Loughton, IG10

Loughton is a residential town and civil parish in the Epping Forest district of Essex. It is located 12.2 miles (19.7 km) north east of Charing Cross in London, south of the M25 motorway and has boundaries with Chingford, Buckhurst Hill, Theydon Bois, Waltham Abbey, and Chigwell.

Loughton has a population of 30,340 and covers about 3,500 acres, of which over 1,300 acres are part of Epping Forest. It is the seventh or eighth largest town (depending how definitions are made) in present-day Essex. The town is principally residential but is also home to the printing works where all English banknotes are printed. The works are owned by the Bank of England; since 2002, the actual printing has been undertaken on the site by De La Rue. Loughton has boundaries with Waltham Abbey,Chingford, Theydon Bois, Buckhurst Hill and Chigwell.

The hilly area of north-west Loughton closest to Epping Forest is known as Little Cornwall, an area characterised by steep hills, weatherboarded houses, narrow lanes and high holly hedges. Loughton includes 3 conservation areas. There are 56 listed buildings in the town, plus a further 50 locally listed; and a large and thriving Historical Society, which has published about 20 books on the area's history.

Loughton station is served by the London Underground Central Line. It was opened in 1940, but the railway line dates back to 22 August 1856, when the branch from Stratford was opened by the Eastern Counties Railway. The railway's 150th anniversary was celebrated by an exhibition and activity day at Loughton Station on 19 August 2006.

From 1839 to 2000, Loughton was in the Metropolitan Police District, but on 1 April 2000, it was transferred to the jurisdiction of the Essex Police. Telephone numbers in the town, anomalously, have the London (020) area code. This anomaly is shared with Ewell in Surrey.

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