Town / district
Barking
An abbey town, a busy centre and a changing riverside.
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of East London.
Seventeen areas. Many ways to call East London home. Explore the streets, history and everyday connections that make each place different.
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Neighbourhoods & towns
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Neighbourhood
Bethnal Green
Museum gardens, local markets and East End streets.
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Street and surrounding neighbourhood
Brick Lane
Markets, street art and layers of migration history.
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Neighbourhood
Bromley-by-Bow
Lea-side heritage, community spaces and changing streets.
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Docklands district
Canary Wharf
Waterfront spaces and a modern urban skyline.
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Town / district
Dagenham
A landscape shaped by planned housing and local history.
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Neighbourhood around a park
Langdon Park
A local park, Victorian landmarks and the DLR.
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Neighbourhood
Mile End
A park, a university campus and connected everyday living.
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Neighbourhood
Shoreditch
Historic streets with a busy creative and social life.
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Neighbourhood
Stepney Green
Historic gardens and residential streets off Mile End Road.
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Town centre and neighbourhood
Stratford
Railway roots, a major interchange and the Olympic legacy.
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Park and surrounding neighbourhood
Victoria Park
A historic public park with several neighbourhoods around it.
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Riverside neighbourhood
Wapping
Dockside heritage and residential streets by the Thames.
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Neighbourhood
Whitechapel
Market life, art and a major East London interchange.
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Borough guides
These cover larger administrative areas containing many neighbourhoods. They overlap with some of the local guides above.
All areas, A–Z
- Barking
- Bethnal Green
- Brick Lane
- Bromley-by-Bow
- Canary Wharf
- Dagenham
- Hackney
- Langdon Park
- Mile End
- Newham
- Shoreditch
- Stepney Green
- Stratford
- Tower Hamlets
- Victoria Park
- Wapping
- Whitechapel
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Photography credits
Area photographs are illustrative views of the places shown, not City Financial Property Services listings. Some photographs pre-date this guide.
- Barking — Market stalls and shops on Barking high street. Market stalls and shops on Barking high street. Photo supplied by City Financial Property Services. Display crop.
- Bethnal Green — Bethnal Green Underground station sign. Bethnal Green Underground station sign. Photo supplied by City Financial Property Services. Display crop.
- Brick Lane — People walking beside painted shopfronts and street art near Brick Lane. People walking beside painted shopfronts and street art near Brick Lane. Photo supplied by City Financial Property Services. Display crop.
- Bromley-by-Bow — Bromley-by-Bow station and neighbouring buildings. Bromley-by-Bow station and neighbouring buildings. Photo supplied by City Financial Property Services. Display crop.
- Canary Wharf — Shops and modern buildings in Canary Wharf. Shops and modern buildings in Canary Wharf. Photo supplied by City Financial Property Services. Display crop.
- Dagenham — File:Valence House Museum 2010.jpg (opens in a new tab). Valence House Museum in Dagenham. Photo: Gordon Joly (opens in a new tab) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (opens in a new tab). Display crop.
- Hackney — Broadway Market sign on a brick building in Hackney. Broadway Market sign on a brick building in Hackney. Photo supplied by City Financial Property Services. Display crop.
- Langdon Park — Langdon Park DLR entrance and surrounding buildings. Langdon Park DLR entrance and surrounding buildings. Photo supplied by City Financial Property Services. Display crop.
- Mile End — Mile End Hospital entrance framed by trees. Mile End Hospital entrance framed by trees. Photo supplied by City Financial Property Services. Display crop.
- Newham — Shoppers and public space near Westfield Stratford City in Newham. Shoppers and public space near Westfield Stratford City in Newham. Photo supplied by City Financial Property Services. Display crop.
- Shoreditch — Shoreditch High Street station and surrounding streets. Shoreditch High Street station and surrounding streets. Photo supplied by City Financial Property Services. Display crop.
- Stepney Green — Stepney Green Underground station entrance. Stepney Green Underground station entrance. Photo supplied by City Financial Property Services. Display crop.
- Stratford — People outside Stratford station. People outside Stratford station. Photo supplied by City Financial Property Services. Display crop.
- Tower Hamlets — Tower Bridge viewed along an East London street. Tower Bridge viewed along an East London street. Photo supplied by City Financial Property Services. Display crop.
- Victoria Park — Tree-lined path and people walking in Victoria Park. Tree-lined path and people walking in Victoria Park. Photo supplied by City Financial Property Services. Display crop.
- Wapping — Entrance to Tobacco Dock in Wapping. Entrance to Tobacco Dock in Wapping. Photo supplied by City Financial Property Services. Display crop.
- Whitechapel — Whitechapel Gallery entrance and pavement. Whitechapel Gallery entrance and pavement. Photo supplied by City Financial Property Services. Display crop.