Interesting Facts About Highams park
History of Highams park
The station was originally named “Hale End” upon opening in 1873, and was renamed in 1894 as “Highams Park & Hale End”. The present station, to the design of Neville Ashbee, was inaugurated in 1903.
It is situated next to the historic Queen Elizabeth’s Hunting Lodge, which the royal family used while hunting deer in the forest during the 1600s.
General Info
Highams Park is a railway station on the Chingford branch of the Lea Valley lines, located in Highams Park in the London Borough of Waltham Forest, north-east London. It is 8 miles 52 chains (13.9 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between Wood Street and Chingford. It has been operated by London Overground since 2015. Its three-letter station code is HIP.