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Shopping

The best places to shop in the Roman Road area, including Bow, Mile End, Globe Town, Fish Island and Hackney Wick, with news and interviews from shop owners and market traders.

Man waving with a bike outside a bike shop called aztec's bike and repair shop
Image courtesy of Aztec's Bike and Repair Shop
Out & About Shopping 

Our guide to the best cycle shops near Roman Road

May 31, 2023June 2, 2023 Emilia Carter 0 Comments

Whether you’re a seasoned cyclist or looking for some information on where to get started, our guide covers the best

Outside seating at The Crown pub in Bow
Eating & drinking Local Shopping 

Our guide to the best pubs near Roman Road

May 25, 2023June 2, 2023 Emilia Carter 0 Comments Reviews

From traditional East End boozers to trendy gastro pubs, Roman Road and the surrounding areas offer a pub to suit

Outdoor exercise at Strong and Bendy, Hackney Wick
Local Shopping Sports & activities 

Best outdoor exercise classes near Roman Road

May 17, 2023May 17, 2023 Emilia Carter 1 Comment Guides

Our guide to the best outdoor exercise classes near Roman Road offers you the perfect activity: a way to feel

An underwear stall at busy Roman Road Market, East London
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The insider’s guide to East London markets

May 3, 2023May 4, 2023 Valerie Vishnevetskaya 0 Comments Guides

East London has a lot to offer, but one of its best-known offerings is its proper traditional East End markets.

The blue-painted shopfront of Jambala Bookshop, Globe Road, Roman Road, Bethnal Green.
Local Out & About Shopping 

Best charity shops around Roman Road

February 12, 2023February 14, 2023 George Hayes 0 Comments Guides

The Roman’s diversity makes for charity shops with an exciting array of vintage clothing, classic books and idiosyncratic homeware. We

Inci food centre on Roman Road, East London, specialist international food store selling East Asian groceries.
Local Out & About Shopping 

Inci Food Centre: Specialist foods from the Far East to the Far West 

January 30, 2023February 13, 2023 Jasdev Bhakar 0 Comments Features

Inci Food Centre on Roman Road is the corner shop that is always one step ahead of social media food

Queen Mary's zero waste shop with containers of ingredients.
Local Out & About Shopping Sponsored 

Queen Mary Zero Waste Shop: London’s largest zero waste shop opens in Tower Hamlets

January 9, 2023January 19, 2023 Polly Nash 0 Comments Features

How Tower Hamlets’ first zero waste food shop on Mile End Road is changing consumer habits and letting us ‘pick

Inside of AF Poete fashion house on Roman Road.
Local Out & About Shopping 

Coffees, clothes and cocktails: Hybrid fashion house A.F. Poète opens on the Roman

December 9, 2022December 13, 2022 Polly Nash 0 Comments News

Ed Sheeran’s bespoke fashion designer selling much more than clothing opens its flagship store in the East End. A.F. Poète,

Christmas trees at Barge East, Hackney Wick.
Christmas trees at Barge East, Hackney Wick.
Local Shopping 

Where to buy Christmas trees in East London

November 18, 2022January 3, 2023 Polly Nash 0 Comments Guides

There’s no better way to signal the start of the holiday season than choosing your Christmas tree. We bring you

A stack of Christmas presents and a Christmas tree in the background, with people at a Christmas market stall at Redchurch Winter Market, Shoreditch, East London
Winter Fest at Redchurch Street © Jeremy Freedman
Local Shopping 

Guide to East London Christmas Markets in 2022

November 17, 2022December 13, 2022 Victoria Miller 3 Comments Guides

We are lucky that our pocket of London is home to some of the city’s best-known and longest-standing markets. So

David and his Daniel in the workshop, Delan Jewellery shop, Roman Road, Bow, East London.
Local Shopping 

The golden charm of Delan, jewellers to all

July 11, 2022December 13, 2022 Victoria Miller 0 Comments Features

For David Ilan and his son, Daniel, their family-run shop Delan Jewellery sells treasured memories and golden moments. ‘I am

Local Shopping 

Best places to buy indoor and garden plants near Roman Road

June 11, 2022November 29, 2022 Panayiota Demosthenous 0 Comments Guides

With plant shops springing up in the Roman Road area, it seems the potted house plant is our new best

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