Wanstead Backgammon Society

The Duke 79 Nightingale Lane, Wanstead

Meeting of the Wanstead Backgammon Society. Free to all. Please contact pete.daly@ntlworld.com for more information

Free

Wanstead Flats Parkrun

Wanstead Flats Playing Fields Harrow Road, London, England, United Kingdom

A free, fun, and friendly weekly 5k community event. Walk, jog, run, volunteer or spectate – it's up to you! Free to take part but please register before you first come along.

Free

Wellbeing Walks

Free walks organised by Redbridge Vision. This walk is Grade 2 - described as "a steady pace, some gentle slopes and uneven terrain". Meet on Christchurch Green, by the church.

Wanstead Farmers’ Market

Wanstead High Street Wanstead High Street, London, England, United Kingdom

The regular farmers' market on Wanstead High Street featuring food, crafts, gifts, local traders.

Wanstead Backgammon Society

The Duke 79 Nightingale Lane, Wanstead

Meeting of the Wanstead Backgammon Society. Free to all. Please contact pete.daly@ntlworld.com for more information

Free

Hitchcock’s Leytonstone

Wanstead Library 18 Spratt Hall Road, Wanstead, England

Tour Guide Gary Lewis tells the story of how growing up in Leytonstone, along with everything he experienced there, influenced the film career of Britain’s greatest film director, Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980).

Hitchcock – The Hollywood Years

Hitchcock - The Hollywood Years - The sequel to Hitchcock's Leytonestone. In March 1939, Alfred Hitchcock left England for the lure of Hollywood. Over the next 36 years, he would direct 36 movies, Find about the documentary he made with Sidney Bernstein during World War II, Also, the Oscar nominations he received, The leading ladies … Continue reading "Hitchcock – The Hollywood Years"

This Must Be The Place: Shain Shapiro in conversation

The Wanstead Tap Ltd 352 Winchelsea Road, London, England, United Kingdom

Join Shain Shapiro as he discusses his new book "This Must Be the Place: How Music Can Make Your City Better".This Must Be the Place introduces and examines music’s relationship to cities. Not the influence cities have on music, but the powerful impact music can have on how cities are developed, built, managed and governed.Told … Continue reading "This Must Be The Place: Shain Shapiro in conversation"

Event Series Wanstead Book Festival 2023

Ghost Town Tales

St. Mary’s Church Overton Drive, Wanstead

  An eve-of-Fringe special. One newspaper this year said that after 5pm, Wanstead becomes a ghost town. The Fringe will be disproving it all throughout September – but for one night only we’re going to revel in it. Author and director Patrick Marlowe – an award-winning writer of ghost stories – will be testing your … Continue reading "Ghost Town Tales"

$10