Join us on this exciting and varied route, an urban wildlife-supporting theme with significant trees highlighted along the way. Visiting churchyards, residential and community-led street gardens plus a visit to an artist’s studio  and Epping Forest.. Discover how re-naturing is growing momentum in Walthamstow. Meet artist Sharon Drew, inspired by this ethos and showing paintings and landscape/forest studies in sketchbooks. Explore the secluded grasslands of Epping Forest borders with veteran Oaks and Hornbeam pollards.

This walk is part of the Urban Tree Festival (9-17 May 2026)

Meet: Walthamstow Central Overground Station (Weaver Line)

This walk will end at: Wood Street Overground (Chingford to Liverpool Street – Weaver Line)

sharon drew artist studio wildlife garden

Date

09/05/2026

Suitable for families?

This walk isn’t really suitable for children.

Start time

10:00 am

End time

2:30 pm

Booking is essential

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Meeting point

Walthamstow Central Station - on the ramp at Selbourne Road Entrance.

What 3 words?

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Meeting address

Walthamstow Central Station, Selborne Road, London, E17 7LP