Loughton

Loughton is a suburban development in the Epping Forest district of Essex.

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Epping Forest - Essex

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Loughton covers about 3,500 acres (14 km²), of which over 1,300 acres (5 km²) are open forest land and has a population of about 30,000. The town is principally residential, but is also home to the Bank of England's printing works, where all English banknotes are printed.

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Bank of England - English

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It is part of the London commuter belt and within the north easterly bounds of the M25 motorway. It has a London Underground station on the Central Line and a London (020) area code as it is close to the Greater London boundary.

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London commuter belt - M25 motorway - London Underground - Central Line - Greater London

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Much of the the housing in Loughton was built in the 1930s. Nearby suburban Debden is a post-war development intended to ease the cronic housing shortage in London in the 1940s.

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1930s - Debden - London - 1940s

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From 1933 to 1974 it formed together with Buckhurst Hill and Chigwell to form the Chigwell Urban District. Today Loughton has its own town council.

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1933 - 1974 - Buckhurst Hill - Chigwell - Chigwell Urban District

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