[1] The area to the south and west of Whipps Cross is residential, mainly terraced housing built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

On the south side of the Whipps Cross junction is a large Victorian house which is used as a Territorial Army Centre by 68 Signal Squadron of the Inns of Court & City Yeomanry.

The work included dedicated cycle lanes from every direction and was part of a £15 million improvement plan for Lea Bridge Road.

[8] These early examples disprove a local legend, which supposes that the name derives from it being the place where those found guilty of breaking the forest laws were whipped.

[9] The Forest House estate lay to the south of Whipps Cross Road and west of James Lane.

[13] Houblon was a wealthy City merchant of Huguenot descent, whose sons John and Abraham were born at Forest House.

In 1923, the borough councils of Leyton and Walthamstow jointly agreed to fund its improvement, and in May 1932, a new lido or open-air swimming pool was opened by the Lord Mayor of London.

At a cost of £6,000, it was an irregular oval shape with a 100-yard (91 m) straight section for racing; a paved surround and changing rooms were built and the pool was fed by an underground spring.

After another rebuilding, including the sealing of the floor of the pool with concrete and the installation of a chlorination plant, Whipps Cross Lido reopened in 1937.