Epping and District

Epping Town Council

Epping Town Council has local government responsibility for the town of Epping, and it is this council that is officially twinned with Eppingen. Its base is at Epping Hall in St John’s Road, CM16 5JU. The council liaises with the two other tiers of local government, Epping Forest District Council and Essex County Council, in matters relating to the town. In 2019 the council was awarded Quality Gold Status for best practice in local government. Their website has information about the town and its history, as well as details of the council, local services and events.
www.eppingtowncouncil.gov.uk

There is also an online version of the council’s quarterly print magazine, Talk About Epping.
www.eppingtowncouncil.gov.uk/Talk_About_Epping_Town_Magazine_35173.aspx

Other local organisations with twinning connections

Epping Forest Band

Rotarians

Epping Tennis Club

This club formed links with the Tennisclub Eppingen early in our partnership. The Epping Tennis Club website has details of membership, venues and events. https://clubspark.lta.org.uk/EppingTennisClub www.facebook.com/eppingtennis

St John’s Church, Epping

The Church of St John the Baptist is the Anglican parish church for the town. It was here that the original twinning document was signed in November 1981, this being before the construction of Epping Hall. St John’s does not have its own twinning links; however, it organises a Christmas Tree Festival every December in which the Epping twinning association participates as one of many local organisations decorating their own tree. The ‘twinners’, of course, always choose a German theme. The festival also includes musical performances, Christmas items for sale, and refreshments.
www.eppinganglicans.org.uk

Institutions promoting British-German understanding

The British-German Association

This organisation has many resources and activities aimed at “strengthening links and promoting mutual understanding between the UK and Germany”. (There is also a section on twin towns.)
www.britishgermanassociation.org

German Embassy London

23 Belgrave Square, London SW1 8PZ
Their online cultural resources include ‘Staying Connected’, a podcast series “featuring discussions and exchanges about the future relations between Germany and the United Kingdom”. One podcast is about twin towns.
www.uk.diplo.de/uk-en

Goethe Institut London

50 Princes Gate, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2PH
“The Goethe-Institut, Germany’s cultural institute, operates worldwide, promoting knowledge of the German language abroad and fostering international cultural collaborations.”
www.goethe.de/ins/gb/en

Anglo-German Family History Society

“The Anglo-German Family History Society welcomes all those who are interested in researching the family history of people from the German-speaking parts of Europe who have emigrated over the centuries and settled in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland (North and South), and the neighbouring islands.”
www.agfhs.com

British Embassy in Germany

Wilhelmstraße 70/71, 10117 Berlin
www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-embassy-berlin.de
There are also British Consulates General in Düsseldorf und Munich. The one in Munich represents the British government in the states of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg (i.e. including Eppingen).
Möhlstraße 5, 81675 München, Germany
www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-consulate-general-munich

Places of interest

The webpages describing Epping and Eppingen have links to websites for places of interest in each town and the surrounding areas.

The descriptions of visits and activities in both countries also have hyperlinks to websites describing these in more detail.

German food/Learning German

These webpages have links to websites with information about German food and learning German in the Epping area and online.

Transport

London Underground

Epping is on the Central Line of the London Underground (‘the Tube’), and so within easy reach of the capital. The Transport for London website has information about underground, bus and local rail services, including fares & ticketing, route planning and service status.
www.tfl.gov.uk

Local buses

A number of companies operate in the Epping area. Timetables and other information are accessible through the following website.
www.travelessex.co.uk

National Rail

The nearest railway station to Epping is Harlow Town (7 miles/12 km), on the line from east London to locations in East Anglia. Otherwise, the various London mainline stations are within easy reach by Tube.
Information, timetables and service status at
www.nationalrail.co.uk

Airports

Stansted Airport is 17 miles/27 km from Epping and is easily accessible by car. The airport can also be reached by bus to Harlow and then by train to Stansted. There are flights from Stansted to Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden, which is convenient for travel between our twin towns. The Stansted Airport website includes parking information and a payment facility.
www.stanstedairport.com

The other main London airports, Heathrow and Gatwick, although some distance away, are both accessible by public transport from Epping.

There is more information about travel between Epping and Eppingen in our ‘What We Do’ page.

Road transport

Epping is 4 miles/7 km from Junction 26 of the M25 London orbital motorway, and about the same distance from Junction 7 of the M11 London to Cambridge motorway.

Maps: There is a town plan of Epping at
www.eppingtowncouncil.gov.uk/Map_of_Epping_Parish_35183.aspx

Postcode

The postcode CM16 5DN (for St John’s Church) will locate the town centre on satnav etc.