London Video Tour: The East End

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  • Опубликовано: 11 янв 2015
  • In this video tour, New York Habitat (www.nyhabitat.com) explores London's developing East End!
    On the tour, David Hill will stop by some of the most popular and iconic neighborhoods and streets in London’s East End, including Shoreditch, Hoxton, Spitalfields, and the Spitalfields market. All of these neighborhoods comprise the greater East End, and overlap with equally popular Hackney. Find out more about Hackney in our blog (www.nyhabitat.com/blog/2014/0...! Home to artists, rebels, and young professionals, there truly is a place for everyone in this diverse, eclectic neighborhood. Once a shipping and industrial center, recent decades of prosperity have transformed London’s East End into one of the best-kept secrets in town!
    Find this dynamic neighborhood between Bishopsgate in the west and the River Lea in the east, as well as the River Thames to the south and Regent’s Canal to the north. You can find our other London apartments here (www.nyhabitat.com/london-apar....
    Shoreditch
    Once a working class neighborhood, this section of town has blossomed in recent decades into a hip and trendy spot for young professionals. Yet architectural elements still linger from Shoreditch’s days as a dockyard, silk center, and furniture hub. You can see some examples of this in our long-term rentals in London (www.nyhabitat.com/london-apar.... In fact, Shoreditch has been a home to artists for centuries, and was the location of the first playhouse built in England. The popup shops of Boxpark Shoreditch are especially famous, so be sure to check them out.
    Hoxton
    Synonymous with theaters and music halls, the neighborhood of Hoxton is known by locals as a great alternative to the theater districts in the West End. Its roots in the area are ancient, as even the Romans once traversed Ermine Street. Today it’s known for its loft conversions and fabulous entertainment hotspots. It’s a great place to look into if you’re thinking of renting an apartment in London. (www.nyhabitat.com/london-apar...)
    Brick Lane
    Stretching from Swanfield Street to Whitechapel High Street, Brick Lane is famous for its Bangladeshi cuisine and avant-garde art. Local curry houses are famous for their spicy and delicious fare, while the streets serve as a showcase for professional and student art.
    Spitalfields
    Made famous as Jack the Ripper’s hunting ground, Spitalfields has evolved from a hotbed of crime to a thriving and diverse community of locals. Spitalfields market is a great place to pick up inexpensive vintage goods while St. Catharine’s docks have been recently transformed into a modern marina and crisp housing development. It's a great place to find a short-term vacation rental apartment. (www.nyhabitat.com/london-apar...) You certainly can’t beat the view, since the Tower Bridge and the Tower of London are but steps away.
    We hope you've enjoyed this tour of London's East End neighborhood! Don't forget to check out our blog for more information about the area: www.nyhabitat.com/blog/2015/0...
    Did we miss any of your favorite spots? Let us know in the comments below!

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  • @millerswell
    @millerswell 8 лет назад +17

    The REAL "East End" of London actually extends a lot further east than is suggested in the video ... and covers the London Boroughs of Tower Hamlets, Hackney, Newham, Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Barking & Dagenham and Havering - although whether the last three boroughs can really classed as part of East London or as part of Essex has always been a bit unclear, as they don't have London "E" postal codes!

    • @lovepeace4065
      @lovepeace4065 Год назад +1

      Spot on and the real east end has to be Stepney and Jamaica Street for me. Born and bred there 🙏🙏

    • @NubianPrince85
      @NubianPrince85 Год назад +1

      Exactly was going to say

  • @robj8201
    @robj8201 4 года назад +22

    NOT my east end....West Ham born and bred....only memories now....and he didn't mention the regular stabbings and shootings...that'll pull the punters in....😡

  • @Chingfordassociates
    @Chingfordassociates 4 года назад +5

    I like Bethnal Green because I grew up there. Going to the Approach Tavern and have a walk around Victoria Park is nice. There aren’t many of the old pubs left but the Marquis of Cornwallis is still there. Kelly’s pie and mash and Pelliccis cafe are local institutions. Globe town is good and it has some very impressive buildings built by the East End Dwelling Company. Columbia Road Flower Market is good on a Sunday morning. If I was a visitor to London with a short period of time to see stuff I wouldn’t bother with the east end. But if you were here for a longer period of time then I’d recommend it.

