Leyton Grange

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Leyton Grange (Leyton east London) is the second most deprived area of London Borough of Waltham Forest It include an estate that consists of a 10-storey tower and ten 4-storey courts owned by Forest Homes (see list below). It is near to the New Covent Garden Market.

Leyton Grange is sited in an area of Waltham Forest that overlooks the marshes of the River Lea, east of the city of London. Leyton Grange was the seat of a branch of the Lane family from 1784 until 1861, when they sold it to the British Land Company who broke it up for development. From approximately 1824 until 1843 the Lanes leased the Grange to William Rhodes, grandfather of Cecil Rhodes.

It now contains a housing estate complex, comprising one 10-storey block and ten 4-storey courts.