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<br/>This station is only a very short walk north from Forest Gate Station.
©Danny Robinson
<br/>Wanstead Park station and railway arches on the little-used Gospel Oak to Barking line. Occasionally a two-car dmu putters through, but not very predictably.
©John Davies
<br/>Its time to make a decision; Barking or Gospel Oak (with the possibility of maybe reaching Richmond or Kew) at Wanstead Park station.
©John Davies
Dist:0.2km north<br/>At the corner of Woodgrange Road and Forest Lane. (The 1:25,000 Get a Map shows the station as being further back from the road -- this would be correct for the platforms but not for the ticket office)
©Danny Robinson
Dist:0.3km north<br/>This grid square is unusual in having two completely separate Network Rail stations in it. This is Forest Gate on the Liverpool Street to Shenfield line, looking in the direction of the former.
©Nigel Cox
Dist:0.5km north<br/>This is where you arrive in the northernmost part of Forest Gate, with Wanstead Flats on the left and Centre Road on the right.
©Mike Richardson
Dist:0.5km north<br/>To be found on the north side of the A118 Romford Road, the Church was built in 1882 and enlarged in 1901. The Church's website is here http://www.woodgrangebc.ik.com/
©Nigel Cox
Dist:0.6km north<br/>On the corner of Romford Road and Green Street.
©Danny Robinson
Dist:0.6km north<br/>Looking towards Wanstead Flats
©Mike Richardson
Dist:0.7km east<br/>This 1921 non-conformist chapel standing at the entrance to Manor Park Cemetery has been converted into a modern home.
©John Davies
Dist:0.7km south<br/>Showing one of the many sari shops in this area.
©Danny Robinson
Dist:0.8km south<br/>The Quwwat ul Islam Masjid (Might of Islam Mosque) can be found on the west side of Upton Lane.
©Nigel Cox
Dist:0.8km east<br/>Ghost Train (lower left) engraved on a grave in Manor Park Cemetery.
©John Davies
Dist:0.8km east<br/>16 year old John Cornwell was killed at the Battle of Jutland and was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross. His grave is in Manor Park Cemetery, London E12
©John Davies
Dist:0.9km south<br/>This Muslim Community Centre and Mosque is at 88 Green Street, E7 8JG, on the corner with Studley Road.
©Danny Robinson

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