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Publications about Wanstead Flats :

A Capital Ground for Sports, a history of sports and recreation on Wanstead Flats 1878-1914
by Andrew Cole, Mark Gorman and others

Price: £ 3.00 plus £2.00 UK postage and packing

Turf Wars, The struggle to cultivate Wanstead Flats
by Andrew Cole, Mark Gorman and others

Price: £ 4.00 plus £2.00 UK postage and packing

Behind the Wire : Prisoner of war camps on Wanstead Flats

Price: £3.00 plus £2.00 UK postage and packing

Homes for Heroes or Space to Breathe? The Struggle for Wanstead Flats 1946-47

by Mark Gorman


The Space Between
a brief history of Wanstead Flats

Price: 30p plus £1 UK postage and packing

Or download a free version here (150 Kb)

download a free version here (2.7 mb)

download a free version here (2.9mb)

'Changing the Face of the Forest', How the unemployed transformed the Wanstead Flats area, by Andrew Cole, Mark Gorman & Peter Williams, softback 42 pages and cover, colour design throughout

Price £ 6.00 plus postage and packing (£3.30 1st class post which you can order through this link or £1.90 2nd class through this link)

No. 1 : the Bushwood side

Colour maps, colour photos, walk directions and brief historical information

Price: £3.00 plus £2.00 UK postage and packing

No. 2 : Aldersbrook Flats

Colour maps, colour photos, walk directions and brief historical information

Price: £3.00 plus £2.00 UK postage and packing

No. 3 : The Flats at War

Colour maps, colour photos, walk directions and brief historical information

Price: £3.00 plus £2.00 UK postage and packing

Or download a free 2020 version here (3 mb)

Or download a free version here (555 Kb)

Or download a free version here (800 Kb)

Wanstead Flats History Walks :

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