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Highams Park
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Highams Park is a place in the London Borough of Waltham Forest, adjacent to Epping Forest. The forest at Highams Park contains a boating lake formed by Humphry Repton after damming the River Ching. There is a railway station - Highams Park Station - and it is easily connected to Chingford and Walthamstow by rail and bus. There are many schools and parks and basic shopping facilities such as Budgens. It is primarily a residential area, with housing mainly Victorian terraced houses. Nearby is the local secondary school, Highams Park Technology College, students range from 11-18 and the school is mixed.
It is a suburban area situated 8.7 miles (14 km) north east of Charing Cross, and was part of Walthamstow parish and municipal borough, though most of it is in either the Chingford (E4) or Woodford Green (IG8) postal areas.
- Teddy Sheringham (footballer) was born on 2 April 1966 in Highams Park,.
- Sir George Edwards (aircraft designer and industrialist) was born in Hale End Road, Highams Park, on 9 July 1908.
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