Coordinates: 51°35′02″N 0°01′16″W / 51.584°N 0.0211°W / 51.584; -0.0211

Walthamstow is a district of northeast London, England, located in the London Borough of Waltham Forest. It is situated 6.4 miles (10.3 km) north-east of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London.

Walthamstow is bordered to the north by Chingford, south by Leyton and Leytonstone, east by the southern reaches of Epping Forest at Woodford and west by Tottenham and the River Lea valley. Leyton High Road, Hoe Street, Chingford Road, Chingford Mount (passing south-north through Walthamstow and its neighbouring towns) form part of an ancient route from London to Waltham Abbey.

Walthamstow is recorded c. 1075 as Wilcumestowe ("The Place of Welcome") and in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Wilcumestou.King John visited Shern Hall (Shernhall Street), in 1213; the building survived until 1896. At one point Walthamstow was just a culmination of five small villages, and affairs were discussed at Vestry House, acting as the first town hall. In 1870 it had grown to the size of a small suburb and a town hall was built in Orford Road from which affairs of the village were run ( which now takes place in Forest Road - since 1941). Until the 19th century it was largely rural, with a small village centre (now Walthamstow Village — see below) and a number of large estates. The main route through the district, was the aforementioned Hoe Street. Additionally, there were various smaller lanes, crossing the town. The road now known as Forest Road was originally named Clay Street. Further south, the High Street was named Marsh Street, and led from the original settlement out to the marshes. Shernhall Street is an ancient route, as is Wood Street, to the east.

Dr Stella Judith Creasy (born in 1977) is a British Labour Co-operative politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Walthamstow since 2010.

Born in Sutton Coldfield, to Philip and Corinna Creasy, both active Labour Party members, Creasy has aristocratic relations, qv Gort, Rotherwick, etc She was educated at Colchester County High School for Girls, a selective Grammar School. She then went up to Madgalene College in the University of Cambridge, graduating with the degree of B.A. She has a PhD from the London School of Economics in Social Psychology. She was the recipient of the Richard Titmuss Award for her Psychology papers.

She undertook a career in public relations, and prior to her election to Parliament, was Head of Public Affairs for the Scout Association.

Creasy is a former Deputy Director of the Think Tank Involve, and has worked as a researcher and speech writer to three Labour ministers: Douglas Alexander; Charles Clarke; and Ross Cranston.

She is a former Waltham Forest Councillor, having served as Deputy Mayor, Chief Whip and as Mayor for four months.

Brian Lee Harvey (born 8 August 1974) is an English musician and former lead singer of pop band East 17.

Harvey was born in Walthamstow, London, and attended Sir George Monoux School from 1988-90.

Harvey was initially slated to be a backup singer and dancer for East 17, but during the initial recording session he was heard singing along by the recording staff and was promptly instated as the lead singer of the band.

Harvey's vocal style emulated R&B and new jack swing vocalists from the U.S. His vocals put him into a position of the band's frontman, or main member, which was shared with the band's creator, songwriter, instrumentalist, rapper and singer Tony Mortimer.

Throughout the course of the band's career the two leads had many disagreements, from how to vocalise songs to their behaviour in public. This tore the band between spiritual pop/hip-hop (Mortimer's writing influence) and R&B (the other band members) which would eventually lead to Mortimer leaving the band and Harvey becoming the only lead singer.

Danny Fairbrass is a carp angler from the United Kingdom. He is also the boss of Korda Developments, a company who manufacture terminal tackle items for carp fishing. He has made a number of different carp fishing programs including the Korda Underwater Carp Fishing series, Thinking Tackle for Sky Sports and State of the art Carp Fishing with fellow angler Frank Warwick.

He lives currently in Blackheath, South East London.

His personal best is a catch of 72 lb's from Gigantica, a lake he purchased in 2008.

Danny's UK personal best is 48 lb 10oz.

Fairbrass is perhaps best known for being the founder of Korda Developments. He started his business by selling Leads out of a bucket around Walthamstow Reservoir. With the help of a well chosen team of experts he has turned Korda into a market leader in Carp Terminal Tackle.

Danny also has many fundrasing events to encourage young anglers to get involved in the sport, including the Carp Academy.