  • @stevenkaye7958
    @stevenkaye7958 5 лет назад +22

    East End R I P

  • @Jeanie438
    @Jeanie438 3 года назад +3

    I was also born in Hackney. came to AUST with parents in 1948. I'm now 85 yrs. lost all family ..lived in shrubland road
    all I have are memories. .. Jeanie. T.

  • @tracyforbes8616
    @tracyforbes8616 6 лет назад +16

    A hipster view of the east end conveniently missing off the majority of the area which is grim social housing estates in an area dogged with poverty and crime.

  • @LivingWalks
    @LivingWalks 6 лет назад +7

    How enjoyable and informative. We make hires gopro walk through's of contemporary London on youtube and it's great for us to see other peoples. London is pretty spectacular. Thank you for adding it, we've subscribed.

    • @NewYorkHabitat
      @NewYorkHabitat  6 лет назад +1

      Thank you for your interest and subscription! We would love to check out your videos as well!

  • @NewYorkHabitat
    @NewYorkHabitat  9 лет назад +4

    Take a video tour of one of the best kept secret areas of #London ; the #EastEnd ! Learn more from our blog article: bit.ly/1spI3Mv

  • @jamesbyrne9312
    @jamesbyrne9312 2 года назад +2

    Great video, lots of nice suggestions, I moved to east end during COVID but now want to explore it more.

    • @NewYorkHabitat
      @NewYorkHabitat  2 года назад +1

      Thank you James. We hope you are enjoying living in London's East End and that you will discover lots of great places while exploring the area!

    • @jamesbyrne9312
      @jamesbyrne9312 2 года назад

      @@NewYorkHabitat Me too, thanks a lot.

  • @toni4729
    @toni4729 4 года назад +6

    It rather amuses me how he called the east end a group of villiages in the nineteeth century. All the building he building he was showing around were older than that. Even the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel was built in 1770 or something. And that was no group of boxes.

  • @brokenbritain1930
    @brokenbritain1930 4 года назад +5

    Technically the east end has moved to Newham and East Ham, barking, Dagenham u kno the areas that aren’t gentrified and boring. I beg bring back tower hamlets it used to be rough and that, no one used to fuck with the ppl from tower hamlets now all that’s gone I’m honestly embarrassed to call it home

  • @bobwoodgate3836
    @bobwoodgate3836 4 года назад +10

    I lived in Poplar and was sure I was an Eastender 😎

    • @Laura55sere
      @Laura55sere 3 года назад +4

      I came from Poplar, moved out 45 years ago ( to Essex) this doesn’t depict the Eastend where my friend still lives 98% Bangladesh, Pakistan’s

    • @dalm8413
      @dalm8413 2 года назад +1

      Teviot use to be ok until the 90s

  • @brownyeyes83
    @brownyeyes83 7 лет назад +6

    God bless london

    • @Maelli535
      @Maelli535 4 года назад +2

      God save London, God restore London!

  • @Maelli535
    @Maelli535 4 года назад +16

    RIP, childhood culture, memories and friends. Driven out by the likes of Shamima Begum - such "worthwhile" people.

  • @sjphuntley
    @sjphuntley 3 года назад +5

    That's not the East End I grew up in, if you're coming to London a think this is the East End prepare yourself for a shock.

  • @Dominatrix97
    @Dominatrix97 8 лет назад +12

    you forgot to mention that you won't be able to rent a flat for less than £2,000 per month.

    • @MrZohan8
      @MrZohan8 8 лет назад +1

      Listen Dumb; No-one in Bangla-Town can afford 2k per month: STFU

    • @superblue2983
      @superblue2983 7 лет назад +1

      Wow! £2,000 pounds that's almost $3,000 US!
      I thought New York was expensive.

    • @toni4729
      @toni4729 4 года назад +2

      @@superblue2983 Well the East End starts at Tower Bridge.

  • @tabassamkayani
    @tabassamkayani 3 года назад +4

    It’s the River Lea (as in ‘Lee’) not pronounced ‘Leah’!

