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which, in a southerly direction, is Forest Gate 

 Station. If bound for Manor Park Station turn 

 to the left on reaching the Flats, and opposite the 

 gates of the Cemetery strike across the eastern 

 corner of the Common. 



ROUTE B. 



LEYTONSTONE TO WOODFORD OR BUCKHURST HILL 



4| miles to Woodford; 55 miles to Buckhurst Hill. 



After leaving Leytonstone Station, follow the 

 High Street to the north for a quarter of a mile. 

 Immediately after passing the Workhouse School 

 on the left, cross the railway, and enter the Leyton 

 Flats — a level open space, much broken by old 

 gravel pits, and covered with patches of gorse and 

 broom. It is almost free from trees, and the few 

 that are left have been seriously stunted and 

 injured by the reckless gravel -digging of recent 

 years. Passing to the left of a small clump of 

 trees, follow a broad green roadway which leads 

 due north, and, leaving the Infant Orphan Asylum 

 on the right, cross the Eagle Road at right angles. 

 Leaving the Forest School on the left, Gilbert's 

 Slade, a wide grassy glade, flanked by thickets of 

 hornbeam and holly, and rather swampy in winter, 

 conducts to the Woodford Road and Woodford 

 Green. To reach Woodford Station, turn to the 

 right, opposite the Castle Hotel. To continue the 

 walk to Buckhurst Hill Station, follow the length 

 of the Green, keeping to its eastern side, where 

 a shady walk under chestnut trees is preferable 

 to the High Road. From the north-eastern corner 



