This year, the Festival runs from 15 to 25 July, a little later than normal in order to avoid clashing with the World Cup.
There’s a selection of high quality events, often showcasing local talent, and covering dance, drama, film, literature, music, and poetry.
You can view the full programme on the festival website…
Firework Displays
Start planning your night and catch some impressive fireworks this year and see in Bonfire Night with a bang. There are two organised firework displays being staged close to E11 this year:
Waltham Forest
The 2009 Waltham Forest Firework Display will take place at:
Chestnut Field (behind the Town Hall),
Forest Road,
Walthamstow
E17 4JF
on Thursday 5th November.
Gates open at 6pm and the display begins at 8pm. There will be a funfair with rides for all the family and hot snacks and drinks on sale. The funfair will end at 9:30pm.
Walthamstow Town Hall can be reached by buses 123 and 275 along Forest Road or by tube from Walthamstow Central or train from Wood Street Station.
Entry prices
Adults: £4
Under 16′s: £3
Under 5′s: FREE
Senior citizens: £3
Newham (Wanstead Flats)
The free display will once again be held at:
Wanstead Flats,
Centre Road,
Forest Gate E7
on Friday 6th November.
Gates open at 6:15pm and the display begins at 7:30pm. There will be hot snacks and drinks on sale.
The display is taking place at Wanstead Flats by kind permission of The Corporation of London, conservators of Epping Forest.
Wanstead Flats can be reached by buses 58, 101, 104, 308, 330, 474, W19 or by train to Manor Park, Forest Gate or Wanstead Park station. Or for us in E11, simpler to just walk!
Wanstead Rugby Club
Support Wanstead Rugby Club on Bonfire Night.
Roding Lane North,
Woodford Green,
Essex
IG8 8JY
on Thursday 5th November.
Gates open at 7:00pm and the display begins at 7:30pm.
Entry prices
Per person: £3
Please do not bring glass bottles or sharp items. People may be searched as a condition of entry.
People are asked not to bring their dogs.
Please use public transport where possible – there may be limited parking at some of the events.
Very sad to hear news that The Loaded Dog in Leytonstone is closing. This was a key music venue in the area and was widely respected as being one of the best small venues in East London. Just goes to show how, like many other long gone bits of Leytonstone High Road, if we take these places for granted, we risk losing them. I count myself among the guilty there as I never actually ventured into The Loaded Dog – kind of regretting that now.
Slightly outside E11, but…
One of the best kept secrets in Chingford is the 2 model train tracks at the back of Ridgeway Park, Peel Close, off Old Church Road, Chingford (just after the Green Man pub near the top of Chingford Mount). Alternative entrances off Endlebury Road and Chingford Avenue, E4.
Every Sunday and Bank Holiday afternoon between 2pm and 5:30pm during the summer (up to the end of September) train rides are available at 50p or £1 depending on the train track in use. During the school summer holidays,
rides are also available on Wednesday afternoons. Private hire events can also be arranged.
The Chingford & District Model Engineering Club, formed in 1945, run the trains, tracks and rides. There is a 1000 foot long 5″ raised level track and a 3000 foot long 7¼” ground level track. The respective rides are 50p and £1 per person per ride.
For further information: see http://www.chingford-model-engineering.com/diary.htm#public for running days or http://www.chingford-model-engineering.com/index.htm for the home page.
This year the Chingford Day at the park on 5th July will be celebrated by the use of both tracks. Something not to be missed!
Many (grand) parents would probably love to take their children along for a lovely Sunday (Bank Holiday) afternoon out, but just don’t know about it.
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