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Walthamstow has lots to offer visitors including the longest street market in Europe and a famous dog-racing stadium.
Walthamstow is famous for its colourful market, which takes place every Tuesday to Saturday. It stretches the length of High Street and features over 400 stalls, making it the longest street market in Europe. For more shopping, browse the 300 enticing shops concentrated in the Selborne Centre and along High Street and Hoe Street.
Walthamstow Stadium has brought fame and fortune to the area, a recent newspaper article described the popular dog racing track as 'Las Vegas at the end of the Victoria line'!
William Morris, the important Victorian designer, writer and socialist was born in Walthamstow and his boyhood home is now a wonderful free museum dedicated to his life and work. Other famous past residents include Alfred Hitchcock and pop band East 17, named after their local postcode.
Walthamstow has a huge range of genuine character pubs and a good selection of restaurants. The area is well served by public transport with mainline rail links and the convenience of the Victoria line's rapid Tube connection with Central London
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