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	==Cityscape==		==Cityscape==
	[[File:Bethnal Green, Pritchard's Road - geograph.org.uk - 1716991.jpg\|left\|thumb\|Pritchard's Road, towards Haggerston.]]		[[File:Bethnal Green, Pritchard's Road - geograph.org.uk - 1716991.jpg\|left\|thumb\|Pritchard's Road, towards Haggerston and Hackney.]]

	===Conservation Areas===		===Conservation Areas===

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	*[[Cheryl Baker]], singer and television presenter		*[[Cheryl Baker]], singer and television presenter
	*[[Shamima Begum]], a British-Bangladeshi woman who went to marry an ISIL member<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/feb/14/let-shamima-begum-come-back-say-bethnal-green-residents\|title=Let Shamima Begum come back, say Bethnal Green residents\|last=Mohdin\|first=Aamna\|date=14 February 2019\|work=The Guardian\|access-date=21 February 2019\|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>		*[[Shamima Begum]], a British-Bangladeshi woman who went to marry an ISIL member<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/feb/14/let-shamima-begum-come-back-say-bethnal-green-residents\|title=Let Shamima Begum come back, say Bethnal Green residents\|last=Mohdin\|first=Aamna\|date=14 February 2019\|work=The Guardian\|access-date=21 February 2019\|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
			*[[Philip Ridley]], playwright, visual artist, film director, photographer, novelist, children's novelist, lyricist, and poet. Most of his novels and stage plays are set in Bethnal Green.
	*[[Roger Crab]] (1621–1680), a promoter of [[Christian vegetarianism]], who lived as a hermit at Bethnal Green		*[[Roger Crab]] (1621–1680), a promoter of [[Christian vegetarianism]], who lived as a hermit at Bethnal Green
	*[[Pete Doherty]] and [[Carl Barât]] of the [[Libertine]]s lived and performed gigs in a flat at 112a Teesdale Street in Bethnal Green they called The Albion Rooms.<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2011-06-13\|title=The Libertines play the Albion Rooms\|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jun/14/libertines-albion-rooms\|access-date=2020-11-20\|website=The Guardian\|language=en}}</ref>		*[[Pete Doherty]] and [[Carl Barât]] of the [[Libertine]]s lived and performed gigs in a flat at 112a Teesdale Street in Bethnal Green they called The Albion Rooms.<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2011-06-13\|title=The Libertines play the Albion Rooms\|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jun/14/libertines-albion-rooms\|access-date=2020-11-20\|website=The Guardian\|language=en}}</ref>

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	There are at least eight Islamic [[mosque]]s or places of worship in Bethnal Green for the [[Muslim]] community.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.mosquedirectory.co.uk/search_mosque/mosquesearch-place.php?mosque=Tower%20hamlets&page=1&town=Bethnal%20Green/\|last=Tahire Mehmood Faruq\|title=Mosque Directory\|access-date=13 February 2016\|archive-date=23 August 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180823105702/http://www.mosquedirectory.co.uk/search_mosque/mosquesearch-place.php?mosque=Tower%20hamlets&page=1&town=Bethnal%20Green%2F\|url-status=dead}}</ref> These include the Baitul Aman Mosque and Cultural Centre,<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://baitulaman.org/live/main/services.php\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116014921/http://baitulaman.org/live/main/services.php\|url-status=dead\|title=Services of Baitul Aman Mosque\|archivedate=16 January 2009}}</ref> [[Darul Hadis Latifiah]],<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://darulhadis.org.uk/index.html \|title=Darul Hadis Latifah \|publisher=Darul Hadis Latifiah \|access-date=27 November 2011 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006142929/http://darulhadis.org.uk/index.html \|archive-date=6 October 2011 }}</ref> the Senegambian Islamic Cultural Centre and the Globe Town Mosque and Cultural Centre.		There are at least eight Islamic [[mosque]]s or places of worship in Bethnal Green for the [[Muslim]] community.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.mosquedirectory.co.uk/search_mosque/mosquesearch-place.php?mosque=Tower%20hamlets&page=1&town=Bethnal%20Green/\|last=Tahire Mehmood Faruq\|title=Mosque Directory\|access-date=13 February 2016\|archive-date=23 August 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180823105702/http://www.mosquedirectory.co.uk/search_mosque/mosquesearch-place.php?mosque=Tower%20hamlets&page=1&town=Bethnal%20Green%2F\|url-status=dead}}</ref> These include the Baitul Aman Mosque and Cultural Centre,<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://baitulaman.org/live/main/services.php\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116014921/http://baitulaman.org/live/main/services.php\|url-status=dead\|title=Services of Baitul Aman Mosque\|archivedate=16 January 2009}}</ref> [[Darul Hadis Latifiah]],<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://darulhadis.org.uk/index.html \|title=Darul Hadis Latifah \|publisher=Darul Hadis Latifiah \|access-date=27 November 2011 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006142929/http://darulhadis.org.uk/index.html \|archive-date=6 October 2011 }}</ref> the Senegambian Islamic Cultural Centre and the Globe Town Mosque and Cultural Centre.

	The [[London Buddhist Centre]] works with those affected by alcohol dependency,<ref>{{citation \| title= Buddha and the bottle \| url=http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/body_and_soul/article2234628.ece \| work= The Times \| date= 11 August 2007}}.</ref> the centre also runs courses and retreats using mindfulness based cognitive therapy approaches. Its courses for depression, based on the mindfulness-based [[cognitive behavioral therapy]] methodology of [[Jon Kabat-Zinn]] at the [[University of Massachusetts Medical School]], featured in the [[Financial Times]] in 2008.<ref name=medormed>{{citation \|title=Meditation or medication? \|work=Financial Times \|date=6 April 2008 \|url=https://www.ft.com/content/3370b3e0-01dd-11dd-a323-000077b07658 \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/3370b3e0-01dd-11dd-a323-000077b07658 \|archive-date=10 December 2022 \|url-status=live\|url-access=subscription}}</ref> It is the focus of a large Buddhist residential and business community in the area.<ref name=medormed/>		The [[London Buddhist Centre]] works with those affected by alcohol dependency,<ref>{{citation \| title= Buddha and the bottle \| url=http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/body_and_soul/article2234628.ece \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080719034220/http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/body_and_soul/article2234628.ece \| url-status=dead \| archive-date=19 July 2008 \| work= The Times \| date= 11 August 2007}}.</ref> the centre also runs courses and retreats using mindfulness based cognitive therapy approaches. Its courses for depression, based on the mindfulness-based [[cognitive behavioral therapy]] methodology of [[Jon Kabat-Zinn]] at the [[University of Massachusetts Medical School]], featured in the [[Financial Times]] in 2008.<ref name=medormed>{{citation \|title=Meditation or medication? \|work=Financial Times \|date=6 April 2008 \|url=https://www.ft.com/content/3370b3e0-01dd-11dd-a323-000077b07658 \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/3370b3e0-01dd-11dd-a323-000077b07658 \|archive-date=10 December 2022 \|url-status=live\|url-access=subscription}}</ref> It is the focus of a large Buddhist residential and business community in the area.<ref name=medormed/>

	In the Boundary Estate, Arnold Circus is a mark point on several [[ley line]] alignments, such as for example the [[Alfred Watkins]]' "Strand Ley"<ref>[[Alfred Watkins]] ''[[The Old Straight Track]]'' (Abacus, 1994) {{ISBN\|0-349-13707-2}}</ref> and "The Coronation Line".<ref>Chris Street ''Earthstars: The Visionary Landscape'' (Hermitage Publishing, 2001) {{ISBN\|0-9515967-1-3}}</ref>		In the Boundary Estate, Arnold Circus is a mark point on several [[ley line]] alignments, such as for example the [[Alfred Watkins]]' "Strand Ley"<ref>[[Alfred Watkins]] ''[[The Old Straight Track]]'' (Abacus, 1994) {{ISBN\|0-349-13707-2}}</ref> and "The Coronation Line".<ref>Chris Street ''Earthstars: The Visionary Landscape'' (Hermitage Publishing, 2001) {{ISBN\|0-9515967-1-3}}</ref>

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Religion and mysticism

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	* Jewish: 82 (0.42%)		* Jewish: 82 (0.42%)
	* Other: 106 (0.54%)		* Other: 106 (0.54%)

	* No religion: 6,052 (30.76%)		* No religion: 6,052 (30.76%)

