Where to find the best street art in Bow, Mile End, and Globe Town
Think you know all the hidden gems around here? We went on a hunt for the best street art around
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Places to visit
Discover the top attractions to visit in the Roman Road area from Victoria Park and Tower Hamlets Cemetery in Bow to the London Buddhist Centre and Meath Gardens in Globe Town. Read our area guides and suggested tours of the local heritage, arts and cultural highlights.
Victoria Park: the wintery wonderland on our doorstep
These photos of Victoria Park covered in snow will help to banish any blues you might have this winter. Picturesque all year round, this green space on our doorstep has been transformed into an ethereal world dusted with snowflakes. This really is ‘the best park in the world’.
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Surprising vistas of a wintery dawn walk along the Regent’s Canal
These photos of Regent’s Canal taken recently on a dark dawn walk capture a moment in time in the history
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Incredible photos of Roman Road from Bow to Globe Town
Here’s our our pick of the best photos of Roman Road from Bow to Globe – you can see why we love it so.
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The story behind the Dogs of Alcibiades statues in Victoria Park
The statues are marble sculptures of Molossian Hounds and were donated to the park by Lady Aignarth, a wealthy and clearly rather generous resident of East London, in 1912. They are rumoured to have been a commemoration of her late husband, Horatio, who passed away that year.
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Victoria Park’s Heritage Trees in winter
Our fine city of London may be regarded as the “Big Smoke”, but despite this moniker there are still a number of green spaces residents can explore. Here are “eight of the best” trees which are particularly significant and where to find them.
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Open House London: our Tower Hamlets highlights
Open House London returns this weekend. The festival celebrates the urban landscape of London, allowing people to venture through the doors of iconic buildings around the city.
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Rich Mix unveils Camille Walala’s gigantic street art mural
Rich Mix unveiled an art mural by well-known East End based artist Camille Walala. Spanning across the entire 600 square
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Culture in the time of Covid: Radical Figures at the Whitechapel Gallery
Art is an important tool to facilitate meaningful discussion, and at a time when issues of representation, instigated in part by the Black Lives Matter movement, are at the fore, Radical Figures reveals unseen perspectives.
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Ba’al Shem of London’s grave in Mile End’s Alderney Road Cemetery
Behind an anonymous brick wall in Alderney Road off of Mile End Road lies the oldest Ashkenazi cemetery in the U.K. Founded in 1696 and closed in 1852, the cemetery marks the establishment of the Ashkenazi community, now the largest Jewish ethnic group in the U.K.
Best things to do in Bow
Here’s our Editor picks for the best things to do in Bow. Bow is rich in culture, history and eateries that will keep you entertained, well-fed and well-caffeinated without you having to travel afar.
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Statues and monuments in Tower Hamlets
Here’s a roundup of the all the statues in Bow. From important figures like William Gladstone (why are his hands painted red?) to Victoria Park’s iconic guard dogs.
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