Waltham Forest is a friendly field hockey club in North East London
with 4 men's and 4 women's hockey teams, as well as a mixed side.
We also have a growing youth section who meet on Sunday mornings.

The hockey we play is competitive yet fun!
The teams cover a wide range of playing abilities and we encourage players of all standards to join.
We've been playing field hockey in Walthamstow, North East London since 1989.

Male players contact Dominic (email sec@walthamforesthc.co.uk or tel: 07973 364623)
Female players contact Philippa (email chair@walthamforesthc.co.uk or tel: 020 8807 0870 or 07952 777824)

Membership info - new hockey players welcome throughout the year!

We are a very friendly field hockey club, so you can be assured of a very warm welcome.
If you are interested in joining, simply come along to training on a Wednesday evening and get stuck in!

Hockey training:

All teams train on Wednesday evenings from 8.30pm til 10pm (optional warm-up/fitness also runs from 8pm)
Training generally begins from the first week of Sept and runs until end March each year.
Training takes place on the Astroturf at Douglas Eyre, Walthamstow.
If you've missed the season, don't worry - we play matches in the summer too, we just don't train!

Location of hockey club:

The home ground of our hockey club is Douglas Eyre Sports Ground, Coppermill Lane, Walthamstow E17
This link will take you to a map showing our location. Click to see map.

Hockey League - mens, womens and mixed field hockey in London:

Our 4 men's teams play in the East Hockey League - Divs:
2S, 4SE, 5SE and 9SE.
Our 4 women's teams play in the East and Essex hockey leagues - Divs:
East 1S, Essex Premiership, Div 4 and Div 4!

The Leagues run from mid-September to the end of March.
But the hockey never ends with hockey festivals, hockey tournaments, summer hockey leagues, friendlies
and many social events continue throughout the summer months.

We also have a very fun, very social mixed league hockey team.
Home matches take place on the Astro pitches at Douglas Eyre, Coppermill Lane, Walthamstow.
Away hockey matches take place all over North and East London, as well as in Essex and Suffolk.

Mens and womens league games are on Saturdays, mixed games on Sundays.

Please browse through our hockey web site for more information, or send us an email if you have any questions.

Location of Waltham Forest hockey club members around London and Essex:
Our team mates come from all over North, East and Central London - including Walthamstow, Angel, Barking, Bethnall Green, Bounds Green, Bow, Clapton, Chingford, Dalston, Edmonton, Enfield, Finsbury Park, Forest Gate, Hale End, Hackney, Haringey, Havering, Highams Park, Highbury, Holloway, Homerton, Islington, Leyton, Leytonstone, Loughton, Manor Park, Mile End, Newham, North Woolwich, Redbrige, Romford, Seven Sisters, Shoreditch, South Tottenham, South Woodford, Stamford Hill, Stepney Green, Stoke Newington, Stratford, Tottenham Hale, Woodford Green, and Wanstead…
to name a few!

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