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	==Religion and mysticism==		==Religion and mysticism==

	Bethnal Green's residents are around 50 per cent Muslim and 34 per cent Christian.<ref>{{cite web \|author=Neighbourhood Statistics \|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadAreaSearch.do?a=7&r=1&i=1001&m=0&s=1220877887755&enc=1&areaSearchText=Bethnal+Green&areaSearchType=14&extendedList=false&searchAreas= \|title=ONS \|publisher=Neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk \|access-date=27 November 2011 \|archive-date=11 May 2012 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120511151305/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadAreaSearch.do?a=7&r=1&i=1001&m=0&s=1220877887755&enc=1&areaSearchText=Bethnal+Green&areaSearchType=14&extendedList=false&searchAreas= \|url-status=dead }}</ref>
			In 2021 the religions of Bethnal Green's residents were estimated at:<ref>{{cite web \| title=Bethnal Green (Ward, United Kingdom) \| website=Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location \| date=8 April 2023\| url=http://citypopulation.de/en/uk/london/wards/tower_hamlets/E05009317__bethnal_green/ }}</ref>
			* Christian: 4,394 (22.33)
			* Muslim: 8,418 (42.78%)
			* Hindu: 309 (1.57%)
			* Sikh: 85 (0.43%)
			* Buddhist: 230 (1.17%)
			* Jewish: 82 (0.42%)
			* Other: 106 (0.54%)

			* No religion: 6,052 (30.76%)

	There are many historic churches in Bethnal Green. Notable Church of England churches include St John on Bethnal Green,<ref>{{cite web \| url=http://www.stjohnonbethalgreen.org/ \| title=St John on Bethnal Green \| access-date=12 August 2012 \| url-status=dead \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120726071006/http://www.stjohnonbethalgreen.org/ \| archive-date=26 July 2012 \| df=dmy-all }}</ref> which was built from 1826 to 1828 by the architect [[John Soane]], [[St Matthew, Bethnal Green\|St Matthew]] – built by [[George Dance the Elder]] in 1746. St Matthew is the mother church of Bethnal Green; the church's opening coincided with a vast population increase in the former village of [[Stepney]], resulting in the need to separate the area around Bethnal Green from the mother Parish of [[St Dunstan's, Stepney]]. All but the bell tower, still standing today, was destroyed by fire and the church again suffered devastating damage during the bombing campaigns of the Second World War, resulting in the installation of a temporary church within the bombed-out building. St. Matthew's remains a major beacon of the local [[East End of London\|East End]] community and is frequented on Sundays and other religious occasions by a mixture of established locals and more recent migrants to the area.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.st-matthews.co.uk \|last=St Matthew's \|title=St Matthews \|access-date=1 June 2019}}</ref> Other churches include [[St Peter's Bethnal Green\|St Peter's]] (1841) and [[St James-the-Less, Bethnal Green\|St James-the-Less]] (1842), both by [[Lewis Vulliamy]], [[St James the Great]] by [[Edward Blore]] (1843) and [[St Bartholomew]] by [[William Railton]] (1844). The church attendance in Bethnal Green was 1 in 8 people since 1900 (only [[Religion in UK#Statistics\|10% attend regularly in the UK]]). [[Baptism]]s, [[marriage]]s and [[burial]]s have been deposited nearly at all churches in Bethnal Green.{{clarify\|date=January 2015}}<ref>{{cite journal\|author=Susan Gane \|url=http://www.dickens-and-london.com/BGChurches.htm \|title=Bethnal Green Churches \|journal=London Society Journal \|date=Summer 2007 \|number=453 \|access-date=27 November 2011 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004101846/http://www.dickens-and-london.com/BGChurches.htm \|archive-date=4 October 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.eolfhs.org.uk/parish/bethnal_green.htm\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090819071453/http://www.eolfhs.org.uk/parish/bethnal_green.htm\|url-status=dead\|title=EoLFHS Parishes: Bethnal Green\|archivedate=19 August 2009}}</ref>		There are many historic churches in Bethnal Green. Notable Church of England churches include St John on Bethnal Green,<ref>{{cite web \| url=http://www.stjohnonbethalgreen.org/ \| title=St John on Bethnal Green \| access-date=12 August 2012 \| url-status=dead \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120726071006/http://www.stjohnonbethalgreen.org/ \| archive-date=26 July 2012 \| df=dmy-all }}</ref> which was built from 1826 to 1828 by the architect [[John Soane]], [[St Matthew, Bethnal Green\|St Matthew]] – built by [[George Dance the Elder]] in 1746. St Matthew is the mother church of Bethnal Green; the church's opening coincided with a vast population increase in the former village of [[Stepney]], resulting in the need to separate the area around Bethnal Green from the mother Parish of [[St Dunstan's, Stepney]]. All but the bell tower, still standing today, was destroyed by fire and the church again suffered devastating damage during the bombing campaigns of the Second World War, resulting in the installation of a temporary church within the bombed-out building. St. Matthew's remains a major beacon of the local [[East End of London\|East End]] community and is frequented on Sundays and other religious occasions by a mixture of established locals and more recent migrants to the area.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.st-matthews.co.uk \|last=St Matthew's \|title=St Matthews \|access-date=1 June 2019}}</ref> Other churches include [[St Peter's Bethnal Green\|St Peter's]] (1841) and [[St James-the-Less, Bethnal Green\|St James-the-Less]] (1842), both by [[Lewis Vulliamy]], [[St James the Great]] by [[Edward Blore]] (1843) and [[St Bartholomew]] by [[William Railton]] (1844). The church attendance in Bethnal Green was 1 in 8 people since 1900 (only [[Religion in UK#Statistics\|10% attend regularly in the UK]]). [[Baptism]]s, [[marriage]]s and [[burial]]s have been deposited nearly at all churches in Bethnal Green.{{clarify\|date=January 2015}}<ref>{{cite journal\|author=Susan Gane \|url=http://www.dickens-and-london.com/BGChurches.htm \|title=Bethnal Green Churches \|journal=London Society Journal \|date=Summer 2007 \|number=453 \|access-date=27 November 2011 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004101846/http://www.dickens-and-london.com/BGChurches.htm \|archive-date=4 October 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.eolfhs.org.uk/parish/bethnal_green.htm\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090819071453/http://www.eolfhs.org.uk/parish/bethnal_green.htm\|url-status=dead\|title=EoLFHS Parishes: Bethnal Green\|archivedate=19 August 2009}}</ref>

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	The area of Bethnal Green covers roughly three wards of Tower Hamlets; Bethnal Green<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/Documents/Borough_statistics/Ward_profiles/Bethnal_Green.pdf \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190827170741/https://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/Documents/Borough_statistics/Ward_profiles/Bethnal_Green.pdf \|archive-date=2019-08-27 \|url-status=live\|title=Bethnal Green Ward Profile\|website=towerhamlets.gov.uk}}</ref> represented by Councillors Mohammed Ahbab Hossain, Sirajul Islam (who is Statutory Deputy Mayor for Housing under [[Mayor of Tower Hamlets]] and Eve McQuillan; St Peter's (which takes its name from the ecclesiastical parish of the same name<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/Documents/Borough_statistics/Ward_profiles/St-Peters-FINAL-10062014.pdf \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190827170737/https://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/Documents/Borough_statistics/Ward_profiles/St-Peters-FINAL-10062014.pdf \|archive-date=2019-08-27 \|url-status=live\|title=St Peter's Ward Profile\|website=towerhamlets.gov.uk}}</ref>) represented by Councillors Kevin Brady, Tarik Khan and Gabriella Salva-Macallan; and Weaver's represented by Councillors John Pierce and Abdul Mukit<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2021-03-20\|title=Your Councillors\|url=https://democracy.towerhamlets.gov.uk/mgMemberIndex.aspx?FN=WARD&VW=LIST&PIC=0\|access-date=2021-03-20\|website=democracy.towerhamlets.gov.uk\|language=en}}</ref> All local councillors are currently members of the [[Labour Party (UK)\|Labour Party]].<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2021-03-20\|title=Your Councillors\|url=https://democracy.towerhamlets.gov.uk/mgMemberIndex.aspx?bcr=1\|access-date=2021-03-20\|website=democracy.towerhamlets.gov.uk\|language=en}}</ref>		The area of Bethnal Green covers roughly three wards of Tower Hamlets; Bethnal Green<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/Documents/Borough_statistics/Ward_profiles/Bethnal_Green.pdf \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190827170741/https://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/Documents/Borough_statistics/Ward_profiles/Bethnal_Green.pdf \|archive-date=2019-08-27 \|url-status=live\|title=Bethnal Green Ward Profile\|website=towerhamlets.gov.uk}}</ref> represented by Councillors Mohammed Ahbab Hossain, Sirajul Islam (who is Statutory Deputy Mayor for Housing under [[Mayor of Tower Hamlets]] and Eve McQuillan; St Peter's (which takes its name from the ecclesiastical parish of the same name<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/Documents/Borough_statistics/Ward_profiles/St-Peters-FINAL-10062014.pdf \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190827170737/https://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/Documents/Borough_statistics/Ward_profiles/St-Peters-FINAL-10062014.pdf \|archive-date=2019-08-27 \|url-status=live\|title=St Peter's Ward Profile\|website=towerhamlets.gov.uk}}</ref>) represented by Councillors Kevin Brady, Tarik Khan and Gabriella Salva-Macallan; and Weaver's represented by Councillors John Pierce and Abdul Mukit<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2021-03-20\|title=Your Councillors\|url=https://democracy.towerhamlets.gov.uk/mgMemberIndex.aspx?FN=WARD&VW=LIST&PIC=0\|access-date=2021-03-20\|website=democracy.towerhamlets.gov.uk\|language=en}}</ref> All local councillors are currently members of the [[Labour Party (UK)\|Labour Party]].<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2021-03-20\|title=Your Councillors\|url=https://democracy.towerhamlets.gov.uk/mgMemberIndex.aspx?bcr=1\|access-date=2021-03-20\|website=democracy.towerhamlets.gov.uk\|language=en}}</ref>

