Taken as a whole , Waltham Forest comprises built-up urban districts in the south with inner-city characteristics , and more affluent residential development in the north with a variety of reservoirs , open space , small sections of Epping Forest , parks , and playing fields , which together cover a fifth of the borough .
Waltham Forest includes built-up urban districts in the south with inner-city characteristics , and more affluent housing development in the north . The north has a variety of reservoirs , open space , small sections of Epping Forest , parks , and playing fields , which together cover a fifth of the borough .