32 EPPING FOREST.
which, in a southerly direction, is Forest Gate
Station. If bound for Manor Park Station turn
to the left on reaching the Flats, and opposite the
gates of the Cemetery strike across the eastern
corner of the Common.
ROUTE B.
LEYTONSTONE TO WOODFORD OR BUCKHURST HILL.
43/4 miles to Woodford; 53/4 miles to Buckhurst Hill.
After leaving Leytonstone Station, follow the
High Street to the north for a quarter of a mile.
Immediately after passing the Workhouse School
on the left, cross the railway, and enter the Leyton
Flats—a level open space, much broken by old
gravel pits, and covered with patches of gorse and
broom. It is almost free from trees, and the few
that are left have been seriously stunted and
injured by the reckless gravel-digging of recent
years. Passing to the left of a small clump of
trees, follow a broad green roadway which leads
due north, and, leaving the Infant Orphan Asylum
on the right, cross the Eagle Road at right angles.
Leaving the Forest School on the left, Gilbert's
Slade, a wide grassy glade, flanked by thickets of
hornbeam and holly, and rather swampy in winter,
conducts to the Woodford Road and Woodford
Green. To reach Woodford Station, turn to the
right, opposite the Castle Hotel. To continue the
walk to Buckhurst Hill Station, follow the length
of the Green, keeping to its eastern side, where
a shady walk under chestnut trees is preferable
to the High Road. From the north-eastern corner