Mayor of London

Harwich Ha'Penny Pier Picture: Paul Nixon

Harwich Ha'Penny Pier Picture: Paul Nixon

Cultural attractions

Essex - from Clacton to Harwich - 36 miles of stunning coastline

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan wants to encourage families to come to London. Photos: Pixabay, Newsquest

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan wants to encourage families to come to London. Photos: Pixabay, Newsquest

Cultural attractions

Mayor wants to turn London in to 'Britain's biggest playground'

Photo by Adler Garfield of student-led demonstration on gun control, March 2018 in Washington, D.C

Photo by Adler Garfield of student-led demonstration on gun control, March 2018 in Washington, D.C

International artists join young people to protest violence and exhibit work

Artist and sculptor Michelle Reader is displaying her work at the Highams Park Festival

Artist and sculptor Michelle Reader is displaying her work at the Highams Park Festival

Highams Park Festival displaying sculptures made of junk

These beautiful but brutal images of ballet dancers will take your breath away

Facebook Update by Marsel van Oosten

Facebook Update by Marsel van Oosten

GALLERY: Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2014

The front cover of a 1973 edition of The Trials of Nasty Tales (Dave Gibbons/The British Library)

The front cover of a 1973 edition of The Trials of Nasty Tales (Dave Gibbons/The British Library)

Preview: Comics Unmasked: Art and Anarchy in the UK