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Bethnal Green, London E2
Bethnal Green is a historic east London residential district in the Borough of Tower Hamlets. The district covers an area next to the City of London, Hackney, Bow and Whitechapel. Bethnal Green is well-placed for the cluster of high-tech companies in the City Fringe and Shoreditch and for the new urban growth in the neighbouring Stratford.
Bethnal Green has a large population, a mix of London’s cosmopolitan professionals and well-established East London ethnic communities. It has a rich industrial heritage, particularly in textiles and silk weaving, and boasts an array of accessible parks and green spaces and a dynamic retail and catering scene. Set in Travel Zone 2, the district has stations serviced by the London Underground and Overground trains and is well-linked with the Inner and Greater London boroughs.
The district's housing stock incorporates period dwellings in a traditional London streetscape and contemporary apartments in modern, 20th-century estates.
The most attractive recent new home schemes in Bethnal Green are Regent's View next to the Regent’s Canal and close to Cambridge Heath station, and Bishopsgate Goods Yard at Shoreditch High Street Station.
Bethnal Green History:
Until the end of the 18th century, the area of Bethnal Green was characterised by small-scale fruit and vegetable gardens supplying markets in the bordering City of London. At the start of the 19th century, this was one of the poorest districts of London with scarce, overcrowded and run-down housing.
The Regent’s Canal arrived in Bethnal Green in the 1820s. With the increased traffic on the water, large warehouses, workshops and manufacturing plants appeared along its banks. Coal-burned gas factories and storage facilities were set up along the canal supplying local merchants and private houses. Silk weaving was a dominant manufacturing that employed a growing, working-class population which trebled in the mid-19th century.
Much of Bethnal Green’s housing was destroyed during the Second World War leaving over 5,000 people in temporary accommodation in 1946. A large house-building program followed with modern estates built in the 1950s and the 1960s. Some of Britain’s leading modernist architects took on housing projects which include Minerva Estate, Park View Estate, Dorset Estate, Lakeview Estate, Cranbrook, and Greenways Estate.
Bethnal Green became part of the new London Borough of Tower Hamlets in 1965.
Bethnal Green culture and entertainment
Bethnal Green’s cultural identity has been formed by its industrial heritage and people who have inhabited the East End from medieval times to the present day.
The largest heritage-listed area of architectural and historic interest is in Bethnal Green Gardens. It incorporates the V&A Museum of Childhood, St John’s Church, The Town Hall, Bethnal Green Library, the residential terrace on Paradise Row, and a string of adjacent garden settings. The area is close to the vibrant Bethnal Green Road, well-preserved Victorian railway arches, and the Central Line Underground Station.
Bethnal Green is home to the world-famous Columbia Road Flower Market and is well connected to several other East Ends street markets including the Broadway Market.
Regent’s Canal and Victoria Park offer characterful and peaceful settings for art, creativity, and outdoor activities and entertainment attracting residents, visitors and tourists throughout the year. This popular inner London waterway, rejuvenated and maintained by the Canal Trust, features long walking and cycling paths, old locks, bridges and long boat marinas. Overlooking the Canal are restored and repurposed warehouse buildings occupied today by creative workshops, independent cafes, and restaurants.
The wonderfully large Victoria Park is one of the top London open green spaces with many entertainment and recreational opportunities. Additional parks enjoyed by Bethnal Green residents include Mile End Park, Haggerston Park and Hackney City Farm, Ion Square Gardens, Museum Gardens and Bethnal Green Gardens.
Bethnal Green's new home developments
Bishopsgate Goods Yard
Council: Tower Hamlets
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Bethnal Green transport (Zone 2):
London Underground:
Bethnal Green station serves Central Line trains for the City and Stratford.
Cambridge Heath and Bethnal Green are on the London Overground network for the City and Enfield Town
Shoreditch High Street serves Overground trains to Highbury & Islington, Cristal Palace and Clapham Junction
Buses:
8 to Tottenham Ct Road and Bow
52 to Victoria Station
106 to Whitechapel and Finsbury Park
254 to Aldgate and Holloway
388 to Stratford City
309 to Canning Town
Bethnal Green is a cycling-friendly London district with multiple bicycle paths and a great selection of bike hire and repair shops. The district has access to CS2 Cycle Superhighway running from Stratford to Aldgate and the City of London.
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