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Commercial Street, London

Commercial Street is a road in Tower Hamlets, east London that runs north to south from Shoreditch High Street to Whitechapel High Street through the East End district of Spitalfields. The road is on the London Inner Ring Road and as such forms part of the boundary of the London congestion charge zone. As the name implies, Commercial Street has historically been dominated by industrial and commercial activity.

Located at 51.5189, -0.0744444 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Streets in Tower Hamlets

Shoreditch tube station

Shoreditch tube station was a London Underground station in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in east London. It was in Travelcard Zone 2. The station closed permanently at the end of traffic on 9 June 2006. It was the northern terminus of the East London Line, with latterly a single platform alongside a single track that ran next to the disused Bishopsgate Goods Yard.

Located at 51.5228, -0.0708333 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Former buildings and structures of Tower Hamlets, Disused London Underground stations, Disused railway stations in Tower Hamlets, Former East London Railway stations, Railway stations opened in 1876, Railway stations closed in 2006, Former single platform tube stations

Brick Lane

Brick Lane is a street in East London, England, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It runs from Swanfield Street in the northern part of Bethnal Green, crosses Bethnal Green Road, passes through Spitalfields and is linked to Whitechapel High Street to the south by the short stretch of Osborn Street. Today, it is the heart of the city's Bangladeshi-Sylheti community and is known to some as Banglatown. It is famous for its many curry houses.

Located at 51.5219, -0.0716667 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Restaurant districts and streets, Streets in Tower Hamlets, Districts of Tower Hamlets, Areas of London, Restaurants in London, Bangladeshi diaspora in the United Kingdom

93 Feet East

93 Feet East is a live music venue on Brick Lane in East London. It is a conversion of part of the Old Truman Brewery, and plays host to new and established acts. It has a courtyard with a BBQ. On the 8th of January 2013 the premises had its licence revoked following a Police drugs raid the previous year.

Located at 51.5217, -0.0713889 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Nightclubs in London, Buildings and structures in Tower Hamlets

Annie Chapman

Annie Chapman (September 1841 – 8 September 1888), born Eliza Ann Smith, was a victim of the notorious unidentified serial killer Jack the Ripper, who killed and mutilated five women in the Whitechapel area of London from late August to early November 1888. The canonical fiveJack the Ripper victims Mary Ann Nichols Annie Chapman Elizabeth Stride Catherine Eddowes Mary Jane Kelly

Located at 51.5202, -0.0731 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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1841 births, 1888 deaths, 1888 crimes, English murder victims, English female prostitutes, Jack the Ripper victims, People from Paddington

Old Spitalfields Market

Old Spitalfields Market is a covered market in Spitalfields, just outside the City of London. It is in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Located at 51.5194, -0.0752778 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Commercial buildings completed in 1887, Retail markets in London, Buildings and structures in Tower Hamlets, Grade II listed buildings in London, Visitor attractions in Tower Hamlets

Christ Church, Spitalfields

Christ Church, Spitalfields is an Anglican church built between 1714 and 1729 to a design by Nicholas Hawksmoor. Situated on Commercial Street, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, on the eastern border and facing the City of London, it was one of the first (and arguably one of the finest) of the so-called "Commissioners' Churches" built for the Commission for Building Fifty New Churches, which had been established by an Act of Parliament in 1711.

Located at 51.5191, -0.0741806 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Religious buildings completed in 1729, Church of England churches in London, Nicholas Hawksmoor buildings, Grade I listed churches in London, English Baroque architecture, Churches in Tower Hamlets

Black Eagle Brewery

The Black Eagle Brewery is the former brewing plant of Truman's Brewery located around Brick Lane in the Spitalfields area, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Truman's subsequently became Truman, Hanbury and Buxton. The former buildings, warehouses and yards were redeveloped by The Zeloof Partnership as the "Old Truman Brewery" and now house over 250 businesses, ranging from cultural venues to art galleries, restaurants, and retail shops.

