Guidebook for Greater London
Parks & Nature
The east is much greener than most people imagine, and the Regent's Canal and the Hertford Union Canal connect all the green spaces – Victoria Park, Mile End Park, Ropemakers Field, Bartlett Park. They're rich in history and in contemporary life – old warehouses alongside modern architecture – and there's a real buzz in all the new things that are springing up like the cafes, pubs and shops. There's even a floating market alongside Mile End Park between Mile End Road and Roman Road. It features barges selling everything from coffee and cakes to books and vintage clothes. There's even a floating hairdresser.
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Regents Canal Towpath
3 Mare StThe east is much greener than most people imagine, and the Regent's Canal and the Hertford Union Canal connect all the green spaces – Victoria Park, Mile End Park, Ropemakers Field, Bartlett Park. They're rich in history and in contemporary life – old warehouses alongside modern architecture – and there's a real buzz in all the new things that are springing up like the cafes, pubs and shops. There's even a floating market alongside Mile End Park between Mile End Road and Roman Road. It features barges selling everything from coffee and cakes to books and vintage clothes. There's even a floating hairdresser.
This is a very special place – and a real community hub. It's somewhere that city kids who maybe haven't seen farm animals before can come and see the pigs, goats, sheep and ducks. But it also teaches them where their food comes from – it smells a bit, and that's important. It's got a brilliant cafe with great Italian food called Frizzante, which models itself on an agriturismo and is a great place to go for Sunday lunch after you've been to nearby Columbia Road flower market.
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1a Goldsmiths RowThis is a very special place – and a real community hub. It's somewhere that city kids who maybe haven't seen farm animals before can come and see the pigs, goats, sheep and ducks. But it also teaches them where their food comes from – it smells a bit, and that's important. It's got a brilliant cafe with great Italian food called Frizzante, which models itself on an agriturismo and is a great place to go for Sunday lunch after you've been to nearby Columbia Road flower market.
Arts & Culture
This museum of immigration explores the waves of newcomers that helped shape the modern, multicultural city. It is an extraordinary place – an early 18th-century house built for a Huguenot silk merchant. The space in the attic was the workshop for weavers and there's a rare surviving synagogue in the garden. So many different people have lived here since then – Irish, Jews, Bengalis and Somalis – and because it hasn't been restored the history of the area is written in the dusty walls.
Princelet Street
Princelet StreetThis museum of immigration explores the waves of newcomers that helped shape the modern, multicultural city. It is an extraordinary place – an early 18th-century house built for a Huguenot silk merchant. The space in the attic was the workshop for weavers and there's a rare surviving synagogue in the garden. So many different people have lived here since then – Irish, Jews, Bengalis and Somalis – and because it hasn't been restored the history of the area is written in the dusty walls.
Ragged School Museum, Bow
Ragged schools were set up to provide free education for poor inner-city children in the Victorian era. The museum is housed in three huge canalside buildings, which once formed the largest ragged school in London run by Dr Thomas Barnardo. It is a real centrepiece of East End life, and there's a restored classroom where you can experience a Victorian-style lesson. There's also a nice cafe on the canal.
46-50 Copperfield Rd
46-50 Copperfield RoadRagged School Museum, Bow
Ragged schools were set up to provide free education for poor inner-city children in the Victorian era. The museum is housed in three huge canalside buildings, which once formed the largest ragged school in London run by Dr Thomas Barnardo. It is a real centrepiece of East End life, and there's a restored classroom where you can experience a Victorian-style lesson. There's also a nice cafe on the canal.
Sightseeing
3 Mills Studios is an iconic production destination in the heart of London’s most vibrant creative community. Situated on an attractive island oasis in East London, 3 Mills Studios is one of the most accessible studios in the UK with excellent transport links to central London. With 9 filming stages, 11 theatre spaces and over 75,000 sq. ft. of filming space, we have the facilities to fit the bill and help our clients create outstanding results.
3 Mills Studios also offers production offices, construction and prop stores, make up, costume and green rooms and a mix of production related tenants such as catering, camera hire and casting.
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3 Mills Studios
Three Mill Lane3 Mills Studios is an iconic production destination in the heart of London’s most vibrant creative community. Situated on an attractive island oasis in East London, 3 Mills Studios is one of the most accessible studios in the UK with excellent transport links to central London. With 9 filming stages, 11 theatre spaces and over 75,000 sq. ft. of filming space, we have the facilities to fit the bill and help our clients create outstanding results.
