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Discover East London
The district East London of City of London in Greater London (England) is a subburb in United Kingdom a little east of London, the country's capital city.
If you need a hotel, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
While being here, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Poplar, Hackney, Islington, Walthamstow and Camberwell. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 15°C / 59 °F
Morning Temperature | 10°C / 49 °F |
Evening Temperature | 13°C / 56 °F |
Night Temperature | 11°C / 52 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 67% |
Air Pressure | 1016 hPa |
Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 8 km/h (5 mph) from North-East |
Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
General Conditions | Overcast clouds |
Wednesday, 20th of March 2024
16°C (61 °F)
9°C (48 °F)
Overcast clouds, gentle breeze.
Thursday, 21st of March 2024
13°C (55 °F)
11°C (51 °F)
Overcast clouds, gentle breeze.
Friday, 22nd of March 2024
12°C (54 °F)
7°C (44 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, broken clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Town Hall Hotel & Apartments
Canary Riverside Plaza Hotel
Globe City Apartments
Marlin Apartments Canary Wharf
The Re London Shoreditch
Marriott Executive Apartments London West India Quay
London Marriott Hotel West India Quay
Holiday Inn LONDON - WHITECHAPEL
Circus Apartments By BridgeStreet
Marlin Apartments Limehouse
Videos from this area
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The Journey
http://veterans-aid.net Three ex-Servicemen who faced personal crises tell how the charity Veterans Aid restored their confidence and gave them the tools to rebuild their lives.
Crossrail Archaeology: Stepney City Farm Community Dig, July 2013
Ninety volunteers became amateur archaeologists for the week as they took part in Crossrail's community dig at Stepney City Farm, during the UK-wide Festival of Archaeology in July 2013. The...
Ponystars - A Journey From Foal To Stallion
A Video of my ponystars, growing up. Its very sad, but worth it. SUBSCRIBE!!
The Divine Journey - QM Annual Dinner
Enrol onto the Weekend Course "Converse with your Lord" and you get a FREE ANNUAL DINNER TICKET. [see website, http://www.queenmaryisoc.co.uk/] = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = THE DIVINE...
A Few Minutes At Mile End Station.
On my way home I needed to change trains at Mile End... whilst waiting for my train I decided to do something productive :-) Enjoy! (this replaces a version of the film which had an error...
Check out Scape East student accommodation in Mile End, London
Building tour and student reviews of our private halls of resi in East London.
Lord Professor Peter Hennessy speaks at launch of QMUL Mile End Institute
The QMUL Mile End Institute (MEI) was launched on the 2 March 2015. In this video, Lord Professor Peter Hennessy addresses the topic: Can the UK survive without changing its Constitution?
Professor Michael Kenny introduces the QMUL Mile End Institute
The QMUL Mile End Institute (MEI) was launched on the 2 March 2015. In this video, Professor Michael Kenny - Director of MEI - speaks about the Institute's vision, mission and future plans.
Isaac Maxwell, Skating Mile End Skate Park, East London.
June 2012, Isaac Maxwell skating Mile End Skate park bowl, nothing fancy just a relaxed skate.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
London Borough of Tower Hamlets
The London Borough of Tower Hamlets is a London borough to the east of the City of London and north of the River Thames. It is in the eastern part of London and covers much of the traditional East End. It also includes much of the redeveloped Docklands region of London, including West India Docks and Canary Wharf. Many of the tallest buildings in London are located on the Isle of Dogs in the south of the borough.
Metropolitan Borough of Stepney
The Metropolitan Borough of Stepney was a Metropolitan borough in the County of London created in 1900. In 1965 it became part of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
Queen Mary, University of London
Queen Mary, University of London (informally Queen Mary, QMUL or QM) is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London. With roots dating back to 1785, Queen Mary was formed by the merger of four historic colleges, and since joining the University of London in 1915 has grown to become one of its largest colleges.
Mile End Park
Mile End Park is a park located in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is a linear park of some 90 acres, and was created on industrial land devastated by World War II bombing. It lies on land to the east of the Regent's Canal and in the north, is separated from the southern edge of Victoria Park by the Hertford Union Canal. A plan existed from the end of the war to create the park, but extensive development did not begin until the end of the millennium.
St Clement's Hospital
St Clements Hospital was a Victorian mental health hospital in Mile End, in the East End of London. It closed in 2005.
Mile End Stadium
Mile End Stadium, also known as the East London Stadium, is a multi-sports stadium situated in Mile End Park, east London, England. The stadium comprises an athletics stadium and a number of floodlit Astroturf football pitches and basketball courts. Many of the facilities are being refurbished at the moment. The new sports complex with a 25m swimming pool has been refurbished.
Tower division
The Tower Division was a liberty, a historical form of local government, in the ancient county of Middlesex, England. It was also known as the Tower Hamlets, and took its name from being under the special jurisdiction of the Constable of the Tower of London. The name "Tower Hamlets" was subsequently used for the London Borough of Tower Hamlets created in 1965. The Tower Division was one of four divisions of the Hundred of Ossulstone.
Stepney Causeway
Stepney Causeway is a street in Stepney, in the East End of London. It runs north-south between the A13 road (Commercial Road) and the B126 Cable St. It is crossed by a railway bridge carrying the Docklands Light Railway and c2c line out of Fenchurch St. The street is particularly associated with Thomas John Barnardo, who opened his first shelter for homeless children at No 18.