	Between 1986 and 1992, the name ''Bethnal Green'' was applied to one of seven neighbourhoods to which power was devolved from the council~~. This resulted in replacement of much of the street signage in the area that remains in place~~.<ref name=maps>[http://www.election.demon.co.uk/thbc/thbcmap.html Tower Hamlets Borough Council Election Maps 1964–2002] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061004072317/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/thbc/thbcmap.html \|date=4 October 2006 }} accessed 14 April 2007.</ref>		Between 1986 and 1992, the name ''Bethnal Green'' was applied to one of seven neighbourhoods to which power was devolved from the council.<ref name=maps>[http://www.election.demon.co.uk/thbc/thbcmap.html Tower Hamlets Borough Council Election Maps 1964–2002] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061004072317/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/thbc/thbcmap.html \|date=4 October 2006 }} accessed 14 April 2007.</ref> Much of the street signage in the area was replaced to reflect this.

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Bethnal Green tube disaster

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	On 3 March 1943, the [[air raid siren\|air-raid]] [[civil defence siren]] sounded at 8:17 pm, causing a flow of people down the narrow staircase, with no handrail, of the uncompleted [[Bethnal Green tube station]], wet from rain and only dimly lit due to blackout precautions, to shelter from bombs. (The station had been requisitioned in 1940 by the [[Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green]] under the supervision of the Regional Commissioners.) A [[crowd crush]] ensued, thought to have been triggered by a woman carrying a baby tripping on the stairs. A new anti-aircraft rocket being test-fired in nearby Victoria Park caused panic, being thought to be a German weapon.<ref name=thorpe>{{cite news\| last=Thorpe \| first=Vanessa \| title='Not many people know what happened': covered up London Blitz tragedy is inspiration for Steve McQueen's new film \|newspaper=The Observer\| date=15 September 2024 \| url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/sep/15/not-many-people-know-what-happened-covered-up-london-blitz-tragedy-is-inspiration-for-steve-mcqueens-new-film}}</ref> The panic began at 8:27.		On 3 March 1943, the [[air raid siren\|air-raid]] [[civil defence siren]] sounded at 8:17 pm, causing a flow of people down the narrow staircase, with no handrail, of the uncompleted [[Bethnal Green tube station]], wet from rain and only dimly lit due to blackout precautions, to shelter from bombs. (The station had been requisitioned in 1940 by the [[Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green]] under the supervision of the Regional Commissioners.) A [[crowd crush]] ensued, thought to have been triggered by a woman carrying a baby tripping on the stairs. A new anti-aircraft rocket being test-fired in nearby Victoria Park caused panic, being thought to be a German weapon.<ref name=thorpe>{{cite news\| last=Thorpe \| first=Vanessa \| title='Not many people know what happened': covered up London Blitz tragedy is inspiration for Steve McQueen's new film \|newspaper=The Observer\| date=15 September 2024 \| url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/sep/15/not-many-people-know-what-happened-covered-up-london-blitz-tragedy-is-inspiration-for-steve-mcqueens-new-film}}</ref> The panic began at 8:27.

	In the wet, dark conditions, a woman tripped on the crowded stairs, causing many others to fall. Within a few seconds 300 people were crushed in the narrow stairwell, causing the deaths of 173 people, mostly women and children, who were crushed and asphyxiated. A report was filed by Eric Linden, who witnessed the incident, with the ''[[Daily Mail]]'', but not published. Very little information was provided at the time.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/09/a795909.shtml\|author=Simon B\|title=The Bethnal Green tube shelter disaster\|publisher=BBC\|date=29 July 2002\|access-date=20 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.skibbereeneagle.ie/london-wunderground/bethnal-green-tube-disaster\|newspaper=Skibbereen Eagle\|title=Bethnal Green tube disaster\|location=Skibbereen, Co. Cork\|date=16 February 2010\|archive-date=20 June 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190620130925/http://www.skibbereeneagle.ie/london-wunderground/bethnal-green-tube-disaster/\|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://alondoninheritance.com/thebombedcity/bethnal-greens-ordeal-and-the-underground-shelter-disaster\|last=A London Inheritance\|title=Bethnal Green's Ordeal\|date=6 May 2018\|access-date=20 June 2019}}</ref> The outcome of a government inquiry was not made public until 1946 to avoid a propaganda win for the enemy and to protect public morale.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/homefront/bombing/bethnal/source1.htm\|last=National Archives\|title=Why did the Bethnal Green tube shelter disaster happen?\|access-date=20 June 2019}}</ref><ref name=thorpe/> It was the largest loss of life in a single incident on the London Underground network.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://northshields173.org \|last1=Bolger \|first1=Peter \|last2=Hepplewhite \|first2=Peter \|title=Lemonade factory air raid disaster 1941 \|website=North Shields 173 \|date=2019 \|access-date=2 June 2019}}</ref>		In the wet, dark conditions, a woman tripped on the crowded stairs, causing many others to fall. Within a few seconds 300 people were crushed in the narrow stairwell, causing the deaths of 173 people, mostly women and 62 children, who were crushed and asphyxiated. A report was filed by Eric Linden, who witnessed the incident, with the ''[[Daily Mail]]'', but not published. Very little information was provided at the time.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/09/a795909.shtml\|author=Simon B\|title=The Bethnal Green tube shelter disaster\|publisher=BBC\|date=29 July 2002\|access-date=20 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.skibbereeneagle.ie/london-wunderground/bethnal-green-tube-disaster\|newspaper=Skibbereen Eagle\|title=Bethnal Green tube disaster\|location=Skibbereen, Co. Cork\|date=16 February 2010\|archive-date=20 June 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190620130925/http://www.skibbereeneagle.ie/london-wunderground/bethnal-green-tube-disaster/\|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://alondoninheritance.com/thebombedcity/bethnal-greens-ordeal-and-the-underground-shelter-disaster\|last=A London Inheritance\|title=Bethnal Green's Ordeal\|date=6 May 2018\|access-date=20 June 2019}}</ref> The outcome of a government inquiry was not made public until 1946 to avoid a propaganda win for the enemy and to protect public morale.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/homefront/bombing/bethnal/source1.htm\|last=National Archives\|title=Why did the Bethnal Green tube shelter disaster happen?\|access-date=20 June 2019}}</ref><ref name=thorpe/> It was the largest loss of life in a single incident on the London Underground network.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://northshields173.org \|last1=Bolger \|first1=Peter \|last2=Hepplewhite \|first2=Peter \|title=Lemonade factory air raid disaster 1941 \|website=North Shields 173 \|date=2019 \|access-date=2 June 2019}}</ref>

			Director [[Steve McQueen (director)\|Steve McQueen]] made a 2024 film, ''Blitz'', about the wartime bombing of London ([[the Blitz]]), depicting and partly inspired by this event.<ref name=thorpe/>

