Place:Epping Forest District, Essex, England

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NameEpping Forest District
TypeDistrict municipality
Located inEssex, England     (1974 - )
See alsoChigwell, Essex, Englandurban district which was merged into Epping Forest District in 1974
Epping, Essex, Englandurban district which was merged into Epping Forest District in 1974
Waltham Holy Cross, Essex, Englandurban district which was merged into Epping Forest District in 1974
Epping and Ongar Rural, Essex, Englandrural district which was merged into Epping Forest District in 1974
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Epping Forest is a local government district in Essex, England, northeast of Greater London and named after Epping Forest, of which the district contains a large part.

The whole district is divided into civil parishes: a majority of which, particularly in the north and east of the district, are rural and sparsely populated for an area so close to London; it includes the town of Chipping Ongar and surrounding villages. The south is more suburban and dominated by Loughton, the largest town in the district. Most of the District has a wide range of architectural styles and periods. Loughton is beside Epping Forest to the west and separated by farms, rivers and golf courses from other settlements in other directions. As an example of conserved physical geographic landscapes, the Roding Valley and Three Forests Way (one end of the Stort Valley Way and the other end connecting to the Harcamlow Way in Hatfield Forest and National Nature Reserve, Essex which is north of Epping Forest District). The settlements here are close to, and in places (Chigwell and Buckhurst Hill) are contiguous with, London's conurbation.

The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of Chigwell Urban District, Epping Urban District and Waltham Holy Cross Urban District, along with most of Epping and Ongar Rural District. The population, as of the UK census of 2011, was approximately 124,900, making a density of 950/sq mi (370/km2).

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