Burdett Road railway station
Burdett Road railway station was a railway station on Burdett Road, Mile End, London. It was located on the London and Blackwall Extension Railway which linked the London and Blackwall Railway (L&BR) from Fenchurch Street at Stepney with the Eastern Counties Railway (ECR) and London, Tilbury and Southend Railway at Bow. It was jointly owned by the L&BR and ECR, and opened on 11 September 1871.
Limehouse Library
Limehouse Public Library in Limehouse, London was first proposed for construction in 1888, but the required finances could not be raised until 1900 when J Passmore Edwards was approached for assistance. He subscribed a sum of £5000, and he subsequently laid the foundation stone on October 19 of that year. The library was opened to the public in November 1901 by The Mayor of Stepney. More recently usage of the Grade II listed building fell, and it eventually closed in 2003.
Lakeview Estate
Lakeview Estate is a housing estate in Bow, east London designed by Berthold Lubetkin. It was built on a site damaged by bombing in World War II, on Grove Road between Old Ford Road and the Hertford Union Canal. The estate opened in 1958. It overlooks the lake in Victoria Park.
Half Moon Theatre
The Half Moon Theatre Company was formed in 1972 in a rented synagogue in Alie Street, Aldgate, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Half Moon Passage was the name of a nearby alley. The founders, Michael Irving and Maurice Colbourne, and the artistic director, Guy Sprung, wanted to create a cheap rehearsal space with living accommodation, inspired by the sixties alternative society. The Half Moon Young People's Theatre and Half Moon Photography Workshop were also founded at the theatre.
Ragged School Museum
The Ragged School Museum is a museum in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The museum was opened in 1990, in the premises of the former Dr Barnardo's Copperfield Road Ragged School. The school opened in 1877 to serve the children of Mile End with a basic education. It closed in 1908, when the London School Boards were sufficiently established to take over the work. The museum is housed in three canal side warehouses at 46-50 Copperfield Road.
Coborn Road railway station
Coborn Road railway station was a station built by the Great Eastern Railway on the main line out of London from Liverpool Street. It was opened in 1865 to serve the surrounding Bow area. It was resited slightly to the west in 1882, and it was closed in 1946. Much of its former catchment area has been taken over by Bow Road on the District Line, Mile End on the District line and Central Line and the DLR's Bow Church.
Arbour Square
Arbour Square is a late Georgian square in Stepney, in the borough of Tower Hamlets, east London, England. It is located just off the Commercial Road (A13) approximately one mile (1.6 km) east of the City of London. The square is currently laid out as a formal garden with mature trees and planting and is surrounded on two sides by elegant early 19th century townhouses. Arbour Square was laid out as a garden enclosure in 1819.
Mile End Hospital
Mile End Hospital is a hospital in east London, adjacent to the Mile End campus of Queen Mary, University of London. Services are provided by NHS Tower Hamlets. For more information, see
Matt's Gallery
Matt's Gallery is a contemporary art space situated on Copperfield Road in Bow, east London. Director, Robin Klassnik, opened the gallery in his studio in 1979 on Martello Street, before moving premises to Bow in 1993. The gallery is named after Klassnik’s dog, Matt E. Mulsion.
Adams House (London)
Adams House is the name given to the offices in the only remaining structure of the Anchor Brewery on the corner of Mile End Road and Cephas Avenue, in east London. The residential part of this Grade II listed building is known as Charrington House after the brewery that once owned the site. The two blocks are linked through the basement.
Stepney Green Maths, Computing & Science College
Stepney Green is an 11 to 16 boys comprehensive school of 800 students. It is situated in the heart of the historic East End of London and adjacent to the developments in Docklands, it serves the local community, which is mainly Bangladeshi in origin. It has a well-equipped library, including 30 computers and a good range of fiction and reference books/material (currently, the library is undergoing repairs, so there is a temporary library near the hall) .
Cranbrook Estate
The Cranbrook Estate is a housing estate in Bethnal Green, East London designed by Berthold Lubetkin. The site, which is east of Bonner Street and north of Roman Road, was called Cranbrook after the central street. "Terraced houses, workshops, and one large factory were replaced by a figure of eight called Mace Street, which echoed the diagonals of the street pattern to the north. " The first blocks were opened in 1963.
Globe Road and Devonshire Street railway station
Globe Road railway station, sometimes called Globe Road and Devonshire Street railway station was a station on the site on the main line into Liverpool Street station. It was opened by the Great Eastern Railway on 1 July 1884 when they decided to quadruple the then two track main line section, and was situated close to the site of Devonshire Street railway station, which had closed in 1840. The station only had two platforms which were served by the newly constructed line.
Troxy
The Troxy is an art deco theatre and concert venue at 490 Commercial Road in Stepney, in the East End borough of Tower Hamlets, London, UK.
Locksley Estate
Locksley Estate is a council housing estate in Limehouse, London, built by the London County Council (LCC) and now owned by the London Borough of Tower Hamlets (LBTH).
Tollet Street
Tollet Street is a small road in Stepney, East London. It is formerly the home to George Lusk, leader of the Whitechapel Vigilance Committee.
Stepney City Farm
Stepney City Farm is a city farm located in the district of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in London's East End. It is situated on Stepney Way with its entrance on the roundabout leading onto Stepney High Street and Belgrave Street towards Limehouse. The farm was established in 1979 when local residents, schools, churches and community groups were consulted and a small patch of land was secured for the farm's use. The site has been through several incarnations since the 17th century.