	===Post-war===		===Post-war===

Pol098: /* Bethnal Green tube disaster */ more from source

2024-09-15T18:52:55Z

Bethnal Green tube disaster: more from source

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	[[File:Bethnal Green stn memorial plaque.JPG\|thumb\|right\|Plaque to the 1943 disaster]]		[[File:Bethnal Green stn memorial plaque.JPG\|thumb\|right\|Plaque to the 1943 disaster]]

	On 3 March 1943, the [[air raid siren\|air-raid]] [[civil defence siren]] sounded at 8:17 pm, causing a flow of people down the staircase, wet from rain and only dimly lit due to blackout precautions, ~~into~~ ~~the~~ ~~uncompleted~~ ~~[[Bethnal Green tube station]]~~. (The station had been requisitioned in 1940 by the [[Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green]] under the supervision of the Regional Commissioners.) ~~The~~ ~~panic~~ ~~itself~~ ~~began~~ at ~~8:27~~ ~~coinciding~~ ~~with~~ ~~the~~ ~~sound~~ of an ~~[[anti-aircraft]]~~ ~~[[Artillery~~ ~~battery\|battery]]~~ ~~(possibly~~ the ~~recently~~ ~~installed~~ ~~[[Z~~ ~~Battery]])~~ being fired at nearby [[Victoria Park, ~~East~~ ~~London\|Victoria~~ ~~Park]]~~. In ~~the~~ ~~wet,~~ ~~dark~~ ~~conditions,~~ ~~the~~ ~~crowd~~ ~~was~~ ~~surging~~ ~~forward~~ ~~towards~~ the ~~shelter~~ ~~when~~ a woman tripped on the stairs, causing many others to fall. Within a few seconds 300 people were crushed ~~into~~ the ~~tiny~~ stairwell, ~~resulting in~~ the deaths of 173 people ~~(most of whom were~~ women and children) who were crushed and asphyxiated. ~~Although a~~ report was filed by Eric Linden with the ''[[Daily Mail]]'', ~~who~~ ~~witnessed the incident, the report was never~~ published. Very little information was provided at the time.<ref>{{cite ~~web~~\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/09/a795909.shtml\|~~last~~=Simon B\|title=The Bethnal Green tube shelter disaster\|~~website~~=BBC\|date=29 July 2002\|access-date=20 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.skibbereeneagle.ie/london-wunderground/bethnal-green-tube-disaster\|~~last~~=Skibbereen Eagle\|title=Bethnal Green tube disaster~~\|newspaper=Southern Star~~\|location=Skibbereen, Co. Cork\|~~access-~~date=20 ~~June~~ ~~2019~~\|archive-date=20 June 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190620130925/http://www.skibbereeneagle.ie/london-wunderground/bethnal-green-tube-disaster/\|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://alondoninheritance.com/thebombedcity/bethnal-greens-ordeal-and-the-underground-shelter-disaster\|last=A London Inheritance\|title=Bethnal Green's Ordeal\|date=6 May 2018\|access-date=20 June 2019}}</ref> The ~~results~~ of ~~the~~ ~~official~~ ~~investigation~~ ~~were~~ not ~~released~~ until 1946.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/homefront/bombing/bethnal/source1.htm\|last=National Archives\|title=Why did the Bethnal Green tube shelter disaster happen?\|access-date=20 June 2019}}</ref> It was the largest loss of life in a single incident on the London Underground network.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://northshields173.org \|last1=Bolger \|first1=Peter \|last2=Hepplewhite \|first2=Peter \|title=Lemonade factory air raid disaster 1941 \|website=North Shields 173 \|date=2019 \|access-date=2 June 2019}}</ref>		On 3 March 1943, the [[air raid siren\|air-raid]] [[civil defence siren]] sounded at 8:17 pm, causing a flow of people down the narrow staircase, with no handrail, of the uncompleted [[Bethnal Green tube station]], wet from rain and only dimly lit due to blackout precautions, to shelter from bombs. (The station had been requisitioned in 1940 by the [[Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green]] under the supervision of the Regional Commissioners.) A [[crowd crush]] ensued, thought to have been triggered by a woman carrying a baby tripping on the stairs. A new anti-aircraft rocket being test-fired in nearby Victoria Park caused panic, being thought to be a German weapon.<ref name=thorpe>{{cite news\| last=Thorpe \| first=Vanessa \| title='Not many people know what happened': covered up London Blitz tragedy is inspiration for Steve McQueen's new film \|newspaper=The Observer\| date=15 September 2024 \| url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/sep/15/not-many-people-know-what-happened-covered-up-london-blitz-tragedy-is-inspiration-for-steve-mcqueens-new-film}}</ref> The panic began at 8:27.

			In the wet, dark conditions, a woman tripped on the crowded stairs, causing many others to fall. Within a few seconds 300 people were crushed in the narrow stairwell, causing the deaths of 173 people, mostly women and children, who were crushed and asphyxiated. A report was filed by Eric Linden, who witnessed the incident, with the ''[[Daily Mail]]'', but not published. Very little information was provided at the time.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/09/a795909.shtml\|author=Simon B\|title=The Bethnal Green tube shelter disaster\|publisher=BBC\|date=29 July 2002\|access-date=20 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.skibbereeneagle.ie/london-wunderground/bethnal-green-tube-disaster\|newspaper=Skibbereen Eagle\|title=Bethnal Green tube disaster\|location=Skibbereen, Co. Cork\|date=16 February 2010\|archive-date=20 June 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190620130925/http://www.skibbereeneagle.ie/london-wunderground/bethnal-green-tube-disaster/\|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://alondoninheritance.com/thebombedcity/bethnal-greens-ordeal-and-the-underground-shelter-disaster\|last=A London Inheritance\|title=Bethnal Green's Ordeal\|date=6 May 2018\|access-date=20 June 2019}}</ref> The outcome of a government inquiry was not made public until 1946 to avoid a propaganda win for the enemy and to protect public morale.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/homefront/bombing/bethnal/source1.htm\|last=National Archives\|title=Why did the Bethnal Green tube shelter disaster happen?\|access-date=20 June 2019}}</ref><ref name=thorpe/> It was the largest loss of life in a single incident on the London Underground network.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://northshields173.org \|last1=Bolger \|first1=Peter \|last2=Hepplewhite \|first2=Peter \|title=Lemonade factory air raid disaster 1941 \|website=North Shields 173 \|date=2019 \|access-date=2 June 2019}}</ref>

	===Post-war===		===Post-war===

Jprg1966: /* Employment and gentrification */

2024-07-28T15:36:23Z

Employment and gentrification

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	Early in 2018 Frank Wang, who had sold coffee to commuters from his van at the northern exit of Bethnal Green underground station lost his business when the electricity supply from the station was cut off as a result of the nearby site of a disused public lavatory behind his stall being converted into a beach bar called Chiringuito.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-london-46493727/keep-frank-s-bethnal-green-coffee-stand-open\|title='Keep Frank's coffee stand open'\|work=BBC News}}</ref> Tower Hamlets Mayor [[John Biggs (London politician)\|John Biggs]], one of Frank's long-standing customers came out in support along with the local community, the Chinese community and commuters who protested.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/news/politics/protest-to-london-underground-to-save-frank-wang-s-coffee-stall-1-5643356\|title=Protest frothing up to save Frank Wang's coffee stall outside Bethnal Green tube station\|first=Mike\|last=Brooke\|website=East London Advertiser\|date=8 August 2018}}</ref>		Early in 2018 Frank Wang, who had sold coffee to commuters from his van at the northern exit of Bethnal Green underground station lost his business when the electricity supply from the station was cut off as a result of the nearby site of a disused public lavatory behind his stall being converted into a beach bar called Chiringuito.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-london-46493727/keep-frank-s-bethnal-green-coffee-stand-open\|title='Keep Frank's coffee stand open'\|work=BBC News}}</ref> Tower Hamlets Mayor [[John Biggs (London politician)\|John Biggs]], one of Frank's long-standing customers came out in support along with the local community, the Chinese community and commuters who protested.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/news/politics/protest-to-london-underground-to-save-frank-wang-s-coffee-stall-1-5643356\|title=Protest frothing up to save Frank Wang's coffee stall outside Bethnal Green tube station\|first=Mike\|last=Brooke\|website=East London Advertiser\|date=8 August 2018}}</ref>

