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Wanstead Flats, WANSTEAD, London Borough of Redbridge, TQ405865, General geological site
Site category: Thames (post-diversion) Site of geological interest with potential for promotion of geology. The geology revealed by any significant excavations in the park should be recorded. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Site description All the terraces of the present Thames have provided London with flat land for development. The Flats of East London are good examples of terrace surfaces. Wanstead Flats is a part of the Lynch Hill/Corbets Tey Terrace and the gravel of this terrace is thought to have been laid down by the river about 280,000 years ago (Marine Isotope Stages 10-8).
A brickworks formerly existed on the flats and the edge of the pit is visible as a steep, overgrown bank. Wanstead Flats is part of Epping Forest and is owned by the Corporation of London.
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