Pop-up Repair Café workshops to be held across the borough throughout 2024
Bromley-by-Bow Centre has teamed up with other charities in the borough to launch a programme of pop-up Repair Cafés helping
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Out & About
Places to visit, things to do and what’s on around Poplar including events, exhibitions, courses, workshops, walks, talks and nightlife.
e5 Poplar Bakehouse is a thing of quiet beauty, an artisan café without pretension
A satellite of Hackney’s e5 Bakehouse, this unassuming spot on Bartlett Park is many things rolled into one; a bakery,
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Guide dogs take over Canary Wharf in new sculpture trail
The Paws on the Wharf project aims to be inclusive but requires advance planning from visitors with sight loss. A
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The Queen’s Head pub in Limehouse reopens with big goals
‘We didn’t want it to turn into more flats’. The Queen’s Head re-opens with big ambitions to be a traditional
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Escape the Chaos of Canary Wharf at Crossrail Place Roof Garden
East meets West for a round-the-world trip of plant life at Crossrail Place Roof Garden in Canary Wharf The first
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The Gun: traditional British food in an excellent environment at this riverside pub
Historic riverside gastropub The Gun offers traditional British food and an unbeatable riverside location. Sitting down at a table on
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The best Chinese restaurants around Poplar
Everyone loves a Chinese, so here are the best Chinese restaurants around Poplar, Limehouse, and the Isle of Dogs. China
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New Beijing restaurant serves up authentic Chinese Food in Limehouse
Authentic Chinese fare, especially spicy mala xiang guo, is served up at New Beijing restaurant on East India Docks Road
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Poplar’s new “cake shop with coffee” La Chi opens in Pennyfields
With its elegant style, you’d be mistaken for thinking La Chi is more Paris than Poplar. But its secret is
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FC Brick Lane win Tower Hamlets Mayor’s Cup in thrilling football match
In an electrifying final last Sunday Football Club Brick Lane beat Vallance Football Club 1-0 to win Tower Hamlets Mayor’s
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Limehouse Basin: pockets of peace in the heart of Tower Hamlets
Discover overlooked corners of Limehouse Basin that offer rejuvenating retreats in a city that never sits still. The rain has
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Executions: Museum of London Docklands exhibition explores 700 years of public executions in London
The Museum of London Docklands’ special exhibition, Executions, tells the story of the publicly executed, the Londoners who witnessed their
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