Epping
Epping
Epping is a market town in the Epping Forest district of the County of Essex, England. It is located 3.6 miles north east of Loughton, 9 miles south west of Harlow and 18 miles northwest of Brentwood. Originally a small town, epping has expanded greatly in the last century
Epping Forest has been an established tourist destination since Victorian times and epping sits at its heart. It’s arguably epping’s biggest attraction with a history going back to Roman Britain
The epping market dates all the way back to 1253 when king Henry III granted epping a weekly Market Charter on Thursdays as indicated by a tablet on epping Town Hall which was built in 1699 . The epping May fair is also one of oldest traditional events in epping as it was first mentioned as
Created: 27 October 2021 Edited: 29 November 2023
Epping
Local History around Epping
There are some historic monuments around including:
Moat House moated siteA London mobilisation centre known as the North Weald RedoubtRoman villa 300m south of Long ShawCold War Heavy Anti-aircraft gun site, 330m and 220m north east of Halls Green FarmThe Temple, Temple Hill, Warlies ParkLatton PrioryWynters Armourie moated siteOngar Park Pale north west of Collier's HatchMoated site known as Marshalls, 290m south of Weald PlaceHill Hall, brick kiln and deserted manorial settlement of Mount HallWorld War II bombing decoy NazeingLoughton camp slight univallate hillfortNetteswellbury Barn, NetteswellRoman villa south of Hill FarmPurlieu Bank, EppingMoated site 350m south of Dorrington FarmAmbresbury Banks slight univallate hillfortPassmores House moated site, immediately south of Todd Brook.Wildlife in and Around Epping
Mammals found in Epping
There have been 33 species of mammals recorded in the epping area.
| (Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg.) |
| 55 Khz Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pygmaeus) |
| Badger (Meles meles) |
| Barbastelle (Barbastella barbastellus) |
| Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus) |
| 45 Khz Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus) |
| American Mink (Neovison vison) |
| Bank Vole (Myodes glareolus) |
| Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus) |
| Chinese Barking Deer (Muntiacus reevesi) |
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Birds found in Epping
There have been 50 species of birds recorded in the epping area.
| Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis) |
| Buzzard (Buteo buteo) |
| Carrion Crow (Corvus corone) |
| Cetti's Warbler (Cettia cetti) |
| Common Swift (Apus apus) |
| Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) |
| Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) |
| Carrion/Hooded Crow Hybrid (Corvus corone x cornix) |
| Cinnamon Teal (Anas cyanoptera) |
| Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus) |
