Claim: Leyton Orient F.C. is a club.

Leyton -LRB- -LSB- ˈleɪtən -RSB- -RRB- is a district of east London and part of the London Borough of Waltham Forest , located 6.2 mi north-east of Charing Cross in the United Kingdom . It borders Walthamstow and Leytonstone in Waltham Forest , Stratford in the London Borough of Newham and Homerton and Lower Clapton in the London Borough of Hackney . The district includes part of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park , which hosted the 2012 Olympic Games , as well as Leyton Orient Football Club , although it is predominantly residential . It consists mainly of terraced houses built between 1870 and 1910 , interspersed with some modern housing estates .