  • @paulwoodley4024
    @paulwoodley4024 4 года назад +4

    Since when has hoxton been in the east end .

  • @george385
    @george385 8 лет назад +9

    East London goes way further out - as far as Dagenham, then its referred to as "Greater London" and then Essex.

    • @brokenbritain1930
      @brokenbritain1930 4 года назад +1

      george385 Yh but once u get to Newham it’s all cool and crime ridden and knives and that

    • @brainsmith3931
      @brainsmith3931 2 года назад

      Most londoners have flocked to Essex for the past 30 years.

  • @samdavid22
    @samdavid22 7 лет назад +2

    Thanks

  • @Xiber1
    @Xiber1 9 лет назад +2

    interesting video

  • @filipgrunseich8670
    @filipgrunseich8670 4 года назад +2

    Hi David.

  • @garyknight3979
    @garyknight3979 3 года назад +2

    The river lee ah ill av a cuppa a tee ah

  • @nonsung1
    @nonsung1 8 лет назад +12

    Shoreditch and Hoxton are not in East London Hoxton is in North London and Shoreditch is EC1 City Brick Lane and St Katherine's Dock are East London I should know because I was born in East London

    • @roxysimmons
      @roxysimmons 5 лет назад

      Yep - I lived in Lower Clapton.

    • @nickelroof6727
      @nickelroof6727 5 лет назад +3

      I lived in New North Road (NNR) - Islington for 30 years. On the one side of the road you have the London borough (LB) of Hackney whilst on the other is the LB of Islington. Hoxton is a stone's throw from NNR and is in Hackney yet its post district is N1. Hackney is East London. Old Street tube has a postcode of EC1 yet is in Hackney too. Shoreditch is in the southernmost parts of Hackney' Tower Hamlets, Islington, and the City of London. Islington, Hackney, and Tower Hamlets all have parts of `Shoreditch` in them but the biggest parts of Shoreditch are in Tower Hamlets; Hackney, andThe City of London. I accept your assertion about the EC1 postcode is correct but incomplete. A lot of Shoreditch is in E1 and approaching E2. I now live in E3 and have taken a keen interest in the confluence of Hackney's, Tower Hamlets' and the City of London's Shared borders and also how the Regents Canal snakes through Islington, Hackney and Tower Hamlets. Hoxton/Shoreditch is great because it merges three London Boroughs and The City, which gives it its bright, vibrant and exciting atmosphere.

  • @deanmadnut2614
    @deanmadnut2614 7 лет назад +3

    A lot of people think hoxton is north london because it's in between islington and shoreditch

    • @akms4979
      @akms4979 7 лет назад +1

      dean madnut it's N1 cause it's north!!! N=north god!

    • @deanmadnut2614
      @deanmadnut2614 7 лет назад

      Akms. Hoxton is in the London borough of hackney and hackney is north east london but that borough is still class as east end. But yeah I agree hoxton is more of north london than east london

    • @akms4979
      @akms4979 7 лет назад

      dean madnut sorry if I sounded rude

  • @toni4729
    @toni4729 4 года назад +11

    I'd like to know how you can leave Bow out of the East End. That's daft. A typical bloke from the wrong side of the pond.

    • @Maelli535
      @Maelli535 4 года назад +2

      Bow. Whitechapel. Stratford. Plaistow. Etc.

    • @toni4729
      @toni4729 4 года назад +1

      @@Maelli535 Bethnal Green, Stepney.

    • @Maelli535
      @Maelli535 4 года назад +1

      @@toni4729 Not to mention Wapping and Shadwell, Poplar, Millwall, Limehouse and, indeed, even though saaf a de wa-er, Bermondsey !

    • @toni4729
      @toni4729 4 года назад

      @@Maelli535 Wow! You've woken me up now. It's been 50 years sinse I was in East London, in Britain in fact. Thanks.

    • @Maelli535
      @Maelli535 4 года назад

      @@toni4729 For me it's only 40 years since I left UK, although I have dropped in now and and again, even for a couple of matches at good old Upton Park (not a Millwall fan, are you?)!