Located at 51.5211, -0.0713389 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Tower Hamlets, Defunct brewery companies of the United Kingdom, Brewing in London, Visitor attractions in Tower Hamlets, Breweries (buildings)

Hales Gallery

Hales Gallery is an contemporary art gallery located in London's East End, representing a number of British and international artist. In nurturing young talent and steadfastly supporting the post-war legacy of Britain's pioneering black artists, Hales Gallery has marked 20 influential years on the London and International arts scene in 2012.

Located at 51.5242, -0.0738889 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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The Spitz

The Spitz are an independent record label and music promoter. They started out in 1996 running a club in the East End of London, at 109 Commercial Street on the edge of the Old Spitalfields market. However the venue was forced to close in 2007 in a dispute about rent.

Located at 51.5197, -0.0747222 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Music venues in London, Nightclubs in London, Event venues established in 1996, 1996 establishments in England

Boundary Estate

The Boundary Estate is a housing development, formally opened in 1900, in the East End of London, England. It is situated in the north western corner of Bethnal Green in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and on the boundary with Shoreditch, in the London Borough of Hackney. The estate, constructed from 1890, was one of the earliest social housing schemes built by a local government authority.

Located at 51.5259, -0.0748 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Tower Hamlets, Grade II listed buildings in London, Housing estates in London

Tower Hamlets Summer University

Tower Hamlets Summer University (THSU) is a British charity in the Tower Hamlets area of London which offers independent learning programs for people from 11 to 25 years of age. It rebranded to the name Futureversity in 2010.

Located at 51.5192, -0.072 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Hanbury Street

Hanbury Street is a street in Spitalfields, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, in the East End of London. It runs east from Spitalfields Junction at Commercial Street to a cul-de-sac at the east end. It was laid out in the seventeenth century, and was originally known as Browne's Lane after the original developer. Its present name is derived from that of a local family who owned land here in the seventeenth century.

Located at 51.52, -0.0691667 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Jack the Ripper, Streets in Tower Hamlets

Bishopsgate (Low Level) railway station

Bishopsgate (Low Level) railway station was opened by the Great Eastern Railway (GER) on 4 November 1872 alongside the company's first London terminus, Bishopsgate, which stood on a viaduct. The newer station was on a lower route, leading south-west, which the GER was building to its new Liverpool Street terminus and was on Quaker Street, on the eastern side of Shoreditch High Street now in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets but then in the Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green.

Located at 51.5225, -0.0747222 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Cheshire Street

Cheshire Street is a street in east London linking Brick Lane with Bethnal Green and Whitechapel. It has had various names in its history, such as Hare Street, and today forms part of Brick Lane Market on Sundays. The Cheshire Street part of the market is home to various Bric A Brac stalls; prior to the area become popular with artists, the market was a source of basic items (clothes, toys etc. ) for working people from the East End.

Located at 51.5236, -0.0675 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Streets in Tower Hamlets

Rich Mix Cultural Foundation

Rich Mix is a cinema and cross-arts centre located in the East End of London, located in Bethnal Green in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Located at 51.5243, -0.0733 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Tower Hamlets, Arts centres in London, Visitor attractions in Tower Hamlets

Museum of Immigration and Diversity

The Museum of Immigration and Diversity is a British museum at 19 Princelet Street in Spitalfields, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The Grade II listed building in which the museum is located was a house built in 1719 for the Huguenot silk merchant Peter Abraham Ogier. The house went through a number of stages, the building was converted to a synagogue in 1869. The building remained in use until the 1970s, when the congregation had moved out of the area.

Located at 51.5197, -0.0727 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Immigration to the United Kingdom, Grade II listed buildings in London, Grade II listed museum buildings, Houses in Tower Hamlets, History museums in London, Museums in Tower Hamlets

Flower and Dean Street

Flower and Dean Street was a road situated at the heart of the Spitalfields rookery in the East End of London. It was one of the most notorious slum areas of the Victorian era and was closely associated with the victims of Jack the Ripper. It was described in 1883 as "perhaps the foulest and most dangerous street in the whole metropolis". The street was built in the 1650s and rebuilt in parts in the eighteenth.