	Formerly part of the estate of [[Truman's Brewery]], now a free house,<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://pubshistory.com/LondonPubs/BethnalGreen/HareCambridge.shtml\|last=Pub History\|title=Hare, 505 Cambridge Heath Road, Bethnal Green E2\|date=24 May 2019\|access-date=21 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://whatpub.com/pubs/ELC/14346/hare-bethnal-green\|title=Hare, Bethnal Green\|website=whatpub.com}}</ref> ~~The~~ Hare was cited as the epitome of a 'good, honest pub' by the Evening Standard and was listed as one of the 50 best pubs in London in 2019.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/bars/the-50-best-pubs-in-london-a4007216.html\|title=The 50 best pubs in London\|date=11 January 2019\|website=Evening Standard}}</ref> During the May bank holiday, the redeveloped railway arches off Cambridge Heath Road into an eating and drinking quarter opened.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=The Arches is Bethnal's Green's newest eating and drinking quarter\|url=https://www.hot-dinners.com/201905078340/Gastroblog/Latest-news/the-arches-malcolm-place-bethnal-green\|access-date=2020-08-27\|website=Hot Dinners\|date=7 May 2019 \|language=en-GB}}</ref> Tower Hamlets Council had turned down plans for the Cambridge Heath Road development because of concerns over its affordable housing mix and design quality.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Dunton 2019-05-24T05:00:00+01:00\|first=Jim\|title=189-home scheme rejected over affordable housing quota\|url=https://www.housingtoday.co.uk/news/189-home-scheme-rejected-over-affordable-housing-quota/5099657.article\|access-date=2020-08-27\|website=Housing Today\|language=en}}</ref> The Better Streets for Tower Hamlets had turned the car park spot in Bethnal Green Road into a mini park for a day to draw people's attention to the need for more healthier public spaces.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=King\|first=Jon\|title=Campaigners turn Bethnal Green Road parking bay into 'parklet' in streets protest\|url=https://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/news/environment/bethnal-green-road-street-protest-1-6060595\|access-date=2020-08-27\|website=East London Advertiser\|date=20 May 2019\|language=en}}</ref>		Formerly part of the estate of [[Truman's Brewery]], now a free house,<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://pubshistory.com/LondonPubs/BethnalGreen/HareCambridge.shtml\|last=Pub History\|title=Hare, 505 Cambridge Heath Road, Bethnal Green E2\|date=24 May 2019\|access-date=21 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://whatpub.com/pubs/ELC/14346/hare-bethnal-green\|title=Hare, Bethnal Green\|website=whatpub.com}}</ref> the Hare was cited as the epitome of a 'good, honest pub' by the ''Evening Standard'' and was listed as one of the 50 best pubs in London in 2019.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/bars/the-50-best-pubs-in-london-a4007216.html\|title=The 50 best pubs in London\|date=11 January 2019\|website=Evening Standard}}</ref> During the May bank holiday, the redeveloped railway arches off Cambridge Heath Road into an eating and drinking quarter opened.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=The Arches is Bethnal's Green's newest eating and drinking quarter\|url=https://www.hot-dinners.com/201905078340/Gastroblog/Latest-news/the-arches-malcolm-place-bethnal-green\|access-date=2020-08-27\|website=Hot Dinners\|date=7 May 2019 \|language=en-GB}}</ref> Tower Hamlets Council had turned down plans for the Cambridge Heath Road development because of concerns over its affordable housing mix and design quality.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Dunton 2019-05-24T05:00:00+01:00\|first=Jim\|title=189-home scheme rejected over affordable housing quota\|url=https://www.housingtoday.co.uk/news/189-home-scheme-rejected-over-affordable-housing-quota/5099657.article\|access-date=2020-08-27\|website=Housing Today\|language=en}}</ref> The Better Streets for Tower Hamlets had turned the car park spot in Bethnal Green Road into a mini park for a day to draw people's attention to the need for more healthier public spaces.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=King\|first=Jon\|title=Campaigners turn Bethnal Green Road parking bay into 'parklet' in streets protest\|url=https://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/news/environment/bethnal-green-road-street-protest-1-6060595\|access-date=2020-08-27\|website=East London Advertiser\|date=20 May 2019\|language=en}}</ref>

	In 2018 Sainsbury's opened what it claims was the country's first meat-free butchers, in the form of a traditional style butchers which was open for three days from Friday 21 June to mark World Meat Free Week, where it offered customers an array of cuts and joints derived from plant-based alternatives, such as mushroom, jackfruit and pea protein.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Mannering2019-06-24T11:12:00+01:00\|first=Robin\|title=Sainsbury's reacts to customer trends with 'UK's first' meat-free butchers\|url=https://www.conveniencestore.co.uk/news/sainsburys-reacts-to-customer-trends-with-uks-first-meat-free-butchers/594732.article\|access-date=2020-08-27\|website=Convenience Store\|language=en}}</ref> During the 2019 redecorating of the Carpenters Arms on [[Cheshire Street]], an old safe was found in the cellar when a wall was torn down. It is thought it was boarded up before the immediately previous owners has acquired the pub.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Morris\|first=Deborah\|date=2019-01-15\|title=Pub once owned by Kray twins has a safe inside which hasn't been opened\|url=https://www.mylondon.news/whats-on/food-drink-news/bethnal-green-pub-once-owned-15676656\|access-date=2020-08-27\|website=MyLondon}}</ref>		In 2018 Sainsbury's opened what it claims was the country's first meat-free butchers, in the form of a traditional style butchers which was open for three days from Friday 21 June to mark World Meat Free Week, where it offered customers an array of cuts and joints derived from plant-based alternatives, such as mushroom, jackfruit and pea protein.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Mannering2019-06-24T11:12:00+01:00\|first=Robin\|title=Sainsbury's reacts to customer trends with 'UK's first' meat-free butchers\|url=https://www.conveniencestore.co.uk/news/sainsburys-reacts-to-customer-trends-with-uks-first-meat-free-butchers/594732.article\|access-date=2020-08-27\|website=Convenience Store\|language=en}}</ref> During the 2019 redecorating of the Carpenters Arms on [[Cheshire Street]], an old safe was found in the cellar when a wall was torn down. It is thought it was boarded up before the immediately previous owners has acquired the pub.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Morris\|first=Deborah\|date=2019-01-15\|title=Pub once owned by Kray twins has a safe inside which hasn't been opened\|url=https://www.mylondon.news/whats-on/food-drink-news/bethnal-green-pub-once-owned-15676656\|access-date=2020-08-27\|website=MyLondon}}</ref>

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	There are at least eight Islamic [[mosque]]s or places of worship in Bethnal Green for the [[Muslim]] community.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.mosquedirectory.co.uk/search_mosque/mosquesearch-place.php?mosque=Tower%20hamlets&page=1&town=Bethnal%20Green/\|last=Tahire Mehmood Faruq\|title=Mosque Directory\|access-date=13 February 2016\|archive-date=23 August 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180823105702/http://www.mosquedirectory.co.uk/search_mosque/mosquesearch-place.php?mosque=Tower%20hamlets&page=1&town=Bethnal%20Green%2F\|url-status=dead}}</ref> These include the Baitul Aman Mosque and Cultural Centre,<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://baitulaman.org/live/main/services.php\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116014921/http://baitulaman.org/live/main/services.php\|url-status=dead\|title=Services of Baitul Aman Mosque\|archivedate=16 January 2009}}</ref> [[Darul Hadis Latifiah]],<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://darulhadis.org.uk/index.html \|title=Darul Hadis Latifah \|publisher=Darul Hadis Latifiah \|access-date=27 November 2011 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006142929/http://darulhadis.org.uk/index.html \|archive-date=6 October 2011 }}</ref> the Senegambian Islamic Cultural Centre and the Globe Town Mosque and Cultural Centre.		There are at least eight Islamic [[mosque]]s or places of worship in Bethnal Green for the [[Muslim]] community.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.mosquedirectory.co.uk/search_mosque/mosquesearch-place.php?mosque=Tower%20hamlets&page=1&town=Bethnal%20Green/\|last=Tahire Mehmood Faruq\|title=Mosque Directory\|access-date=13 February 2016\|archive-date=23 August 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180823105702/http://www.mosquedirectory.co.uk/search_mosque/mosquesearch-place.php?mosque=Tower%20hamlets&page=1&town=Bethnal%20Green%2F\|url-status=dead}}</ref> These include the Baitul Aman Mosque and Cultural Centre,<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://baitulaman.org/live/main/services.php\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116014921/http://baitulaman.org/live/main/services.php\|url-status=dead\|title=Services of Baitul Aman Mosque\|archivedate=16 January 2009}}</ref> [[Darul Hadis Latifiah]],<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://darulhadis.org.uk/index.html \|title=Darul Hadis Latifah \|publisher=Darul Hadis Latifiah \|access-date=27 November 2011 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006142929/http://darulhadis.org.uk/index.html \|archive-date=6 October 2011 }}</ref> the Senegambian Islamic Cultural Centre and the Globe Town Mosque and Cultural Centre.