  • @offtv50Hz
    @offtv50Hz 6 лет назад +2

    5 years in London ,never been at brick lane :D

    • @booth2710
      @booth2710 5 лет назад +3

      26 years in London and NO intention of going anywhere near Brick Lane ..

    • @toni4729
      @toni4729 4 года назад +3

      @@booth2710 You don't know what you're missing. If only for the experience. Only sorry the Jews have moved out.

    • @booth2710
      @booth2710 4 года назад +2

      @@toni4729 what experience ? Just another london ghetto

    • @toni4729
      @toni4729 4 года назад

      @@booth2710 How about the smell of curry. Have you no sence of adventure. If I could get there I would go.

    • @FinlayEvans
      @FinlayEvans 3 года назад

      @@booth2710 Brick Lane is brilliant! Friendly people, brilliant Bangladeshi food and plenty of fun things to do :))

  • @ronmosely8355
    @ronmosely8355 5 лет назад +4

    that looks friggin creepy! If you think someone would want a vacation rental in that dump, you gotta be nuts!

  • @ryananthony4840
    @ryananthony4840 Год назад

    You didn't take us by the "knocking shop" at 22 Acacia Avenue...... :-/

  • @bernie2108
    @bernie2108 5 лет назад +7

    All an ex East-enders needs, (me), is some damn yank telling me about it FFS!

  • @michielblijboom853
    @michielblijboom853 8 лет назад +6

    No mentioning of Green Street, Forest Gate, Barking AKA the real East End.

    • @MrZohan8
      @MrZohan8 8 лет назад +2

      Bow Boys / Queen Vic / Blind Beggar / Hackney Dredds / the list can go on. Green Street? Barking? Check your nappy you regg. AND if you don't know WTF a reg is then you ain't an East Ender; innnit!!

    • @tonybates7870
      @tonybates7870 6 лет назад +1

      That's not the East End, that's east of the East End!

  • @SophiaMystery2
    @SophiaMystery2 Год назад +1

    Do EastEnders record in east end since 2017?

    • @NewYorkHabitat
      @NewYorkHabitat  Год назад

      As far as we know, EastEnders has been recorded at BBC Elstree Centre in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, since its inception, even if a new set was more recently built there.

  • @brythonicman3267
    @brythonicman3267 3 года назад +8

    The demise of the East End is a complete tradgedy. A whole rich culture with real characters on every street lost forever. What a sad state of affairs from a Yorkshireman.

    • @Tippy257
      @Tippy257 3 года назад +1

      It’s not a tragedy they have all moved to Essex and live in big houses , I know because I’ve seen them and they are loaded.

    • @brythonicman3267
      @brythonicman3267 3 года назад +2

      @@Tippy257 So the 1.9 million who live in Essex all have big houses, what a ridiculous statement! The demise of any culture is a tragedy. The Cockney's were always enterprising, if they hadn't been forcibly relocated, they would be as well off in modern times.

    • @Tippy257
      @Tippy257 3 года назад +1

      @@brythonicman3267 ok maybe not all of them. When I was growing up the East End was a dump, and looking at old pics it looks like it has always been a dump. The cockneys are probably not missing the actual place , just the people they knew and the camaraderie they had in their poverty. It’s always sad when a close knit community feel they have lost their culture, language and way of life, I can relate to that. But I really do believe as a community they have evolved ( to some extent) and moved on to something better ( mostly in Essex).

    • @Jean42ette
      @Jean42ette 7 месяцев назад

      @@Tippy257 you don't feel poor with good people around, you do feel poor when people you knew move away and the new people are changing the face of your History.

  • @clarkkent4595
    @clarkkent4595 4 года назад +2

    Some cottage maybe

  • @IronDiva
    @IronDiva 3 года назад +2

    What district do I go to if I want acid thrown in my face? Why does he leave it out?

    • @FinlayEvans
      @FinlayEvans 3 года назад

      most acid attacks happen within people’s own home and are not random encounters associated with any part of london :))

  • @clarkkent4595
    @clarkkent4595 4 года назад +2

    Cruise the canal there

  • @ljc6535
    @ljc6535 2 года назад +1

    We come under the East end ...and we are Dagenham ...not a place to do a tour on now days to be honest ..avoid most streets and concentrate on the few green areas we have ..we used to be Essex and I still like to say Essex as that's what we were originally known as.

