Location: East End / East London
Top Things to do in East End / East London
Things to do in London, England: The Best Sights & Landmarks
The crown jewels, Buckingham Palace, Camden Market…in London, history collides with art, fashion, food, and good British ale. A perfect day is different for everyone: culture aficionados shouldn't miss the Tate Modern and the Royal Opera House. If you love fashion, Oxford Street has shopping galore. For foodies, cream tea at Harrod’s or crispy fish from a proper chippy offers classic London flavor. Music and book buffs will love seeing Abbey Road and the Sherlock Holmes Museum (at 221B Baker Street, of course).
Restaurants in London
1. Brick Lane
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1,809 reviews
This historic street dates back approximately 450 years, and is now a popular place for great Indian food and Sunday markets.
Reviewed By Aveyron13 - Rodez, France
Been here a few years ago, wasn't disappointed with my second visit. The place is still as vibrant as ever, the indoor food market is heaven…...make sure you do the full tour before starting to eat as there's so much variety to choose from. Many food stalls outside also, together with a converted London Cab that's a coffee stall…...not just a novelty photo opportunity, a super cup of coffee too! Try the Dutch pancake stall if you have a sweet tooth...delicious :-) Spitalfields market within walking distance on the way back to Liverpool Street, also worth a visit...
2. Cable Street Mural
3. Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 60 reviews
Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park offers everyone a breathing space in the heart of East London. This woodland cemetery is a unique place of transformation: a people's cemetery, a place for remembrance, a sanctuary for humans as well as nature, a place for festivals, field studies and forest schools. Always changing with the seasons, it is rooted in the history of the East End, a place of rich heritage that is full of possibilities and freedom for all.
Reviewed By Fordie60 - London, United Kingdom
A wonderful place to discover nature. Simply walk around or use their Heritage Trail booklet. You can even help, they have gardening or heritage volunteering days. Look on their website for organised activities for adults and children.
4. Shadwell Basin
5. Sutton House
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 91 reviews
Reviewed By paulspod - Aylesbury, United Kingdom
A 16th century house in Hackney - you're kidding right? Absolute gem of a place, with a massive back story to the initial makings of the village of Hackney. Must see and do asap.
6. Christ Church Spitalfields
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 69 reviews
Christ Church, Spitalfields is an Anglican parish church standing at a very strategic location between the City of London and the East End. Its congregations are drawn largely from those who live or work locally. The Church has a heart for social outreach and works with link charities and local organisations as well as delivering its own programmes.The iconic Grade I listed building has significant heritage credentials and draws thousands of tourists and visitors every year. Built under the Act of Parliament of 1711 which required the building of fifty new churches to serve the new populations on the fringes of London, Christ Church Spitalfields was one of only 12 actually built and architect Nicholas Hawksmoor's largest and grandest. The building was saved from demolition and has been restored through generous financial support from public and private funds. Its restoration has revealed it to be one of the outstanding monuments of English Baroque architecture and Hawksmoor's masterpiece.
7. Hackney City Farm
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 91 reviews
Reviewed By P8233NTjulieb - London, United Kingdom
I organised a workshop for a number of families for us to learn all about bees and how they make honey. Ken, the beekeeper at Hackney City Farm put together a great agenda to engage both adults and children and teach us all about the history of bee keeping, distinguishing the different types of bees in a hive, followed by a trip up to the roof of the cafe to check out the hives. Having played a bit of 'where's Wally' with various pictures down in the education room, the childen were able to identify the queen in the real hives and see a waggle dance in action. It was great to get the kids so close to the action, where they could see nectar and honey in the hive frames, as well as identifying the cell where the next queen bee was developing. The kids also got quite excited about getting to wear the full beekeeping garb. Another task was to find pollinators in action down in the farm's garden. We also had time to cover the wider farm and see the ducks and chickens who had free rein of the yard as well as goats, pigs and ponies. Highly recommend organising a group visit, there is lots of inspiration on their site in terms of the programmes they can run.
8. Execution Dock
Overall Ratings
3.5 based on 9 reviews
Reviewed By leilei00009 - London, United Kingdom
Walking to Wapping to continue on to Canary Wharf, it was disappointing at start not being able to be right next to the river but instead passing by warehouse building after warehouse building and on the cobbled streets you felt there is a lot of history buried here in the East part of London. Interested in its past I found out a bleak and grim history about executions of criminals who used to be hanged and had the river wash over the bodies three times before removed. What a grim way but even though there is not much written on the walls of these streets you can search online and find out more about it. The architecture and the surroundings tell their stories and while there are some modern structures it is part of London's and England's history. Today the atmosphere feels very much like a community and a neighbourhood, I particularly enjoy the plants outside the station in Wapping.
