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    Whittlesey Centre

    4.0 (2 reviews)

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    Queen Elizabeth's Hunting Lodge

    Queen Elizabeth's Hunting Lodge

    4.2(6 reviews)
    62.2 mi•Chingford

    This modern looking lodge with exterior walls and an inside fire place over looking forest and…read moremeadow is the only surviving Tudor hunting lodge. In the 16th century it was called "The Great Standing" - an elaborate OPEN SIDED viewing platform used by the corpulent Henry the Eighth and court to view hunting and equestrian displays. He was better able to gracefully ascend the "procession stairs" (as you will) that had low risers and wide treads to accommodate his girth, equestrian injuries and the ladies' great skirts. The supporting massive oak beams have survived more than 500 years. Banners with family crests used to festoon the sides of the platform and flags flew gaily above. See what the Royal party will be feasting on and hear the kitchen help chopping and dicing in the background. Children can try on Tudor clothing upstairs. This is a family-friendly destination. The volunteers are great about answering your questions. Many thanks to volunteer Danny, now 94 who used to play about the ruins as a boy and has studied the history of the site for years. He was an incredible font of knowledge.

    I brought a group up here today for a work trip, and I was pleasantly surprised!…read more It's a very neat building from the 1500s, first used as an open building for Henry VIII to go hunting from (they apparently corralled deer in for him to shoot with his bow and arrow from a chair in the building). Queen Elizabeth then closed it in and made it into the building it is today. The building is charming and a bit corny, set with fake food and costumes to try on - definitely a bit school group centered, but at the same time, it's really more about coming in and having a bit of a feeling of how old and special the building is, and there are lovely views from the top floor. Plus the staircase is original, and is apparently one of the first (if not *the* first) example of a staircase that goes up in a square (like most staircases now!) The guide told us that The Globe came and measured up the stairs and used them as a template when they redid the Globe, so you're in fine company. It's free to go and is open 7 days a week from 10am to 5pm (subject to some closures for private tours, like us today, or school groups). It's set in Epping Forest but is easy to get to as it's less than 10 minutes by foot from Chingford. There's a pub next door and a café across the street, so it's a nice place to start or end a trip to the Forest. There's also a great visitor centre, with permanent and temporary exhibitions, and a gift shop (naturally).

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    Serpentine Green Shopping Centre

    Serpentine Green Shopping Centre

    3.8(5 reviews)
    2.5 mi
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    Serpentine Green - or Hampton, as I would call it - is a handy shopping centre in Peterborough…read more Whether you want to call in at the large Tesco or have a wander around the shops, it's a great contained area, good for a trip out when the weather is bad. To begin with shopping, as is the best way, there is a Next, Outfit, Mothercare, New Look, H&M, Boots and WH Smith, to name but a few. As Outfit include labels such as Miss Selfridge, Topshop and Dorothy Perkins, it helps to please everyone. The shops can get busy, especially if people decide to bring their trollies into the store (you can only get them outside, which really brings out the lazy in people) and inevitably cover up the till points. Food options are pretty standard, with places such as Subway and the Tesco cafe at the far end of the centre in a food hall style set up. The Tesco is 24 hours, and offers everything from food and salad bar to electrical and clothing and is much much larger than its Barhill cousin, which is closer to home. Check outs were busy on our visit, as they always are at Tesco, but staff were efficient enough. The car park is large, with what seems like plenty of disabled parking, so try not to lose your car!

    Serpentine Green has got to be one of the worst designed places I've ever had the misfortune of…read moreshopping at. Serpentine Green is dominated by Tesco and requires you to become as rude and obtrusive as possible when shopping. Unless you're willing to barge your way through the aisles full of dithering shoppers and stock cages left by staff then you're better off shopping online. The Tesco store is 24 hour, but that just means that the lights are on. You'll struggle to find more than a couple of checkouts open (even when customers are queued three or four deep), aisles are completely full of cages from the night shift restocking and most fresh meat and produce shelves are empty. For their part, the other shops in Serpentine Green aren't that bad and some are better than their city centre counterparts. Unless you're there at an odd time of day (around 10am in the week), then you're faced with parking miles away from the doors and queueing at every opportunity. For some reason, people actually travel to visit this place when they have amenities on their own doorstep. The car park is badly designed so that in peak times everyone funnels out onto a tiny roundabout and then proceeds to change lanes. Had they given it some thought when they parked up, they might have found it easier when leaving

    Whittlesey Centre - publicservicesgovt - Updated October 2026

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