M25 motorway re-examined as a motorway route in Sir Charles Bressey's and Sir Edwin Lutyens' "The Highway Development Survey, 1937". Sir Patrick Abercrombie's "County of London Plan, 1943" and "Greater London Plan, 1944" proposed a series of five roads encircling the capital. The northern sections of the M25 follow a similar route to the World War II Outer London Defence Ring, a concentric series of tanks and pillboxes designed to slow down a potential German invasion of the capital. Little was done to progress these plans until the 1960s when the Greater London Council developed its London Ringways plan consisting of four
Waltham Abbey (town) building, and sold the former building to an Evangelical Free church. Waltham Abbey is served by Waltham Cross Station on the British Rail network, Theobald's Grove and Chingford stations on the London Overground network, and its nearest London Underground station is Loughton, served by the Central Line. Waltham Abbey is located on the M25 London Orbital Motorway, allowing efficient transport by motor vehicle around London. Several bus routes are operated in Waltham Abbey, some of which were originally operated by London Transport. Waltham Abbey (town) Waltham Abbey is a suburban market town in the Epping Forest District of Essex, the