Editing Wanstead (section)

{{Short description|Area of East London}}
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{{Use British English|date=September 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox UK place
| official_name            = Wanstead
| static_image_name        = Wanstead fountain (18384688258).jpg
| static_image_caption     = Wanstead drinking fountain, built to celebrate Queen Victoria’s diamond jubilee
| map_type                 = Greater London
| region                   = London
| country                  = England
| london_borough           = Redbridge
| constituency_westminster = [[Leyton and Wanstead (UK Parliament constituency)|Leyton & Wanstead]]
| post_town                = LONDON
| postcode_area            = E
| postcode_district        = E11
| dial_code                = 020
| os_grid_reference        = TQ405885
| coordinates              = {{coord|51.577792|0.028589|display=inline,title}}
| population               = 11,543
| population_ref           = (2011 Census. Ward)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13689022&c=Wanstead&d=14&e=62&g=6335837&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1476788846182&enc=1|title=Redbridge Ward population 2011|access-date=18 October 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics |work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}</ref>
}}
'''Wanstead''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|w|ɒ|n|s|t|ɛ|d}}) is an area in [[East London]], England, in the [[London Borough of Redbridge]]. It borders [[South Woodford]] to the north, [[Redbridge, London|Redbridge]] to the east and [[Forest Gate]] to the south, with [[Leytonstone]] and [[Walthamstow]] to the west. It is located 8 miles northeast of Charing Cross.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foxtons.co.uk/local-life/e11/|title=Foxtons -- Local Life E11|date=12 July 2021}}</ref>

Historically an [[ancient parish]] in the [[Becontree Hundred|Becontree hundred]] of [[Essex]], it was granted [[Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland)|urban district]] status in 1894, and formed part of the [[Municipal Borough of Wanstead and Woodford]] between 1937 and 1965, when it became part of the London Borough of Redbridge. Wanstead was a key part of the [[M11 link road protest]] from 1993 to 1995, which ended with the construction of the [[A12 road (England)|A12]] that runs through the town.

The area contains a number of open spaces that are part of [[Epping Forest]], including the grasslands of [[Wanstead Flats]] and the woodland of [[Wanstead Park]]. Wanstead Park was the site of [[Wanstead Roman Villa|a suspected Roman villa]], and later [[Wanstead Hall]], the [[manor house]] of [[Wanstead Manor]]. The park, with artificial lakes, was formerly part of the estate of a large stately home [[Wanstead House]] (1722–1825), built by [[Richard Child, 1st Earl Tylney]].