Loughton is a suburban town and civil parish in the Epping Forest District of Essex, within the metropolitan and urban area of London, England…Loughton is a suburban town and civil parish in the Epping Forest District of Essex, within the metropolitan and urban area of London, England, 12 miles north-east of Charing Cross. The town borders Waltham Abbey, Theydon Bois, Chigwell, Chingford, and Buckhurst Hill.