Your local news magazine for Roman Road, Bow

Roman Road LDN is a community newspaper for Bow, Tower Hamlets, East London. We cover news, culture and what's on in Bow, Mile End, Globe Town, Hackney Wick and Fish Island.

Sign up for our free weekly newsletter to be the first to know about the latest local news and events from Tower Hamlets and read stories about social activism and the rich culture and heritage of our local neighbourhood, from East End Cockneys, East London Suffragettes, and Bow Grime music.

Discover the best-kept secrets about your neighbourhood including things to do, places to visit, new shops, restaurants, bars and coffee places, and the top attractions in Bow, Mile End, Globe Town, and Victoria Park.

Roman Road’s famous Roman Road Market in Bow operates on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays from about 9 am to 3 pm.

Local news

Uma Kumaran and Angela Rayner standing infront of matchgirls strike display in red dresses
LocalLocal democracyNews

Exhibition honouring the Matchgirls Strike opens in Parliament with support of Stratford and Bow MP Uma Kumaran

Agatha Scaggiante

The Matchgirls Strike of 1888 is being celebrated with a weeklong exhibition in Parliament, facilitated by a union leader, our

An image of Fabwick, a low building covered in bright orange and yellow street art, surrounded by grey fences.
LocalLocal democracyNews

Fabwick applies for late-night license despite objections from council

Nick Clark, BBC Local Democracy Report
Traffic on Roman Road at the zebra crossing.
LocalLocal democracyNews

‘Idiot drivers that go too fast’; Bow mum takes on reckless drivers on Roman Road

Sophie Howarth
‘Reclaim our summers’: Petition demands cutback of major event days at Victoria Park
LocalLocal democracyNews

‘Reclaim our summers’: Petition demands cutback of major event days at Victoria Park

Sophie Howarth
An image of V&A East Storehouse, which is a large space covered in cubes and shelves. People are walking around, admiring it. Text on one of the walls reads 'Weston Collections Hall'
LocalLocal economyNews

Inside the grand opening of the V&A East Storehouse  

Valerio Esposito
Cover and editor's letter of Tower Hamlets Slice magazine, spring/summer 2025 issue.
LocalLocal democracyNews

Out now! Tower Hamlets Slice’s spring/summer print edition is landing on doorsteps this week

Agatha Scaggiante

Local culture

Two children in pastel tones, one with flowers in her hair, the other in a whimsical hat, sit outside a cottage with faint fairies in the background.
Art and artistsCultureLocal

Mile End’s Mabel Lucie Attwell: The children’s illustrator who brought the magic of Peter Pan and Alice and Wonderland to life.

Eleanor Thomson

Mabel Lucie Attwell grew up in Mile End before becoming one of Britain’s most beloved children’s illustrators, known for her

An advertisment fro a gramaphone song in Yiddish from the Jewish East End.
CultureEast End CockneyLocal

Beigels, the BUF and the Blitz: how the East End started speaking Cockney Yiddish

Agatha Scaggiante
In a red-lit bar, with a pineapple in the foreground and a wall of alcohol bottles on shelves, a man with long brown curly hair is pouring a cocktail out of a metal cup into a tall glass.
CultureLife and livingLocal

The Bourbon’s Dominic Gibson, on bringing a slice of Americana to the Roman Road

David Bard
Tower Hamlets cricket captain Shahidul Alam Ratan sits in his office, surrounded by photos of him with the team.
CultureLife and livingLocal

‘It’s cricket, cricket, cricket’: Alam Ratan on bringing ‘the gentleman’s game’ to Tower Hamlets’ children

Lewis Callery
A young girl holds up boxing gloves, ready to land a punch, while Valerian Spicer smiles in the background.
CultureLife and livingLocalSponsored

National champ Valerian Spicer swaps boxing gloves for business growth

Agatha Scaggiante
Nathanael Williams, owner of Colour Factory in Hackney Wick.
CultureLife and living

Colour Factory’s Nathanael Williams on new London Nightlife Taskforce and the future of Hackney Wick

Ray Bonsall

Out and About

Split image of Charli XCX and Jamie XX, the two headliners for LIDO festival June 2025
LocalOut and AboutVictoria ParkWhat's on

Our ultimate guide to the new LIDO festival in Victoria Park

Lorna McDonald

On June 6 2025, Victoria Park will become home to the two-weekend-long LIDO Festival, the latest addition to the park’s

Photograph of York Hall Leisure Centre
LocalOut and AboutPlaces to visit

Best spas and saunas in London’s East End, home of the capital’s first ever public baths

Sophie Howarth
Stepney City Farm.
Eating and drinkingLocalLocal economyNewsOut and AboutPlaces to visit

New cafe, Stepney’s, to open at Stepney City Farm in May

Ray Bonsall
Molesworth Lodge, Victoria Park
Out and AboutPlaces to visit

A tiny chapel and a former boathouse – what are all the lodges in Victoria Park?

Ray Bonsall
Feminist protestors march through street in the snow.
Out and AboutWhat's on

Your East End guide to Women’s History Month 2025

Ray Bonsall
Sadler's Wells East photo by Peter Cook
LocalOut and AboutPlaces to visit

Sadler’s Wells East officially opens in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park

BBC Local Democracy Reporter

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