Loughton

Also known as Loughton, Essex

Loughton () is a town and civil parish in the Epping Forest District of Essex, England. It is inside the M25 London orbital motorway but lies just outside the administrative boundary of Greater London. It lies north-east of Charing Cross in central London. The parish has two stations on the Central line of the London Underground: Loughton and Debden. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 33,346.

Key facts

UK place.official_name: Loughton
UK place.country: England
UK place.region: East of England
UK place.static_image_name: High Road, Loughton, Essex - geograph.org.uk - 2151568.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption: High Road, Loughton
UK place.area_total_km2: 15.30
UK place.population: 33,346
UK place.population_ref: (Parish, 2021)
UK place.os_grid_reference: TQ422961
UK place.map_type: nomap
UK place.post_town: LOUGHTON
UK place.postcode_area: IG
UK place.postcode_district: IG10
UK place.dial_code: 020
UK place.constituency_westminster: Epping Forest
UK place.charingX_distance_mi: 12
UK place.charingX_direction: SW
UK place.civil_parish: Loughton

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The parish includes part of the ancient woodland of Epping Forest. Loughton has three conservation areas and 56 listed buildings, together with a further 50 that are locally listed.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Loughton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.