Leytonstone Station

A vibrant warm area to visit or reside in. Lots of cafe's and bistros surrounding the train and bus station. A decent mix of cultures live here . I have lived here for over a decade & have always been happy with Leytonstones atmosphere.

Friendly informative staff, pity the ticket office has gone.

Quick Central Line Tube Service takes you in 10-15 munites to London Zone 1, Oxford Street or City (Bank, Monument, St Paul, Liverpool street). Ideal! Cheap tube tickets. There are many buses stop outside of station.
Also I like that next to station there are many nice shops, cozy lovely cafés (gluten free, Goose, All You Read is Love, Costa, etc), historical pubs, attractive Victotian bit of High Street (High Road Leytonstone): on exiting turn left into a corridor tunnel towards beautiful St John church. There is Mcdonalds and huge Tesco supermarket just 5-10 minutes walk from station.
There are mosaics from Alfred Hichcock movies at the station. Also within short walk from a station (look for Kebabish cafe) there are amazing painted building walls

It is a wonderful station; especially because of the Hitchcock mosaics! Lots of character in the local neighborhood and with several independent shops, along with the ubiquitous chains, it is a great place to visit outside of very touristy Zones 1 and 2. If you take the 257 bus from Leytonstone to Stratford, on the right hand side on the bus right after Leytonstone Fire Station bus stop, is a building with birds painted all over it in honor of Sir Alfred's birthplace. That is noted by the Blue Plaque in the petrol station directly across the street from the birds building. Such a shame that his birthplace wasn't saved and turned into a museum of his incredible life and extraordinary movies but I don't know when it was demolished or if it could even have been saved. It might have even been destroyed when the Germans bombed the area during the war as several buildings were in the local area. Does anyone know when his house was demolished??

As a huge Hitchcock fan, I love Leytonstone station - mosaics from many of his films are brilliant, some of the most overlooked work this end of London!

It's a Great stop.

Why there is no information abo ut buses

Quick Central Line Tube Service takes you in 10-15 munites to London Zone 1, Oxford Street or City (Bank, Monument, St Paul, Liverpool street). Ideal! Cheap tube tickets. There are many buses stop outside of station.
Also I like that next to station there are many nice shops, cozy lovely cafés (gluten free, Goose, All You Read is Love, Costa, etc), historical pubs, attractive Victotian bit of High Street (High Road Leytonstone): on exiting turn left into a corridor tunnel towards beautiful St John church. There is Mcdonalds and huge Tesco supermarket just 5-10 minutes walk from station.