Join Forest today!

We’re a sociable, family-friendly, and community-inclusive field hockey club in North East London.

🏆 England Hockey’s Club of the Year 2013

Goalkeepers wanted!

We’re actively on the lookout for new goalkeepers - of all abilities, ages, and genders - to join the club.

We offer dedicated goalkeeper training sessions once a fortnight.

If you’re an outfield player who’s always dreamed of being the last line of defence, we’re able to provide pads, gloves, and other safety equipment.

We’re accessible

The club is based at Walthamstow Academy school in the North East London Borough of Waltham Forest.

We train and play on the school’s brand new astroturf pitch. We also use the Olympic pitches at Lee Valley Hockey & Tennis Centre in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

We’re inclusive

We have 9 adult teams - three women’s, five men’s, and 1 mixed - and run ABC* sessions in June for people starting, or coming back to hockey.

Our Youth section has 200+ members from age 6 upwards, and is supported by Jack Petchey Awards.

Forest Flyerz is our disability hockey programme - the first established in the UK - for anyone with a learning or physical disability.

* Adult Beginner Classes

We’re adaptable

We cater to a huge range of playing standards. Whether you’re a performance player, or complete beginner, we could be the club for you.

Our Saturday league teams play in England Hockey’s ‘East’ leagues from Division 1 down. We run free Adult Beginner Course sessions every summer.

* Adult Beginner Courses

We have history

Wanstead HC and West Essex HC merged in 1974/75. This club relocated to Walthamstow in 1989 to became Waltham Forest HC.

We were England Hockey’s Club of the Year 2013, and the first to offer disability hockey when we created Forest Flyerz.