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A museum of Tudor history at Queen Elizabeth's Hunting Lodge, built in 1543 for King Henry VIII and renovated by order of Queen Elizabeth I. The lodge's top floor has a forest view, and the Epping Forest Visitor Centre at Chingford features a gift shop, exhibitions and a year-round events calendar.
Queen Elizabeth's Hunting Lodge is a Grade II* listed former hunting lodge, now a museum, on the edge of Epping Forest, at 8 Rangers Road, Chingford, London E4, in the London Borough of Waltham Forest, near Greater London's boundary with Essex.
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Viewpoint with a panorama of North London, from the Lee Valley reservoirs to city high rises.
Deer roam protected from harm in the sanctuary near Theydon Bois, with footpaths around the perimeter.
Legend has it, Amesbury Banks was the site of Boudica's last stand against the Romans in 61 AD, but there is no evidence to support this, according to local historians. Earthworks thought to have been built around 500 BC are signposted from the main path.