Leyton

Leyton is a place in the London Borough of Waltham Forest, situated on the Prime Meridian and north of the River Thames. Leyton means "Town on the River Ley" and the name has been around since the 9th century. Leyton is 6.2 miles (10 km) north east of Charing Cross, and less than 1 mile from the proposed olympic village in the 2012 Olympics.

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• Leytonstone
• Homerton
• Lower Clapton
• Upper Clapton
• Stratford
• Walthamstow
• West Ham
• Wanstead
• Hackney

London Borough of Waltham Forest: The London Borough of Waltham Forest is a London borough in north east Outer London. It includes the areas:...

Prime Meridian: The Prime Meridian is the meridian (line of longitude) passing through the Royal Greenwich Observatory, Greenwich, England; it is the meridian at which longitude is 0 degrees. It is often referred to as the Greenwich Meridian....

River Thames: :This article is about the River Thames in southern England. For other meanings of the word Thames, see Thames (disambiguation)...