Located at 51.5179, -0.0727 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Streets in Tower Hamlets, Jack the Ripper

Dorset Street, London

Dorset Street was situated at the heart of the Spitalfields rookery in the East End of London, England. It should not be confused with the road of the same name in Marylebone, in London's West End. By repute it was "the worst street in London" and was the scene of the brutal murder of Mary Jane Kelly by Jack the Ripper on 9 November 1888. The murder was committed at Kelly's lodgings which were situated at No. 13, Miller's Court entered from a passageway between 26 and 27, Dorset Street.

Located at 51.5188, -0.07504 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Jack the Ripper, Streets in Tower Hamlets

Ten Bells

The Ten Bells is a public house at the corner of Commercial Street and Fournier Street in Spitalfields in the East End of London. It is sometimes cited as being notable for its association with two victims of Jack the Ripper; Annie Chapman and Mary Kelly, but is best known now as a uniquely decorated, lively and trendy East London pub.

Located at 51.5193, -0.0743361 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Jack the Ripper, Public houses in London, Buildings and structures in Tower Hamlets, History of Tower Hamlets, Grade II listed buildings in London, Visitor attractions in Tower Hamlets, Grade II listed public houses

Trolley Gallery

Trolley Gallery is a contemporary art gallery in Shoreditch, east London, which emerged independently and alongside the already established Trolley Books in 2003. The gallery exhibits the work of new, emerging artists and is often host to first solo shows. The gallery's directors are Hannah Watson and Gigi Giannuzzi. Trolley Gallery took part in the Zoo Art Fair 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007.

Located at 51.5245, -0.0739 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Brick Lane Mosque

Brick Lane Jamme Masjid formerly known as the London Jamme Masjid (লন্ডন জামে মসজিদ "London Great Mosque"), is located in the area of Spitalfields alongside the street of Brick Lane and Fournier Street in east London, England. The majority of worshippers of the mosque are of Bangladeshi descent; the mosque serves the largest concentration of Bangladeshi Muslims in the country. The building at 59 Brick Lane previously served the religions of a succession of other communities in the area.

Located at 51.5193, -0.0722222 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Mosques in London, Religion in Tower Hamlets, Bangladeshi diaspora in the United Kingdom, Buildings and structures in Tower Hamlets, Grade II* listed buildings in London, Grade II* listed places of worship, Conversion of non-Muslim places of worship into mosques, 18th-century church buildings

Old Nichol

The Old Nichol, also known as the Nichol or the Old Nichol Street Rookery, was an area of housing in the East End of London, between High Street, Shoreditch, and Hackney Road in the north, and Spitalfields in the south. The main streets within the Old Nichol were Boundary Street, Old Nichol Street, Half Nichol Street, The Mount and Church Street. The slum was located in the western boundary of Bethnal Green, with six of its streets across Boundary Street located in Shoreditch.

Located at 51.5259, -0.0748 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Geography of Tower Hamlets, History of Tower Hamlets, Geography of Hackney, History of Hackney, Poverty, Former slums of London

Mile End New Town

Mile End New Town is a former hamlet within the East End of London. Its area is now part of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Following a period of rapid growth it became a hamlet within the large ancient parish of Stepney from 1690, and was split off as a separate ecclesiastical parish in 1841 and civil parish in 1866. It bordered with Bethnal Green to the north, Whitechapel to the east and south, and Spitalfields to the west.

Located at 51.52, -0.0674 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Areas of London, Districts of Tower Hamlets, History of Tower Hamlets, Parishes united into districts (Metropolis), Former civil parishes in England

Brick Lane Market

Brick Lane Market is a London market centred around Brick Lane, Tower Hamlets in east London. It is located at the northern end of Brick Lane and along Cheshire Street, in the heart of East London's Bangladeshi community. It operates every Sunday from around 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Almost anything can be found on Brick Lane, from antique books to eight-track cartridge decks (for many years it hosted a stall selling nothing but rusty cog wheels).

Located at 51.5235, -0.0715 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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