	The [[London Buddhist Centre]] works with those affected by alcohol dependency,<ref>{{citation \| title= Buddha and the bottle \| url=http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/body_and_soul/article2234628.ece \| work= The Times \| date= 11 August 2007}}.</ref> the centre also runs courses and retreats using mindfulness based cognitive therapy approaches. Its courses for depression, based on the mindfulness-based [[cognitive behavioral therapy]] methodology of [[Jon Kabat-Zinn]] at the [[University of Massachusetts Medical School]], featured in the [[Financial Times]] in 2008.<ref name=medormed>{{citation \|title=Meditation or medication? \|work=Financial Times \|date=6 April 2008 \|url=https://www.ft.com/content/3370b3e0-01dd-11dd-a323-000077b07658 \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/3370b3e0-01dd-11dd-a323-000077b07658 \|archive-date=10 December 2022 \|url-status=live\|url-access=subscription}}</ref> It is the focus of a large Buddhist residential and business community in the area.<ref name=medormed/>		The [[London Buddhist Centre]] works with those affected by alcohol dependency,<ref>{{citation \| title= Buddha and the bottle \| url=http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/body_and_soul/article2234628.ece \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080719034220/http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/body_and_soul/article2234628.ece \| url-status=dead \| archive-date=19 July 2008 \| work= The Times \| date= 11 August 2007}}.</ref> the centre also runs courses and retreats using mindfulness based cognitive therapy approaches. Its courses for depression, based on the mindfulness-based [[cognitive behavioral therapy]] methodology of [[Jon Kabat-Zinn]] at the [[University of Massachusetts Medical School]], featured in the [[Financial Times]] in 2008.<ref name=medormed>{{citation \|title=Meditation or medication? \|work=Financial Times \|date=6 April 2008 \|url=https://www.ft.com/content/3370b3e0-01dd-11dd-a323-000077b07658 \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/3370b3e0-01dd-11dd-a323-000077b07658 \|archive-date=10 December 2022 \|url-status=live\|url-access=subscription}}</ref> It is the focus of a large Buddhist residential and business community in the area.<ref name=medormed/>

	In the Boundary Estate, Arnold Circus is a mark point on several [[ley line]] alignments, such as for example the [[Alfred Watkins]]' "Strand Ley"<ref>[[Alfred Watkins]] ''[[The Old Straight Track]]'' (Abacus, 1994) {{ISBN\|0-349-13707-2}}</ref> and "The Coronation Line".<ref>Chris Street ''Earthstars: The Visionary Landscape'' (Hermitage Publishing, 2001) {{ISBN\|0-9515967-1-3}}</ref>		In the Boundary Estate, Arnold Circus is a mark point on several [[ley line]] alignments, such as for example the [[Alfred Watkins]]' "Strand Ley"<ref>[[Alfred Watkins]] ''[[The Old Straight Track]]'' (Abacus, 1994) {{ISBN\|0-349-13707-2}}</ref> and "The Coronation Line".<ref>Chris Street ''Earthstars: The Visionary Landscape'' (Hermitage Publishing, 2001) {{ISBN\|0-9515967-1-3}}</ref>

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	Early in 2018 Frank Wang, who had sold coffee to commuters from his van at the northern exit of Bethnal Green underground station lost his business when the electricity supply from the station was cut off as a result of the nearby site of a disused public lavatory behind his stall being converted into a beach bar called Chiringuito.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-london-46493727/keep-frank-s-bethnal-green-coffee-stand-open\|title='Keep Frank's coffee stand open'\|work=BBC News}}</ref> Tower Hamlets Mayor [[John Biggs (London politician)\|John Biggs]], one of Frank's long-standing customers came out in support along with the local community, the Chinese community and commuters who protested.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/news/politics/protest-to-london-underground-to-save-frank-wang-s-coffee-stall-1-5643356\|title=Protest frothing up to save Frank Wang's coffee stall outside Bethnal Green tube station\|first=Mike\|last=Brooke\|website=East London Advertiser\|date=8 August 2018}}</ref>		Early in 2018 Frank Wang, who had sold coffee to commuters from his van at the northern exit of Bethnal Green underground station lost his business when the electricity supply from the station was cut off as a result of the nearby site of a disused public lavatory behind his stall being converted into a beach bar called Chiringuito.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-london-46493727/keep-frank-s-bethnal-green-coffee-stand-open\|title='Keep Frank's coffee stand open'\|work=BBC News}}</ref> Tower Hamlets Mayor [[John Biggs (London politician)\|John Biggs]], one of Frank's long-standing customers came out in support along with the local community, the Chinese community and commuters who protested.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/news/politics/protest-to-london-underground-to-save-frank-wang-s-coffee-stall-1-5643356\|title=Protest frothing up to save Frank Wang's coffee stall outside Bethnal Green tube station\|first=Mike\|last=Brooke\|website=East London Advertiser\|date=8 August 2018}}</ref>

	Formerly part of the estate of [[Truman's Brewery]], now a free house,<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://pubshistory.com/LondonPubs/BethnalGreen/HareCambridge.shtml\|last=Pub History\|title=Hare, 505 Cambridge Heath Road, Bethnal Green E2\|date=24 May 2019\|access-date=21 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://whatpub.com/pubs/ELC/14346/hare-bethnal-green\|title=Hare, Bethnal Green\|website=whatpub.com}}</ref> ~~The~~ Hare was cited as the epitome of a 'good, honest pub' by the Evening Standard and was listed as one of the 50 best pubs in London in 2019.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/bars/the-50-best-pubs-in-london-a4007216.html\|title=The 50 best pubs in London\|date=11 January 2019\|website=Evening Standard}}</ref> During the May bank holiday, the redeveloped railway arches off Cambridge Heath Road into an eating and drinking quarter opened.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=The Arches is Bethnal's Green's newest eating and drinking quarter\|url=https://www.hot-dinners.com/201905078340/Gastroblog/Latest-news/the-arches-malcolm-place-bethnal-green\|access-date=2020-08-27\|website=Hot Dinners\|date=7 May 2019 \|language=en-GB}}</ref> Tower Hamlets Council had turned down plans for the Cambridge Heath Road development because of concerns over its affordable housing mix and design quality.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Dunton 2019-05-24T05:00:00+01:00\|first=Jim\|title=189-home scheme rejected over affordable housing quota\|url=https://www.housingtoday.co.uk/news/189-home-scheme-rejected-over-affordable-housing-quota/5099657.article\|access-date=2020-08-27\|website=Housing Today\|language=en}}</ref> The Better Streets for Tower Hamlets had turned the car park spot in Bethnal Green Road into a mini park for a day to draw people's attention to the need for more healthier public spaces.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=King\|first=Jon\|title=Campaigners turn Bethnal Green Road parking bay into 'parklet' in streets protest\|url=https://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/news/environment/bethnal-green-road-street-protest-1-6060595\|access-date=2020-08-27\|website=East London Advertiser\|date=20 May 2019\|language=en}}</ref>		Formerly part of the estate of [[Truman's Brewery]], now a free house,<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://pubshistory.com/LondonPubs/BethnalGreen/HareCambridge.shtml\|last=Pub History\|title=Hare, 505 Cambridge Heath Road, Bethnal Green E2\|date=24 May 2019\|access-date=21 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://whatpub.com/pubs/ELC/14346/hare-bethnal-green\|title=Hare, Bethnal Green\|website=whatpub.com}}</ref> the Hare was cited as the epitome of a 'good, honest pub' by the ''Evening Standard'' and was listed as one of the 50 best pubs in London in 2019.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/bars/the-50-best-pubs-in-london-a4007216.html\|title=The 50 best pubs in London\|date=11 January 2019\|website=Evening Standard}}</ref> During the May bank holiday, the redeveloped railway arches off Cambridge Heath Road into an eating and drinking quarter opened.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=The Arches is Bethnal's Green's newest eating and drinking quarter\|url=https://www.hot-dinners.com/201905078340/Gastroblog/Latest-news/the-arches-malcolm-place-bethnal-green\|access-date=2020-08-27\|website=Hot Dinners\|date=7 May 2019 \|language=en-GB}}</ref> Tower Hamlets Council had turned down plans for the Cambridge Heath Road development because of concerns over its affordable housing mix and design quality.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Dunton 2019-05-24T05:00:00+01:00\|first=Jim\|title=189-home scheme rejected over affordable housing quota\|url=https://www.housingtoday.co.uk/news/189-home-scheme-rejected-over-affordable-housing-quota/5099657.article\|access-date=2020-08-27\|website=Housing Today\|language=en}}</ref> The Better Streets for Tower Hamlets had turned the car park spot in Bethnal Green Road into a mini park for a day to draw people's attention to the need for more healthier public spaces.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=King\|first=Jon\|title=Campaigners turn Bethnal Green Road parking bay into 'parklet' in streets protest\|url=https://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/news/environment/bethnal-green-road-street-protest-1-6060595\|access-date=2020-08-27\|website=East London Advertiser\|date=20 May 2019\|language=en}}</ref>

