In need of a bath: the bathing lakes and Victoria Park Lido
With the newly reopened Hub in Victoria Park, it seems fitting that we remember something old and largely forgotten there
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Buildings & landmarks
Old Bow Library’s philanthropic origin
Obscured by trees, most of us pass by Vernon Hall without a second glance, hurrying on to the Idea Store
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The Nunnery Gallery: Art by and for Bow
Turning into the alley that houses the Nunnery Gallery, you’d be forgiven for thinking you’d stumbled into another century. Until
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Bethnal Green Public Library, from mental asylum to refuge of the arts
Bethnal Green Public Library in Bethnal Green Gardens offers a serene place to study, read and work, a far cry
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The V&A Museum of Childhood, from common land to local landmark
Once common land for Bethnal Green, the V&A Museum of Childhood was funded by Prince Albert’s Great Exhibition, tiled by
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York Hall Spa, a perfect place for recuperation just off Roman Road
It might be known by many as England’s most famous boxing venue, but tucked away in the bowels of York
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Stairway to Heaven wins national awards
The Stairway to Heaven memorial outside Bethnal Green Tube station has won three prestigious awards for architecture, and is shortlisted
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Victoria Park Market, our local produce market
It has only been one year since Victoria Park Market launched, and it now attracts hordes of visitors to Bow’s
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Genesis Cinema, Mile End Road
It’s hard not to love Genesis, our local independent cinema on Mile End Road, and we are their number one
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Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park, Mile End
Once the graveyard of one of London’s most deprived areas, Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park (aka Mile End Cemetery) is now
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The London Buddhist Centre Roman Road
Starting life as a squat in the 1970s, Roman Road’s London Buddhist Centre now attracts guest poets such as Anthony
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