Walthamstow

## Transport

### Rail

Walthamstow is served by trains on the London Underground, London Overground and National Rail networks.

**Template:Stnlnk** is the area's busiest interchange. It is the northern terminus of the London Underground Victoria line, which provides the area with a direct connection to Tottenham, the West End and Brixton. The station is also served by London Overground services between London Liverpool Street and Chingford, via Hackney Downs.

There is an out-of-station interchange with **Template:Stnlnk**, which is on the London Overground between Gospel Oak and Barking.

**Template:Stnlnk** is to the west of Walthamstow, and is also served by Victoria line trains and London Overground trains between Gospel Oak and Barking.

Other stations include **Template:Stnlnk** and **Template:Stnlnk**, on the London Overground between Liverpool Street and Chingford.

**Template:Stnlnk** is also nearby, served by Greater Anglia trains between Stratford and Bishop's Stortford, via Tottenham Hale and Harlow, with onward connections to London Stansted Airport.

All railway stations are in London fare zone 3, except Wood Street, which is in zone 4.

### Buses

London Buses routes 20, 34, 55, 58, 69, 97, 123, 158, 212, 215, 230, 257, 275, 357, 675, W11, W12, W15, W16, W19 and night routes N26, N38 and N73 serve the area.

Walthamstow Bus Station is next to Walthamstow Central station, along Selborne Road.

### Road

Several arterial routes pass through Walthamstow which link the district to other areas in London and the East of England.

To the north, the **A406 (North Circular)** runs east–west around Walthamstow. The road links the district to Ilford, the M11 (for Stansted Airport) and London City Airport to the east. To the west, the North Circular passes through Edmonton, Finchley and Brent Cross *en route* to Chiswick. The route meets the M1 and M4 motorways (for Luton and Heathrow airports).

To the southeast of nearby Leytonstone, the **A12 (Eastern Avenue)** carries traffic northeast towards the M25, Romford, and destinations in Essex and Suffolk. Southwest, the A12 passes around Stratford and Hackney Wick before terminating in Poplar.

Other routes include:

* **A104 (Lea Bridge Road)** – southwest to Lea Bridge and Clapton, northeast to the A406 (North Circular), Buckhurst Hill and Epping Forest.
* **A112 (Hoe Street/Chingford Road)** – southbound to Leyton, Stratford and London City Airport, northbound to the A406 (North Circular), Chingford and Waltham Abbey.
* **A1006** – north-south through Walthamstow carried by Church Road, Markhouse Road, St James's Street and Blackhorse Road.
* **A503 (Forest Road)** – runs east–west through Walthamstow from the A406 (North Circular) in the east to Tottenham, Holloway and Camden Town to the west.

#### Air pollution

The London Borough of Waltham Forest monitors kerbside and roadside Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) levels in Walthamstow.

To the north of Walthamstow at the Crooked Billet Roundabout (North Circular), there is an automatic monitoring site which recorded an average NO2 concentration of 61.1μg/m3 (micrograms per cubic metre) in 2017. This fails to meet the UK National Air Quality Objective set by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affiars (DEFRA) at 40μg/m3.

Alternative roadside monitoring sites along Hoe Street and Selborne Road also failed to meet the UK National Air Quality Objective, with one diffusion tube on Selborne Road recording an annual average NO2 concentration of 61.0μg/m3.

### Cycling

Transport for London (TfL) and the London Borough of Waltham Forest provide cycling infrastructure in Walthamstow. In 2014, cyclists made up approximately 8.41% of general traffic across the Borough, and in the same year, the Borough was awarded a "Mini Holland" grant by the Mayor of London to improve infrastructure and cycle routes across Walthamstow.

Cycling routes include:

* **Quietway 2** – begins at Walthamstow Central and runs along low-traffic streets to Bloomsbury, via Walthamstow Marshes, Clapton, Hackney Central, Angel and Clerkenwell. The route is unbroken and signposted, but indirect.
* **Lea Bridge Road Cycle Route** – from Leytonstone to Clapton via Lea Bridge. The route runs on segregated cycle track parallel to the A104.
* **Forest Road Cycle Route** – from Walthamstow to Tottenham on cycle lanes and tracks adjacent to the A503.

The **River Lea towpath** is also nearby, which provides a direct, traffic-free cycle link from Walthamstow Marshes to Hackney Wick and Stratford to the south, and Tottenham Hale, Enfield Lock, Hertford and Harlow to the north. The towpath also carries **National Cycle Route 1** (NCR 1), an unbroken, signposted cycle route from Dover to the Shetland Islands, which in North London carries cyclists from Canary Wharf to Enfield Lock via Victoria Park and Walthamstow Marshes. The route is a shared-use path maintained by the Canal and River Trust and Sustrans.

## References

1. ↑ Multi-year station entry-and exit figures. *Transport for London*. Archived from the original on April 24, 2019.
2. ↑ You must specify ***archiveurl =***  and ***archivedate =***  when using {{cite web}}."Estimates of station usage". Office of Rail and Road. Archived from the original on 20190507164919.
3. ↑ You must specify ***archiveurl =***  and ***archivedate =***  when using {{cite web}}."London's Rail & Tube services" (PDF). Transport for London. Archived from the original on 20190429115841.
4. ↑ "Buses from Walthamstow Central" (PDF). Transport for London (30 November 2019).
5. ↑ "Night buses from Walthamstow Central" (PDF). Transport for London (June 2019).
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 You must specify ***archiveurl =***  and ***archivedate =***  when using {{cite web}}."Detailed Modelling of Nitrogen Dioxide in the London Borough of Waltham Forest". London Borough of Waltham Forest. Archived from the original on 20190510225058.
7. ↑ You must specify ***archiveurl =***  and ***archivedate =***  when using {{cite web}}."2020 Vision: Cycling in the London Borough of Waltham Forest 2015–2020" (PDF). London Borough of Waltham Forest. Archived from the original on 20160229182937.
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 You must specify ***archiveurl =***  and ***archivedate =***  when using {{cite web}}."Enjoy Waltham Forest: Walking and Cycling Account 2017/18" (PDF). London Borough of Waltham Forest. Archived from the original on 20190331020506.
9. ↑ You must specify ***archiveurl =***  and ***archivedate =***  when using {{cite web}}."Quietway 2 (East): Bloomsbury to Walthamstow" (PDF). Transport for London. Archived from the original on 20181028173920.
10. ↑ "Route 1" (en). *Sustrans*.
11. ↑ "Cycling". *Canal & River Trust*.