Guidebook for Greater London
Arts & Culture
Whitechapel Gallery
77-82 Whitechapel High StOne of best contemporary art gallery for free
V&A Museum of Childhood
Cambridge Heath RoadCarl Freedman Gallery
Contemporary Art, free entry
Raven Row
56 Artillery Ln Contemporary art, beautiful architecture, free entry
Eclectic all-day menu plus ping pong and packed calendar of workshops, music and poetry.
93 locals recommend
The Book Club
100-106 Leonard StEclectic all-day menu plus ping pong and packed calendar of workshops, music and poetry.
Shopping
Lovely small cafes and shops, Flower Market opens on Sunday!
1660 locals recommend
Columbia Road Flower Market
Columbia RoadLovely small cafes and shops, Flower Market opens on Sunday!
Pam Pam
129 Bethnal Green RdVintage Stuff! Former dairy factory housing vintage clothing store for men's and women's 20th-century fashions.
39 locals recommend
Beyond Retro Cheshire Street
Cheshire StreetVintage Stuff! Former dairy factory housing vintage clothing store for men's and women's 20th-century fashions.
Brick Lane Bookshop
166 Brick LnThe place has excellent collection of books.
Stalls fill the Old Truman Brewery each Sunday, selling vintage/new clothing and crafts, plus food.
30 locals recommend
Sunday Up Market
83 Brick LaneStalls fill the Old Truman Brewery each Sunday, selling vintage/new clothing and crafts, plus food.
Shipping container, pop-up mall for independent and global, fashion and lifestyle stores and cafes.
377 locals recommend
BOXPARK Shoreditch
2-10 Bethnal Green RdShipping container, pop-up mall for independent and global, fashion and lifestyle stores and cafes.
Food Scene
Cafes, design and vintage shops open daily. Sat & Sun for Food Market!
825 locals recommend
Brick Lane Sunday Market
Brick LaneCafes, design and vintage shops open daily. Sat & Sun for Food Market!
Old Spitalfields Market
16 Commercial StNeed not to Explain this famous historical market.
Beigel Bake
159 Brick LnBest Salf Beef and Salmon Bagels.
Labour and Wait
85 Redchurch StRosa's Thai Cafe Spitalfields
12 Hanbury StOne of best authentic thai around
Getting Around
Access to Overground Trains - Take the train stops at Highbury & Islington Station, Change for Victoria Line (Blue color) to Oxford Circus Station (Central London).
364 locals recommend
Shoreditch High Street
Shoreditch High StreetAccess to Overground Trains - Take the train stops at Highbury & Islington Station, Change for Victoria Line (Blue color) to Oxford Circus Station (Central London).
Aldgate East is a London Underground station in the Spitalfields district of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, in Central London.
90 locals recommend
Aldgate East Station
Whitechapel High StreetAldgate East is a London Underground station in the Spitalfields district of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, in Central London.
Bethnal Green (Stop D) station
Another Underground and overground station
Underground station - access to Circle, hammersmith and city and metropolitan line
30 locals recommend
Aldgate Station
Aldgate High StreetUnderground station - access to Circle, hammersmith and city and metropolitan line
Whitechapel Station
263c Whitechapel RdOverground Station
Essentials
Tesco Express
179 Shoreditch High StE2 6AB
Bethnal Green RoadPost Office and ATM
Drinks & Nightlife
The Swan Tavern
77/80 Gracechurch StWhere you find independant local English beer !
Bar specialising in the Scottish brewery's craft beers, with regular guest brews.
79 locals recommend
BrewDog Shoreditch
51 Bethnal Green RdBar specialising in the Scottish brewery's craft beers, with regular guest brews.
Sightseeing
Spital Square
Spital SquareThe Truman Brewery
91 Brick LnNight Life, Cafes, Design shops, Vintage shops...just explore the neighborhood by foot!
878 locals recommend
Brick Lane
Brick LaneNight Life, Cafes, Design shops, Vintage shops...just explore the neighborhood by foot!
The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & Natural History is a museum and bar in Cambridge Heath, situated in a former call centre on Mare Street in the London Borough of Hackney.
22 locals recommend
The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & UnNatural History
11 Mare StThe Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & Natural History is a museum and bar in Cambridge Heath, situated in a former call centre on Mare Street in the London Borough of Hackney.