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Epping Forest (district)

Epping Forest
Epping Forest District
Non-metropolitan district
Epping Forest shown within Essex
Epping Forest shown within Essex
Largest settlements
Largest settlements
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Constituent country England
Region East of England
Non-metropolitan county Essex
Status Non-metropolitan district
Admin HQ Epping
Incorporated 1 April 1974
Government
 • Type Non-metropolitan district council
 • Body Epping Forest District Council
 • Leadership Leader & Cabinet (Conservative (council NOC))
 • MPs Eleanor Laing
Eric Pickles
Robert Halfon
Area
 • Total 130.88 sq mi (338.99 km2)
Area rank 125th (of 326)
Population (mid-2015 est.)
 • Total 129,700
 • Rank 165th (of 326)
 • Density 990/sq mi (380/km2)
 • Ethnicity 95.4% White
2.7% S.Asian
1.3% Black
0.6% Mixed Race
Time zone GMT (UTC0)
 • Summer (DST) BST (UTC+1)
ONS code 22UH (ONS)
E07000072 (GSS)
OS grid reference TL455025
Website www.eppingforestdc.gov.uk

Epping Forest is a local government district in Essex, England. It is named after, and contains a large part of, Epping Forest.

The district is partly contiguous with Greater London to the south and southwest, and the area around Buckhurst Hill, Chigwell, Waltham Abbey and Loughton can be considered to be part of the London urban area in all respects except governance and politics. Epping Forest District also borders Hertfordshire both to the northeast and southwest of the neighbouring district of Harlow.

The whole district is divided into civil parishes a majority of which, particularly in the north and east of the district are rural and sparsely populated for an area so close to London; it includes the town of Chipping Ongar and surrounding villages. The south is more suburban and dominated by Loughton, the largest town in the district. Most of the District has a wide range of architectural styles and periods. Loughton is beside Epping Forest to the west and separated by farms, rivers and golf courses from other settlements in other directions. As an example of conserved physical geographic landscapes, the Roding Valley and Three Forests Way (one end of the Stort Valley Way and the other end connecting to the Harcamlow Way in Hatfield Forest and National Nature Reserve, Essex which is north of Epping Forest District. The settlements here are close to, and in places (Chigwell and Buckhurst Hill) are with, London's conurbation. Although entirely outside Greater London for Eurostat statistical purposes the district is included in the Greater London Urban Area, demonstrating a degree of close economic dependence on the capital.


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