Waltham Cross

Shops are located the length of the High Street and in the Pavilions Shopping Centre. On offer are fashion stores and the Fishpools department store, a furniture shop which has been in the town since 1899. National retailers include WH Smith, Superdrug, New Look, Boots, Argos, Sainsbury's, Homebase and Wickes. Health facilities include the Abbey Road Surgery and Stanhope Surgery. Transport facilities include Waltham Cross railway station and Waltham Cross bus station. Community facilities include Waltham Cross library and NextStep, a community advice and learning centre. A website has been created to provide information for local residents about services and facilities that are available in the area.

A Waltham Cross Town Centre Strategy is currently being prepared. It will set out actions to help the town centre. A public consultation on the Strategy will take place in summer 2011.

History

At its heart is Eleanor Cross, one of 12 erected between 1291 and 1294 to mark the overnight stops of the funeral cortege of Eleanor of Castille, wife of King Edward I on its way to Westminster Abbey.

The Cross is important in that it marks one of the earliest departures from the classical English Gothic style towards the more elaborated Decorated style.