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Shoreditch & Spitalfields
Shoreditch Street Art and Brick Lane
Murals, a flower market, Brick Lane bagels and Spitalfields.
- Distance 4.6 km · 2.9 miles
- Walking time 1 h Allow 1 h 15 min for stops
- Stops7 Shoreditch High Street to Liverpool Street
- Terrain Flat
- Step-freeCheck routeNot verified for this walk
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The route
A walk through the East End's street-art quarter: Rivington Street and Hoxton Square, Columbia Road, Brick Lane, Dennis Severs' House and Christ Church before ending at Old Spitalfields Market.
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Stops
- Start: Shoreditch High Street
- End: Liverpool Street
Distance and times come from a pedestrian route between the stops. Allow extra time for stops, and check for temporary closures.
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7 stops, in order
Each caption is a short fact; check opening times and tickets on the official site before you go.
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Stop 1 · Street
Rivington Street
A Shoreditch street that is a good place to look for street art.
290 m to the next stop
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Stop 2 · Park
Hoxton Square
Garden square in Hoxton, a short walk north of Shoreditch High Street.
990 m to the next stop
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Stop 3 · Market
Columbia Road Flower Market
Street known for its Sunday flower market.
720 m to the next stop
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Stop 4 · Bakery
Beigel Bake
Long-running bagel bakery on Brick Lane.
740 m to the next stop
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Stop 5 · Museum
Dennis Severs' House
Museum house on Folgate Street, staged as a family home from past centuries.
420 m to the next stop
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Stop 6 · Church
Christ Church Spitalfields
Hawksmoor's church on Commercial Street.
160 m to the next stop
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Stop 7 · Market
Old Spitalfields Market
Covered market with stalls, shops and food.
650 m to Liverpool Street station
Read the guide
A short note for each stop, written to be read or recorded as an audio walk. Audio is not available for this walk yet.
Introduction
Read the guide
This walk crosses Shoreditch and Spitalfields in the East End. It starts at Shoreditch High Street station. You will see Rivington Street and Hoxton Square, then Columbia Road, Brick Lane, Dennis Severs' House and Christ Church. It ends at Old Spitalfields Market, near Liverpool Street station. Street art changes often, so what you see may differ from what is described.
Stop 1: Rivington Street
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Rivington Street is where this walk looks for street art. One account says that on 31 May 2000 the artist Banksy put up twelve stencilled pieces without permission in the Rivington Street tunnel, on walls beside what is now the entrance to Cargo nightclub. Street art here gets painted over and replaced, so do not expect to find that work. Look at what is on the walls today. Next stop: Hoxton Square.
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Stop 2: Hoxton Square
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Hoxton Square was laid out in 1683 by Samuel Blewitt and Robert Hackshaw, on land leased from the Austen family. It is thought to be one of London's oldest garden squares. Most of the buildings around it are Victorian and unusually tall for that time. Since the 1990s the square has been a centre of London's arts and media scene. The White Cube gallery was on its south side from 2000 to 2012. Next stop: Columbia Road Flower Market.
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Stop 3: Columbia Road Flower Market
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Columbia Road is known for its Sunday flower market. The market began on Saturdays, then moved to Sunday by Act of Parliament, to suit local Jewish traders. It also let traders from Covent Garden and Spitalfields sell stock left over from Saturday. The shops along the road are Victorian. Nearby, Angela Burdett-Coutts opened Columbia Market in 1869, a covered food market with four hundred stalls. It closed in 1886. Next stop: Beigel Bake.
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Stop 4: Beigel Bake
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Beigel Bake is a bakery on Brick Lane in Spitalfields. It dates from 1974. It bakes beigels in the traditional Jewish style, and Wikipedia reports it makes seven thousand a day, though that figure is not confirmed by the bakery. The salt beef beigel is its best-known order. Opening times and prices change, so check before you go. Next stop: Dennis Severs' House.
Sources for this stop
Stop 5: Dennis Severs' House
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Dennis Severs' House is at eighteen Folgate Street. The house dates from around 1724. Dennis Severs bought it, run down, in 1979. He set it up as what he called a still-life drama, as if a family of Huguenot silk weavers called Jervis had just left the room. That family is fictional, said to have lived here from 1725 to 1919. The house opened to visitors after Severs died in 1999. Next stop: Christ Church Spitalfields.
Stop 6: Christ Church Spitalfields
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Christ Church Spitalfields was designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor. It was built between 1714 and 1729 and consecrated in July 1729. It was one of twelve churches built under a commission set up by Parliament in 1711 to build fifty new churches for London. Six of the twelve were by Hawksmoor. A restoration of the interior began in 2000 and was completed in 2004. Next stop: Old Spitalfields Market.
Sources for this stop
Stop 7: Old Spitalfields Market
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Old Spitalfields Market has roots in a licence from King Charles the First in 1638, which allowed sales on Spittle Fields. The Victorian market buildings date from 1885 to 1893, designed by George Campbell Sherrin for Robert Horner. In 1991 the wholesale fruit and vegetable trade moved to Leyton. The buildings were restored in a regeneration programme in 2005. The walk ends here, close to Liverpool Street station.
Sources for this stop
Written for Britlens from the sources listed under each stop. Check opening times and access on the official sites before you go.
Getting there and back
Both ends of the walk are at stations. Check live times and any planned works before you travel.
Getting back
Liverpool Street
National Rail / Tube / Overground / Elizabeth line: Weaver line, Elizabeth line
Open the journey planner- Street art is repainted often, so what you see will differ from photos. Columbia Road's flower market runs on Sundays. Opening times vary: check before you go.
- Step-free access has not been checked for this walk. Check the route and station access before you go.
- Opening times, prices and closures change: check before you visit.
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