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FWIW, the right part of Walthamstow is still super close to Stokey and Hackney. I was in the same situation - have lived by Viccy park for about 12+ years and couldn't face moving away but wanted a bigger place. Long story short bought St James/Coppermill area of Walthamstow - I'm actually facing the waterworks - it's 15 min ride to Hack Wick (one of the places I enjoyed going to while living by Viccy Park) and Clapton and Stokey are closer than from my old place.
I now get waken up by the sound of birds rather than sirens, the community spirit is amazing (we had neighbours knocking on our door offering cups of tea our weekend of moving in and there is also a Street WhatsApp where folks chat and offer hands when needed etc).
I miss the level of gentrification that I was used to, Sourdough is harder to come by and you can't get Borough wine or Ecover refills, but overall I'm happy with the move.
chrisbmx116-
I'm currently living in Gibson Gardens, Stokey, a lovely little gated community type thing that's just over the road from The Axe. I'm going to miss the ready access to high priced bread and my walk to The Axe is going to move to a massive 11 minutes but i'm pretty happy that we were lucky enough to be able to go for something relatively future proof in the area we wanted to stay.
LukeG
Just had a quick Zoopla scan and we'd certainly have got a lot more for our money out in Walthamstow. We were quite rigid in where we were willing to look as we wanted to stay close to where we've been renting and our life/friends are