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View of the Iconic towers as seen from the dock land rail (DLR) train station East India on the way to baking and Dagenham in East London. This image is created by manually stitching a series of 5 shots.
A series of murals on the Elizabeth Line platforms at Whitechapel are titled "A Sunday Afternoon in Whitechapel" and are inspired by people whom the artist Chantal Joffe would see whilst wandering around the area. The works were made as small-scale paper collages which were then rendered in laser-cut aluminium.
The works were commissioned in 2017 as part of The Crossrail Art Foundation's public art programme for the Elizabeth Line and were supported by Whitechapel Art Gallery. They were ready and in place for the public opening of the Elizabeth Line on 24th May 2022.
This sculpture by Peter Dean, called "Weaving Identities", was erected in 2003 and partly conceals CCTV cameras. The figures were cast following photos and sketches that the artist made of the various sporting activities that take place on Weavers Field, whilst the ribbons through the middle represent silk strands and commemorate the Hugenot Weavers who settled in the area from the 17th Century and indirectly gave the park its name.
The blue building in the background is the new section of the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel. It incorporates a helipad on the roof for the Air Ambulance - The Royal London has one of London's Trauma units, designed to treat those with life-threatening injuries.
A small art installation at Trinity Buoy Wharf. The scientist Michael Faraday was employed by Trinity House as a Scientific Advisor from 1836 and conducted many of his experiments at the Wharf.
Trinity Buoy Wharf was vacated by Trinity House in 1988, and in the early 1990s it was designated as a 'Creative Enterprise Zone'. It has been managed as a creative and artistc hub by Urban Space Management since 1998.
St Dunstan's and All Saints, Stepney, London. This window in the Lady Chapel, designed by Hugh Easton, depicts Mary with the infant Jesus in Joseph's carpentry workshop.
Mile End, London E1.
One of London's most hidden secrets. Even many people who walk regularly past an innocuous green door set into a wall in Cleveland Way do not realise that behind lies a footpath, giving access to a whole terrace of Victorian cottages. Yet all you need to do is push gently on the gate to be admitted to another world of peace and tranquility, just a few steps from the busy and bustling Mile End Road.
St Anne's Catholic Church (and its attendant Church House on the left), was built in 1855 by Gilbert Blount. It catered for the large numbers of Irish immigrants who were settling in the area. Today , as well as its own congregation the Church is home to Brazilian worshippers, for whom services are conducted in Portuguese.
The fenced area in the foreground is the playground of the adjacent school.
The new cycle and pedestrian shared path linking Viaduct Street with Derbyshire Street, Bethnal Green, is now open. Ahough here it is being obstructed by an inconsiderate parker.
Tuesday 29th September 2015 - the new bicycle priority lights in action.
These lights at the junction of Cambridge Heath Road and Mile End Road are part of the Aldgate-Stratford Cycle Superhighway improvements, and give cyclists a head start across the junction before other traffic starts to move off.
Captain Cook lived in a house at 88 Mile End Road from 1764 until his death in 1779. During this time he charted the St Lawrence River in Eastern Canada and the coastline of New Zealand, landed in Australia (Botany Bay) and discovered the NorthWest Passage over the Arctic north coast of America. The plaque was unveiled on the 29th April 1970 by the Greater London Council, in the presence of the Australian Ambassador, to mark the 200th anniversary of the Botany Bay landing.
The art-deco shelter in Bethnal Green Gardens is thought to have been designed by London Transport architect Stanley Heaps, under the tutelage of Charles Holden whose station designs of the 1930s are legendary. What could have been a functional structure to house an air vent for Bethnal Green Station was instead turned into an attractive amenity for users of the Gardens.
The structure has been neglected in recent years, but during Summer 2013 a group of local residents set up 'The Kiosk', a weekend pop-up café. They are hoping to negotiate a longer lease with Tower Hamlets Council to establish something more permanent and to restore the shelter to its former glory.
The Kiosk reopened as a one-off for London Open House Weekend (21/22 September); on display were copies of the original plans for the shelter, as well as some historical photos of Bethnal Green Gardens.
Trinity Almshouses - or to give them their full title, The Almshouses of the Trinity Brethren - were built in 1695 on land given by Captain Henry Mudd of Ratcliff. They may have been designed by Christopher Wren, although they are more likely to be the work of his pupil William Ogbourne. The almshouses were threatened with demolition in the 1880s but there was a successful campaign to save them and they were taken over by the London County Council and restored. The chapel was damaged in the Second World War but restored and now houses offices
Tower Hamlets Reserves 4-4 Haver Town Reserves
(Haver Town won 9-8 on penalties)
Division 3 Cup, Semi Final
Essex Alliance Football League
Saturday 6th April 2019
At Mabley Green, Hackney
The new cycle and pedestrian shared path linking Viaduct Street and Derbyshire Street, Bethnal Green, is now open; and the spare ground alongside the path has now been turfed over (the sunken area on the right provides a soakaway for excess rainwater). The paved area alongside Oxford House could have outdoor seating if plans for a new café come to fruition.
On the left and in the background are typical London County Council flats of the 1930s, arranged in five-story blocks - the block at the end of the road wraps around a secluded communal garden. On the right is the old Bethnal Green United Reform Church, which now houses a community and advice centre and café whilst still retaining part of the building for worship.
Musical entertainment was provided by Dan Woods and Jo Stephenson, otherwise known as "Can You Dig It?". The pair are both keen gardeners themselves and both have allotments.
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BBC Radio 4's "Gardeners' Question Time" was recorded at Oxford House in Bethnal Green during the afternoon of Sunday 18th May 2104. Musical entertainment was provided by Jo Stephenson and Dan Woods, otherwise known as "Can You Dig It?" who serenaded the audience with gardening-related songs.
The event was part of the Chelsea Fringe Festival, which is being hosted at Oxford House and other venues. The recorded show is due to be broadcast on Friday 23rd May at 14.00 and repeated on Sunday 25th at 15.00.