We are excited to launch ‘Book of the Month’ series on our website. Here we will review books related to or inspired by Epping Forest, as well as books that are in broader themes that are relevant to trees, forests, natural history, and cultural and social heritage.
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Follow the links below to discover more books about Epping Forest
Epping Forest with Maps, by Edward North Buxton
A must-read book about Epping Forest written over 100 years ago, by one of the first Verderers of the Forest who played a major part in saving Epping Forest in the late Victorians.
Entangled Life: How Fungi Make our Worlds, Change our Minds and Shape our Futures
Entangled Life is now available in a stunning illustrated edition, abridged by the author, with over 100 spectacular full-colour images.
The Power of Trees: How Ancient Forests Can Save Us if We let Them, by Peter Wohlleben
An illuminating manifesto on ancient forests: how they adapt to climate change by passing their wisdom through generations, and why our future lies in protecting them.
Epping Forest: Its Literary and Historical Associations
A remarkable record of literary associations of Epping Forest which William Addison assembles and reveals to us so vividly against its noble background.
Short Walks in London’s Epping Forest and its immediate surroundings
By Fred Matthews (West Essex Group Ramblers’ Association) and Harry Bitten (Friends of Epping Forest, now Epping Forest Heritage Trust).
Epping Forest Then and Now.
This work aims to provide a contemporary record that presents the local and social history of the area, setting the past beside the present.