Find everything you need here.

This is a one-stop hub to help you get the most out of the Roman Road area. Discover independent shops. Eat at a new café. Sign up for a workshop. Hire a professional. Search for a tradesperson. Find a job. Attend an exhibition. Get a special deal! 

PLACES

Looking for somewhere? Search here for places to shop, places to preen, places to eat, places to visit, places to socialise and places to exercise. There’s no place like home!

Special offers

Sweet Treats

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Sweet Treats, a Victorian-style sweet shop on Roman Road. We focus on old-fashioned loose sweets with a large selection of Vegan, Vegetarian and Halal sweets. Read more…

Social Streets C.I.C

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Social Streets is local media specialist based in Bow that publishes community-led publications, including RomanRoadLDN. We offer digital marketing services including paid Facebook and Google Ads, social media management, web Read more…

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Food and drink

Search here for cafes, coffee shops, restaurants, bars and pubs in the Roman Road area including Bow, Mile End, Globe Town and Fish Island.

Basbaas Sauce

East African Hot Sauce with a Twist. Read more…

Mae and Harvey café

Home-made food, effortlessly cool design, and a cosy living room vibe – that’s Mae + Harvey. Come for all-day brunch, Tacos every Tuesday evening, coffee, fresh pastries, cakes and special Read more…

Sweet Treats

SPECIAL OFFER

Sweet Treats, a Victorian-style sweet shop on Roman Road. We focus on old-fashioned loose sweets with a large selection of Vegan, Vegetarian and Halal sweets. Read more…

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Shopping

Need to shop local? Find local independents shops including fashion, beauty salons, home and garden stores, gift shops, tattoo parlours, hairdresser and much more in the Roman Road area.

SPOTLIGHT

SNAP Store, Bow

SNAP is a colourful independent store in East London selling  greetings cards, gifts, prints, balloons + more. Contemporary and colourful cards and gifts including books, jewellery, candles, stationery, homewares, prints, frames + Read more…

Dennington’s Florist

Bespoke florals for weddings, events and everyday occasions in the heart of the east end of London. Whether you are looking for the perfect wedding flowers, a personal sympathy arrangement Read more…

Fleshformers

Fleshformers is the place to be for custom tattoos, body piercing, microblading and a variety of quality body jewellery to choose from. Quality services in a hygienic environment. Read more…

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Health and fitness

Looking to shape up and get fit, physically and mentally? The Roman Road area offers a large range of wellbeing and fitness options including yoga studios, personal trainers, gyms, massage therapists, counsellor and psychotherapists.

At Home or Workplace Massage Therapy

We offer acupressure massage, de-stressing massage, posture correction and Ergonomic workstation advice and assessments. Enjoy a treatment in the comfort of your own home or have us coming to your Read more…

1:1 Diet by the Cambridge Weight Plan

Seen your weight grow during Lockdown ? Lose weight quickly & effectively from as little as £2.80 per meal. You get a tailored plan and weekly private meetings. Read more…

Michael Stokes psychoanalyst

I am a clinical trainee in psychoanalysis with the Centre for Freudian Analysis and Research (CFAR). Read more…

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EVENTS

Learning

SPOTLIGHT

POP-Corn presents: Disclosure (+ post-screening discussion) for IDAHOBIT 2021

17 May 2021, 7:00 pm

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9:45 pm

In celebration and acknowledgement of IDAHOBIT 2021 (International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia), Poplar Union’s POP-Corn are screening Sam Feder’s 2020 documentary Disclosure via Zoom, followed by a post-screening Read more…

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Altab Ali and the Battle of Brick Lane – film screening and panel discussion

4 May 2021, 6:00 pm

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7:15 pm

Tuesday 4 May marks the annual commemoration of Altab Ali, the young Bengali man whose brutal murder in 1978 mobilised the Bangladeshi and wider community to take a stand against Read more…

Rooftop Beekeeping Experience at the East London Mosque

22 May 2021, 10:00 am

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12:00 pm

This must be one of the most extraordinary places to find bees, atop the East London Mosque! Join Bushwood Bees to learn about the honeybee colony and how these pollinators Read more…

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Exhibitions

Eileen Agar: Angel of Anarchy at Whitechapel Gallery

10 February 2021, 10:00 am

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6:00 pm

Angel of Anarchy is an retrospective exhibition at Whitechapel Gallery  of Surrealist artist Eileen Agar. Eileen Agar (b.1899 Buenos Aires – d.1991 London) transformed the everyday into the extraordinary. Her unique style Read more…

Don’t Fret exhibition at Stour Space Gallery

5 November 2020

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24 November 2020

Fish Island’s Stour Space Gallery will be hosting street artist Don’t Fret’s exhibition ‘The Greatest The City Could Offer Me Was a Stranger’ at Stour Space Gallery in Fish Island Read more…

Olivier Adam Art Exhibition at Stour Space Gallery

1 October 2020, 8:00 am

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30 October 2020, 10:00 pm

Stour Space Gallery Fish Island will be hosting an art exhibition by Olivier F Adam at Stour Space Gallery from 1 to 30 October. Known as the ‘Gentle Sculptor of Read more…

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JOBS & OPPS

2021-05-28 Opportunities

Action for Bow grant applications 2021

The Trustees of Action for Bow are pleased to invite applications from organisations for funding to provide social and educational services in Bow from June 2021 – particularly school holiday activities for young people, whilst adhering to government social distances rules. Read more…

2021-05-21 Jobs

Content Manager at Social Streets

Junior level content manager wanted for part-time work at social enterprise Social Streets. Responsibilities and duties Finding stories We work to tell stories and report on local news from hard-to-reach communities Visit a plethora of tiny community groups, many with people with English as a second language and most of Read more…

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