Editing Forest Gate (section)

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{{Infobox UK place
| official_name            = Forest Gate
| static_image_name        = Forest Gate.JPG
| static_image_caption     = Woodgrange Road, Forest Gate
| map_type                 = London
| region                   = London
| country                  = England
| london_borough           = Newham
| constituency_westminster = [[Stratford and Bow (UK Parliament constituency)|Stratford and Bow]]
| post_town                = LONDON
| postcode_area            = E
| postcode_district        = E7
| dial_code                = 020
| os_grid_reference        = TQ405855
| coordinates              = {{coord|51.550832|0.02737|display=inline,title}}
| population               = 33,619
| population_ref           = (2011 Census. Forest Gate North and South Wards)<ref>{{cite web|title=Newham Ward populations 2011}}</ref>
}}
[[File:Wanstead Flats at Forest Gate.JPG|thumb|Wanstead Flats at Forest Gate]]
'''Forest Gate''' is a district of [[West Ham]] in the [[London Borough of Newham]], [[East London]], [[England]]. It is located {{Convert|7|mi|}} northeast of [[Charing Cross]].

The area's name relates to its position adjacent to [[Wanstead Flats]], the southernmost part of [[Epping Forest]]. The town was [[historic counties of England|historically]] part of the parish (and later [[County Borough of West Ham|borough]]) of [[West Ham]] in the [[Becontree Hundred|hundred of Becontree]] in [[Essex]]. [[London Government Act 1963|Since 1965]], Forest Gate has been part of the London Borough of Newham, a [[Districts of England|local government district]] of Greater London. The town forms the majority of the [[E postcode area|London E7]] postcode district.

Neighbouring areas include [[Leytonstone]] to the north, [[East Ham]] to the east, [[Plaistow, Newham|Plaistow]] to the south and [[Stratford, London|Stratford]] to the west.