Waltham Holy Cross

Waltham Abbey
The parish is named after the church of Waltham Abbey
Waltham Abbey
Waltham Abbey shown within Essex
Area	16.3746 sq mi (42.410 km²)
Population	21,149 (2011)
• Density	1,292/sq mi (499/km²)
OS grid reference	TL403005
• London	14 mi (23 km) SSW
Civil parish	Waltham Abbey
District	Epping Forest
Shire county	Essex
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WALTHAM ABBEY
Postcode district	EN9
Post town	LONDON
Postcode district	E4
Post town	LOUGHTON
Postcode district	IG10
Dialling code	01992 020

Police	Essex
Fire	Essex
Ambulance	East of England

EU Parliament	East of England
UK Parliament	Epping Forest
Website	walthamabbey-tc.gov.uk
List of places UK England Essex 51°41′07″N 0°01′51″E / 51.6854°N 0.0308°E / 51.6854; 0.0308Coordinates: 51°41′07″N 0°01′51″E / 51.6854°N 0.0308°E / 51.6854; 0.0308

Waltham Abbey is a civil parish in Epping Forest District in Essex, England. Located approximately 14 miles (23 km) north-northeast of central London and adjacent to the Greater London boundary, it is a partly urbanised parish with large sections of open land in the Metropolitan Green Belt. Waltham Abbey is a recent renaming of the ancient parish of Waltham Holy Cross. Aside from the town of Waltham Abbey, it includes the hamlets of Claverhambury, Fishers Green, Holyfield, Sewardstone and Upshire, and the village of High Beach. The local council is Waltham Abbey Town Council.

Waltham Holy Cross was an ancient parish in the Waltham hundred of Essex. The parish adopted the Public Health Act 1848 in 1850 which created the Waltham Holy Cross local government district and a local board of health. In 1894 this district became Waltham Holy Cross Urban District, governed by an urban district council. The parish ceased to have any role in local government, aside from election of the board of guardians. After 1930 as a designated urban parish it had only nominal existence.

The parish was within the Metropolitan Police District and part of the review area of the Royal Commission on Local Government in Greater London; however, it did not form part of the proposed Greater London area, because it was entirely within the Metropolitan Green Belt and had limited connection to the London built-up area.

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