    • @NewYorkHabitat
      @NewYorkHabitat  2 года назад

      It is difficult indeed nowadays to know where the East End and Essex begin, there are many different opinions. That is typical of boundaries that are pushed due the extension of large cities as is the case with Greater London

  • @TaurusboyAgnosticAtheist56
    @TaurusboyAgnosticAtheist56 7 лет назад +2

    You missed canning tan

  • @michaelcarlos8686
    @michaelcarlos8686 2 месяца назад

    This is generally what is considered traditional east end. We all know West Ham or Stratford are east London .

  • @Jean42ette
    @Jean42ette 7 месяцев назад

    This is a very limited view to entice the unsuspecting and ignoring the horrors that are now in London as a whole and the East End especially.

  • @steve3716
    @steve3716 3 года назад +8

    East end died long ago. All muslim now.. not like back in the 70.s when I used to live there.

    • @Firusdhf
      @Firusdhf 3 года назад

      They threw out the cockneys

  • @crazysaffy568
    @crazysaffy568 5 лет назад +15

    Jeez if thats the best of the east end, I'd hate to see the shlt parts. I wonder were those 'hotspots' you weren't able to get in because you were were white non muslim lol? hotspots = 'no go areas'

  • @fasthracing
    @fasthracing 4 года назад +3

    Its mostly a shit hole nowadays though with gentrified areas were trendy Hipsters and media types have driven property prices. I doubt you will hear a London let alone a Cockney accent there any more as true Londoner's moved out years ago.

  • @dsparker6706
    @dsparker6706 3 года назад +5

    you needed to go into Tower hamlets and you'll see the real east end ., this is just the gentrificated area .

  • @turnfordguitars
    @turnfordguitars 3 года назад +3

    It's just an advertisement! Pretty poor really. Can't even pronounce the river lea properly!!!

  • @jaybennaugustine4815
    @jaybennaugustine4815 6 лет назад +4

    This guy obviously doesn't know a lot about London other than its tourism attractions. He mentioned hackney in this video *HACKNEY* But anyway since he sounds new to the UK judging by his accent,I might give him some knowledge about London, hackney is not a tourist attraction unless you wanna see some flats, it is full of crime and gangs Jamaican immigrants who are in gangs and knife crime🔪💀and a bit of gun crime🔫 . Seriously who would wanna go to the west end

    • @Djpaul-lo1px
      @Djpaul-lo1px 5 лет назад +2

      Have you seen the prices of houses / apartments in hackney / dalston lately? It’s really not the same as it was in the 80’s. Your observations are 30 years out of date.

    • @sassycat6487
      @sassycat6487 5 лет назад +1

      Hackney is super expensive. I have stayed there a bunch visiting a friend and I was shocked at how expensive the apartments were. Some were nearly a million $ and even more.

    • @brokenbritain1930
      @brokenbritain1930 4 года назад

      Jaybenn Augustine hackney is deffo a tourist destination, no longer the Rough area that it used to be ur livin in the past fam, as long as ur a civil ur fine in hackney. That murder mentality has moved to Newham and all that

  • @MrTomomahony
    @MrTomomahony 4 года назад +2

    loose the music

  • @nobody-wj2bo
    @nobody-wj2bo 7 лет назад +2

    "far cry" why the hell does he keep repeating that word? its annoying!

  • @czogg99
    @czogg99 4 года назад +3

    with all the banks, insurance companies and corporations leaving because of BREXIT, most of these properties will become affordable again.

  • @karate4348
    @karate4348 3 года назад +2

    nothing wrong with the poor or the 'working class'... they are a far cry from the shopaholic buy a life moderns.

  • @jonesroberts3640
    @jonesroberts3640 Год назад +1

    All the Londoners left long time ago to get away from London multiculturalism in which many hate.

  • @keithmilburn4866
    @keithmilburn4866 Год назад +1

    Poplar was my region