Best way to travel from Lee Valley Campsite to London

WLM21

My wife and I are travelling to London next week, and will be staying at the Lee Valley campsite (Stewardstone)

What is the best option please, for us to travel to / from the centre of London.

We'll leave our campervan at the campsite.

An alternative, would be to take the van to a nearby station although this might prove far more expensive, due to car park fees. At least, leaving the van at the campsite will be free.

I have not been in London for many many years, so don't know all the options for tickets etc.

wealdroam

The directions on the campsite website are a good starting point:

By bus: No 215 services Walthamstow Central Underground Station, 379 & 505 from Chingford. From May to mid September the 215 service calls at the campsite taking you directly to Walthamstow, outside these months the bus stop is just a pleasant 10 minute walk away.

Looks like you'll need to get to Yardley Lane Estate, either a 10-15 minute walk or maybe you can drive there and park somewhere for free. Seems to be plenty of free on road parking near the bus stop at the end of Hawkeswood Crescent... google street view.

From there the 215 bus runs every 20mins, and takes about 30mins, to Walthamstow Central Underground Station which is on the Victoria Line for Oxford Circus in around 20mins.

Stick E4 7RA (the campsite's postcode) into TfL's Journey planner for alternatives.

The easiest option for tickets would be a contactless credit or debit card for each of you. You do need one each, they can be used on buses and tube, and the fare is capped at the travelcard rate.
Some more information on Contactless card usage for London travel.

Edited to add: do remember that you can no longer use cash on London's buses, so that effectively means an Oyster Card or a contactless card as mentioned above.

WLM21

Thanks for your advice.

In the end we opted for Oyster cards. I also found there were plenty of free car parking areas quite near Chingford station. This made the early morning walk to the bus stop unnecessary.

I actually bought my Oyster cards from a very helpful chap, who runs Almars Superstore, on Station Road in Chingford.