	In 2018 Sainsbury's opened what it claims was the country's first meat-free butchers, in the form of a traditional style butchers which was open for three days from Friday 21 June to mark World Meat Free Week, where it offered customers an array of cuts and joints derived from plant-based alternatives, such as mushroom, jackfruit and pea protein.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Mannering2019-06-24T11:12:00+01:00\|first=Robin\|title=Sainsbury's reacts to customer trends with 'UK's first' meat-free butchers\|url=https://www.conveniencestore.co.uk/news/sainsburys-reacts-to-customer-trends-with-uks-first-meat-free-butchers/594732.article\|access-date=2020-08-27\|website=Convenience Store\|language=en}}</ref> During the 2019 redecorating of the Carpenters Arms on [[Cheshire Street]], an old safe was found in the cellar when a wall was torn down. It is thought it was boarded up before the immediately previous owners has acquired the pub.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Morris\|first=Deborah\|date=2019-01-15\|title=Pub once owned by Kray twins has a safe inside which hasn't been opened\|url=https://www.mylondon.news/whats-on/food-drink-news/bethnal-green-pub-once-owned-15676656\|access-date=2020-08-27\|website=MyLondon}}</ref>		In 2018 Sainsbury's opened what it claims was the country's first meat-free butchers, in the form of a traditional style butchers which was open for three days from Friday 21 June to mark World Meat Free Week, where it offered customers an array of cuts and joints derived from plant-based alternatives, such as mushroom, jackfruit and pea protein.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Mannering2019-06-24T11:12:00+01:00\|first=Robin\|title=Sainsbury's reacts to customer trends with 'UK's first' meat-free butchers\|url=https://www.conveniencestore.co.uk/news/sainsburys-reacts-to-customer-trends-with-uks-first-meat-free-butchers/594732.article\|access-date=2020-08-27\|website=Convenience Store\|language=en}}</ref> During the 2019 redecorating of the Carpenters Arms on [[Cheshire Street]], an old safe was found in the cellar when a wall was torn down. It is thought it was boarded up before the immediately previous owners has acquired the pub.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Morris\|first=Deborah\|date=2019-01-15\|title=Pub once owned by Kray twins has a safe inside which hasn't been opened\|url=https://www.mylondon.news/whats-on/food-drink-news/bethnal-green-pub-once-owned-15676656\|access-date=2020-08-27\|website=MyLondon}}</ref>

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	[[File:Marquis of Cornwallis, Bethnal Green, E2 (2788330983).jpg\|thumb\|The Marquis of Cornwallis.]]		[[File:Marquis of Cornwallis, Bethnal Green, E2 (2788330983).jpg\|thumb\|The Marquis of Cornwallis.]]

	==Public ~~Services~~==		==Public services==
	===Health===		===Health===
	The Bethnal Green and Globe Town Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) is a community-based multidisciplinary team; they provide a health and social care for service users with severe and enduring mental health problems, run by [[East London NHS Foundation Trust]] (ELFT).<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.ideastoreonlinedirectory.org/kb5/towerhamlets/cdmobile/service.page?id=U2gnPNkppJU\|title=Idea Store Directory\|website=www.ideastoreonlinedirectory.org}}{{Dead link\|date=October 2019 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>		The Bethnal Green and Globe Town Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) is a community-based multidisciplinary team; they provide a health and social care for service users with severe and enduring mental health problems, run by [[East London NHS Foundation Trust]] (ELFT).<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.ideastoreonlinedirectory.org/kb5/towerhamlets/cdmobile/service.page?id=U2gnPNkppJU\|title=Idea Store Directory\|website=www.ideastoreonlinedirectory.org}}{{Dead link\|date=October 2019 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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	{{Main\|List of schools in Tower Hamlets}}		{{Main\|List of schools in Tower Hamlets}}
	[[File:Bethnal Green Montessori School - geograph.org.uk - 1716721.jpg\|thumb\|right\|Bethnal Green Montessori School]]		[[File:Bethnal Green Montessori School - geograph.org.uk - 1716721.jpg\|thumb\|right\|Bethnal Green Montessori School]]
	Bethnal Green has numerous [[primary schools]], educating children aged four to 11. St. Matthias School, on Bacon Street off Brick Lane, is over a century old and uses the Seal of the old Metropolitan Borough as its badge and emblem. The school was opened with funds from 18th-century St. Matthew's Church on St. Matthew's Row.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/oxedu_reports/display/(id)/87896 \|title=Ofsted inspection report for Saint Matthias School \|access-date=5 February 2009 \|publisher=[[Ofsted]] }}{{dead link\|date=July 2017 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The [[Bangabandhu]] Primary School, named after the ~~father~~ of ~~Bangladesh,~~ [[~~Sheikh Mujib~~]], a non-selective state [[Community school (England and Wales)\|community school]],<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/templates/services/services-detail.cfm?sid=1867\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060926112838/http://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/templates/services/services-detail.cfm?sid=1867\|url-status=dead\|title=A-Z Services – Tower Hamlets\|archivedate=26 September 2006}}</ref> was opened in January 1989; it moved to a new building in November 1991 and has over 450 pupils. In the first decade, around 70% of pupils' parents spoke ~~[[English as a second language]]; instead speaking~~ [[Sylheti language\|Sylheti]], a dialect of [[Bengali ~~language\|Bengali]]~~, at home, and Standard Bengali is a subject choice in the school.		Bethnal Green has numerous [[primary schools]], educating children aged four to 11. St. Matthias School, on Bacon Street off Brick Lane, is over a century old and uses the Seal of the old Metropolitan Borough as its badge and emblem. The school was opened with funds from 18th-century St. Matthew's Church on St. Matthew's Row.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/oxedu_reports/display/(id)/87896 \|title=Ofsted inspection report for Saint Matthias School \|access-date=5 February 2009 \|publisher=[[Ofsted]] }}{{dead link\|date=July 2017 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The [[Bangabandhu]] Primary School, named after [[Sheikh Mujib]] (who had declared the independence of [[Bangladesh]]), a non-selective state [[Community school (England and Wales)\|community school]],<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/templates/services/services-detail.cfm?sid=1867\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060926112838/http://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/templates/services/services-detail.cfm?sid=1867\|url-status=dead\|title=A-Z Services – Tower Hamlets\|archivedate=26 September 2006}}</ref> was opened in January 1989; it moved to a new building in November 1991 and has over 450 pupils. In the first decade, around 70% of pupils' parents spoke [[Sylheti language\|Sylheti]], a dialect of Bengali, at home, and [[English as a second language]]; [[Bengali language\|Standard Bengali]] was a subject choice in the school.

