Wanstead is a suburban area in the London Borough of Redbridge, North-East London. The name is from the Anglo-Saxon words wænn and stede, meaning "settlement on a small hill".
The town has a largely suburban feel, containing open grasslands such as Wanstead Flats, and the woodland of Wanstead Park.
The name Wanstead is first recorded about 1050.
Wanstead was a part of the Municipal Borough of Wanstead and Woodford in Essex until 1965, when Greater London was created.
In 1707 the astronomer James Pound became rector of Wanstead. In 1717 the Royal Society lent Pound Huygens's 123-foot focal length object-glass, which he set up in Wanstead Park.
Although The George is not a particularly old building, there has been a pub on that site for hundreds of years. Set in to the side of the pub is a plaque dating from 1752 which was formerly part of an older pub building.
Hours:
Monday: 9:30 AM – 8:00 PM,
Tuesday: 9:30 AM – 6:00 PM,
Wednesday: 9:30 AM – 8:00 PM,
Thursday: 9:30 AM – 6:00 PM,
Friday: 9:30 AM – 8:00 PM,
Saturday: 9:30 AM – 4:00 PM,
Sunday: Closed