Pimp Hall
Hidden behind a municipal rubbish tip there is an entrance to a space that was a working farm until 1934 on land that was once owned by...
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Millfields
The trees on Millfields are what make this space special. The fields are surrounded by mature planes and elms – standing sentinel all...
Mile End Park
Many of the former brownfield sites that can be found all over East London were not designated to become open spaces. But there were...
Leyton Marshes
Walk along the tow path beside Walthamstow Marshes and you find yourself going up a slope to Leyton Marshes. The ground here has been...
Hollow Ponds
Swans glide gracefully and effortlessly across the water of Hollow Pond but walking around the lake is an effort for people – up and down...
Hatch Grove and Bluehouse Grove in Epping Forest
Bluehouse Grove is one of the best sites to find bluebells in spring. On the map it appears to be a neat, compact rectangle linked to...
Hackney Marshes
Hackney Marshes form one of the largest areas of common land in London – a vast, flat area which was once a place for local people to...
East Ham Nature Reserve
The pavement by the side of the main arterial road is not a place to linger. It seems impossible to be able to escape from the roar of...
Dalston Eastern Curve Garden
Every square foot of potential building space around here has the potential to earn developers a fortune and yet what was once a derelict...
Chingford Plains in Epping Forest
London has grown and spread out over the centuries but at Chingford Plains it comes to a sudden halt. Houses are built on only one side...
Camley Street Natural Park
Stand on the pavement in front of Kings Cross Station and you are surrounded by thousands of people rushing past you to catch trains at...
Bow Creek Ecology Park
Arrive at Canning Town station by a driverless train on the Docklands Light Railway and you find yourself in a massive underground bunker...
Barn Hoppett in Epping Forest
Like many of the historic places around East London, Barn Hoppett is spelt in a variety of ways on different maps. However this is the...
Ainslie Wood and Larks Wood
The Chingford area on the outer stretches of East London is getting busier and busier with blocks of flats springing up here, there and...
Well Street Common
Walk across this common and you can imagine people from the past travelling along the same paths, in the days when this part of Hackney...
Walthamstow Village
St Mary’s Church stands in the centre of the village as it has done for over nine hundred years, emerging from rural crossroads that were...
Stoke Newington Common
Visit this stretch of open space in Hackney and you find that it has been split in two by a railway line slicing through the common. This...
Stepney
St Dunstan's Church St Dunstan and All Saints Church in Stepney can be traced back to the Medieval Ages and even after all this time it...
Clapton Common
Clapton Common is a valuable green space in a very densely populated, busy and built up part of East London. It is trimmed and tidy but...
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