	[[Bethnal Green Academy]] is one of the top schools and sixth form colleges in London. Other schools in the area include Oaklands School.		[[Bethnal Green Academy]] is one of the top schools and sixth form colleges in London. Other schools in the area include Oaklands School.
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	===Voluntary and community services===		===Voluntary and community services===
	The [[Oxford House (settlement)\|Oxford House]] is a proactive community centre that has its roots in helping the local community. Founded in 1884, as one of the first "[[Settlement movement\|settlements]]" by [[Oxford University]],<ref>{{cite book\|last=Koven \|first=Seth \|page=229 \|title=Slumming: sexual & social politics in Victorian London \|year=2004 \|publisher=Princeton University Press \|isbn=0-691-11592-3}}</ref> it has helped alleviate or remove the impact of poverty and today ~~still remains a focus point by providing~~ a programme of community classes, events and weekly activities.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.oxfordhouse.org.uk/about/introduction\|last=The Oxford House in Bethnal Green\|title=About Oxford House\|access-date=31 May 2019\|archive-date=31 May 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190531195257/https://www.oxfordhouse.org.uk/about/introduction/\|url-status=dead}}</ref>		The [[Oxford House (settlement)\|Oxford House]] is a proactive community centre that has its roots in helping the local community. Founded in 1884, as one of the first "[[Settlement movement\|settlements]]" by [[Oxford University]],<ref>{{cite book\|last=Koven \|first=Seth \|page=229 \|title=Slumming: sexual & social politics in Victorian London \|year=2004 \|publisher=Princeton University Press \|isbn=0-691-11592-3}}</ref> it has helped alleviate or remove the impact of poverty and today provides a programme of community classes, events and weekly activities.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.oxfordhouse.org.uk/about/introduction\|last=The Oxford House in Bethnal Green\|title=About Oxford House\|access-date=31 May 2019\|archive-date=31 May 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190531195257/https://www.oxfordhouse.org.uk/about/introduction/\|url-status=dead}}</ref>

	The Approach Gardens, once an unused space, has been developed into a community food garden, a shared fruit orchard and a wildlife area.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.opensquares.org/2019/gardens/Approach.php\|last=London Parks and Gardens Trust\|title=Approach Gardens\|date=1 June 2019\|access-date=1 June 2019\|archive-date=1 June 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190601163913/http://www.opensquares.org/2019/gardens/Approach.php\|url-status=dead}}</ref>		The Approach Gardens, once an unused space, has been developed into a community food garden, a shared fruit orchard and a wildlife area.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.opensquares.org/2019/gardens/Approach.php\|last=London Parks and Gardens Trust\|title=Approach Gardens\|date=1 June 2019\|access-date=1 June 2019\|archive-date=1 June 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190601163913/http://www.opensquares.org/2019/gardens/Approach.php\|url-status=dead}}</ref>

	The Nomadic Community Gardens, once an area fenced off and overgrown, was occupied between 2015 and 2019<ref name=":1">{{Cite web\|last=Sims\|first=Alexandra\|title=You've only got 8 days to visit Nomadic Community Gardens before it closes for good\|url=https://www.timeout.com/london/news/youve-only-got-8-days-to-visit-nomadic-community-gardens-before-it-closes-for-good-092019\|access-date=2021-01-21\|website=Time Out London\|date=20 September 2019 \|language=en-GB}}</ref> by a temporary project or "meanwhile use" run by a private limited company<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/09761239\|title=NOMADIC COMMUNITY GARDENS LTD - Overview (free company information from Companies House)\|website=beta.companieshouse.gov.uk\|language=en\|access-date=2019-06-27}}</ref> on behalf of the property developer Londonewcastle, which leases the site to the garden operator for a peppercorn rent and provided start-up funding.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|url=http://www.homesandproperty.co.uk/property-news/buying/new-homes/meet-the-londoners-who-are-setting-up-new-popup-villages-in-londons-empty-building-sites-50016.html\|title=Meet the Londoners who are setting up new pop-up villages in London's empty building sites\|date=2015-10-20\|website=Homes and Property\|access-date=2019-06-27}}</ref> Londonewcastle gained planning consent for a development of "affordable housing, townhouses and apartments"<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://londonewcastle.com/developments/fleet-street-hill\|title=Fleet Street Hill {{!}} Londonewcastle\|website=londonewcastle.com\|access-date=2019-06-27}}</ref> on the site in November 2015.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/home/appeal-victory-for-partington-and-barber-in-shoreditch/8692631.article\|title=Appeal victory for Partington and Barber in Shoreditch\|last=Waite\|first=Richard\|website=Architects Journal\|date=25 November 2015\|language=en\|access-date=2019-06-27}}</ref> Construction on the Fleet Street Hill Project was intended to commence in 2016.<ref name=":0" /> In 2019 ownership of the lease was sold;<ref name=":1" /> the site ~~currently remains~~ empty.		The Nomadic Community Gardens, once an area fenced off and overgrown, was occupied between 2015 and 2019<ref name=":1">{{Cite web\|last=Sims\|first=Alexandra\|title=You've only got 8 days to visit Nomadic Community Gardens before it closes for good\|url=https://www.timeout.com/london/news/youve-only-got-8-days-to-visit-nomadic-community-gardens-before-it-closes-for-good-092019\|access-date=2021-01-21\|website=Time Out London\|date=20 September 2019 \|language=en-GB}}</ref> by a temporary project or "meanwhile use" run by a private limited company<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/09761239\|title=NOMADIC COMMUNITY GARDENS LTD - Overview (free company information from Companies House)\|website=beta.companieshouse.gov.uk\|language=en\|access-date=2019-06-27}}</ref> on behalf of the property developer Londonewcastle, which leases the site to the garden operator for a [[peppercorn rent]] and provided start-up funding.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|url=http://www.homesandproperty.co.uk/property-news/buying/new-homes/meet-the-londoners-who-are-setting-up-new-popup-villages-in-londons-empty-building-sites-50016.html\|title=Meet the Londoners who are setting up new pop-up villages in London's empty building sites\|date=2015-10-20\|website=Homes and Property\|access-date=2019-06-27}}</ref> Londonewcastle gained planning consent for a development of "affordable housing, townhouses and apartments"<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://londonewcastle.com/developments/fleet-street-hill\|title=Fleet Street Hill {{!}} Londonewcastle\|website=londonewcastle.com\|access-date=2019-06-27}}</ref> on the site in November 2015.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/home/appeal-victory-for-partington-and-barber-in-shoreditch/8692631.article\|title=Appeal victory for Partington and Barber in Shoreditch\|last=Waite\|first=Richard\|website=Architects Journal\|date=25 November 2015\|language=en\|access-date=2019-06-27}}</ref> Construction on the Fleet Street Hill Project was intended to commence in 2016.<ref name=":0" /> In 2019 ownership of the lease was sold<ref name=":1" /> and the site remained empty.

	The Gallery Cafe, in [[St. Margaret's House]], reopened as a vegetarian not-for-profit, community café in 2006; it became a fully vegan café in December 2017.<ref>Fat Gay Vegan, [http://fatgayvegan.com/2018/01/08/london-cafe-turns-totally-vegan/ "London Cafe Turns Totally Vegan"], 8 January 2018. Accessed 31 August 2018.</ref> It won ''Best Café in Bethnal Green'' at the [[Time Out (magazine)\|Time Out]] ''Love London Awards'' in 2014, 2015 <ref>Clack, David: "[https://www.timeout.com/london/things-to-do/the-time-out-love-london-awards-3 Love London Awards 2015 And The Winners Are]", Time Out, 17 November 2015. Accessed 31 August 2018.</ref> and 2016.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.timeout.com/london/things-to-do/the-time-out-love-london-awards-3\|last=Clack\|first=David\|title=The Time Out Love London Awards 2016\|website=Time Out\|date=15 November 2016\|access-date=21 June 2019}}</ref>		The Gallery Cafe, in [[St. Margaret's House]], reopened as a vegetarian not-for-profit, community café in 2006; it became a fully vegan café in December 2017.<ref>Fat Gay Vegan, [http://fatgayvegan.com/2018/01/08/london-cafe-turns-totally-vegan/ "London Cafe Turns Totally Vegan"], 8 January 2018. Accessed 31 August 2018.</ref> It won ''Best Café in Bethnal Green'' at the [[Time Out (magazine)\|Time Out]] ''Love London Awards'' in 2014, 2015 <ref>Clack, David: "[https://www.timeout.com/london/things-to-do/the-time-out-love-london-awards-3 Love London Awards 2015 And The Winners Are]", Time Out, 17 November 2015. Accessed 31 August 2018.</ref> and 2016.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.timeout.com/london/things-to-do/the-time-out-love-london-awards-3\|last=Clack\|first=David\|title=The Time Out Love London Awards 2016\|website=Time Out\|date=15 November 2016\|access-date=21 June 2019}}</ref>