3 Mills Studios also offers production offices, construction and prop stores, make up, costume and green rooms and a mix of production related tenants such as catering, camera hire and casting.
Entertainment & Activities
With a fantastic program of music, film, theatre, dance, art, fashion and more throughout the year, plus over 300 shops, cafes, bars and restaurants, a cinema, one of London’s biggest roof gardens and one of the UK’s largest, free to visit, collections of Public Art, there has never been a better time to visit Canary Wharf
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Canary Wharf
1 Bank StWith a fantastic program of music, film, theatre, dance, art, fashion and more throughout the year, plus over 300 shops, cafes, bars and restaurants, a cinema, one of London’s biggest roof gardens and one of the UK’s largest, free to visit, collections of Public Art, there has never been a better time to visit Canary Wharf
Getting Around
Bow Church is a Docklands Light Railway (DLR) station in Bow in London, England, which is between Devons Road and Pudding Mill Lane stations. It is interlinked by an out of station interchange (OSI) within 300m walking distance via Bow Road with Bow Road station on London Underground's District and Hammersmith and City lines. The two Bow stations are classed as a single station for ticketing purposes as well as on tube maps but both managed separately. The station takes its name from the nearby 14th century Bow Church, a Church of England church. This station allows access to both the Queen Elizabeth Olympic park at Stratford and the Canary wharf complex.
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Bow Church station
Bow Church is a Docklands Light Railway (DLR) station in Bow in London, England, which is between Devons Road and Pudding Mill Lane stations. It is interlinked by an out of station interchange (OSI) within 300m walking distance via Bow Road with Bow Road station on London Underground's District and Hammersmith and City lines. The two Bow stations are classed as a single station for ticketing purposes as well as on tube maps but both managed separately. The station takes its name from the nearby 14th century Bow Church, a Church of England church. This station allows access to both the Queen Elizabeth Olympic park at Stratford and the Canary wharf complex.
The Bow Road Underground station is a 5 minute walk away. It accesses the City of London and the Southbank via the Central (red), District (green) and Hammersmith & City (pink) lines. The station is interlinked as an out of station interchange (OSI) with Bow Church station on the Docklands Light Railway which is about 300 m (980 ft) away via Bow Road. The two Bow stations are classed as a single station for ticketing purposes as well as on tube maps but both are managed separately.
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Metropolitan Police - Bow Road Police Station
111-117 Bow RdThe Bow Road Underground station is a 5 minute walk away. It accesses the City of London and the Southbank via the Central (red), District (green) and Hammersmith & City (pink) lines. The station is interlinked as an out of station interchange (OSI) with Bow Church station on the Docklands Light Railway which is about 300 m (980 ft) away via Bow Road. The two Bow stations are classed as a single station for ticketing purposes as well as on tube maps but both are managed separately.
Shopping
Old Spitalfields Market is a covered market in Spitalfields, London. There has been a market on the site for over 350 years. Redevelopment has seen this East End stalwart combine the refurbished 1887 covered market with a modern shopping precinct. Around the edge, enthusiastic stallholders sell grub from just about every corner of the world. Sunday is busiest; browsing options include creations by up-and-coming designers, vintage clobber, crafts, jewellery, books and sheepskin rugs. It is situated in the London Borough of ToweThe closest London Underground and mainline railway station is Liverpool Street.
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Old Spitalfields Market
16 Commercial StOld Spitalfields Market is a covered market in Spitalfields, London. There has been a market on the site for over 350 years. Redevelopment has seen this East End stalwart combine the refurbished 1887 covered market with a modern shopping precinct. Around the edge, enthusiastic stallholders sell grub from just about every corner of the world. Sunday is busiest; browsing options include creations by up-and-coming designers, vintage clobber, crafts, jewellery, books and sheepskin rugs. It is situated in the London Borough of ToweThe closest London Underground and mainline railway station is Liverpool Street.
Food Scene
The Morgan Arms is a classy East London pub with fabulous food, fine wine and real ales. It is close to both Mile End and Bow Road Tube Stations as well as Bow Church DLR, so easy to stop by and pay a visit!.
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The Morgan Arms
43 Morgan StThe Morgan Arms is a classy East London pub with fabulous food, fine wine and real ales. It is close to both Mile End and Bow Road Tube Stations as well as Bow Church DLR, so easy to stop by and pay a visit!.