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Life in Tower Hamlets
Wondering what makes Tower Hamlets such an appealing part of London to live in? Or maybe you’re planning a move to Tower Hamlets and want to know more? Our local guide gives you the full picture — from open parks and community schools to shops, restaurants, pubs, and excellent transport links.
Tower Hamlets has built a reputation for its welcoming feel, attractive streets, and vibrant mix of people. It’s a part of London where neighbours connect, families settle with ease, and young professionals enjoy the perfect mix of convenience and character.
Whether your goal is to buy your first property, rent a modern apartment, or make a smart investment, Tower Hamlets offers something for everyone. With a blend of historic homes, stylish new builds, and constant demand from Londoners who want both lifestyle and location, it’s easy to see why Tower Hamlets is in such high demand.
Blending heritage with modern living, Tower Hamlets delivers a lifestyle that’s both authentic and contemporary. Choosing to live in Tower Hamlets isn’t just about a postcode — it’s about being part of a thriving London community.
Things to do in Tower Hamlets
Explore the highlights, hidden spots, and must-visit places across Tower Hamlets
lastminute.com London Eye
4.5 Riverside Building, County Hall, London
The British Museum
4.7 Great Russell Street, London
Hyde Park
4.7 London
Harrods
4.4 87-135 Brompton Road, London
Tower of London
4.7 London
Madame Tussauds London
4.4 Marylebone Road, London
Tate Modern
4.5 Bankside, London
The O2
4.5 Peninsula Square, London
Science Museum
4.6 Exhibition Road, London
Victoria and Albert Museum
4.7 Cromwell Road, London
St James's Park
4.7 London
The National Gallery
4.7 Trafalgar Square, London
Greenwich Park
4.8 London
The Regent's Park
4.7 London
London Zoo
4.3 Outer Circle, London
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
4.5 London
Natural History Museum
4.7 Cromwell Road, London
Imperial War Museum
4.7 Lambeth Road, London
Kensington Gardens
4.7 London
Greenwich Market
4.5 5B Greenwich Market, London
SEA LIFE London Aquarium
4.3 Riverside Building, County Hall, Westminster Bridge Road, London
The Green Park
4.6 Green Park, London
Stratford Shopping Centre
4.2 54A Broadway, London
Battersea Power Station
4.6 Circus Road West, London
Battersea Park
4.7 London
Tate Britain
4.7 Millbank, London
The Sherlock Holmes Museum
4.3 221b Baker Street, London
Royal Observatory Greenwich
4.5 Blackheath Avenue, London
Victoria Park
4.7 Grove Road, London
National Portrait Gallery
4.7 Saint Martin's Place, London
His Majesty's Theatre
4.7 Haymarket, London
Churchill War Rooms
4.6 King Charles Street, London
Primrose Hill
4.7 Primrose Hill Road, London
Lewisham Shopping Centre
3.9 Molesworth Street, London
Foyles
4.7 107 Charing Cross Road, London
Theatre Royal Drury Lane
4.7 Catherine Street, London
Saatchi Gallery
4.5 Duke of York's HQ, King's Rd, Chelsea, London
The Wallace Collection
4.8 Hertford House, Manchester Square, London
Horniman Museum and Gardens
4.6 100 London Road, London
Tottenham Hale Retail Park
4.1 Broad Lane, London
Brockwell Park
4.6 Brockwell Park, Brockwell Park Gardens, London
London Museum Docklands
4.6 No 1, West India Quay, Hertsmere Road, London
One New Change
4.2 New Change, London
BFI IMAX
4.6 Waterloo, 1 Charlie Chaplin Walk South Bank
The Wolseley
4.4 160 Piccadilly, London
Cardinal Place
4.3 Victoria Street, London
The Brunswick Centre
4.2 Unit 57, Bernard Street, London
Victoria Place
4.1 115 Buckingham Palace Road, London
O2 Centre
4.1 255 Finchley Road, London
St Stephen's Tavern
4.2 10 Bridge Street, London
ODEON Greenwich
4.1 Bugsby's Way, London
Sir John Soane's Museum
4.7 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London
Barbican Centre
4.6 Silk Street, London
Duke of York Square
4.5 80 King's Road, London
Kingsland Shopping Centre
3.7 Kingsland High Street, London
Mudchute Park and Farm
4.6 Pier Street, London
Prince Charles Cinema
4.7 7 Leicester Place, London
The British Library
4.5 96 Euston Road, London
Hyde Park Winter Wonderland
4.2 Louisa Duckworth Walk, London
BFI Southbank
4.6 Belvedere Road, London
Buckingham Palace Garden
4.6 Buckingham Palace, Constitution Hill, Spur Road, London
Burlington Arcade
4.5 51 Piccadilly, London
The Photographers' Gallery
4.6 16-18 Ramillies Street, London
Whitechapel Gallery
4.3 77-82 Whitechapel High Street, London
Maison Bertaux
4.4 28 Greek Street, London
ODEON Luxe Holloway
4.1 419-427 Holloway Road, London
Monmouth Coffee Company
4.5 2 Park Street, London
Vue Cinema London - Islington
3.9 36 Parkfield Street, London
The Table Café
4.3 83 Southwark Street, London
Battersea Park Children's Zoo
4.3 Battersea Park, London
Rich Mix
4.5 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, London
Greenwich Picturehouse
4.5 180 Greenwich High Road, London
Chelsea Physic Garden
4.6 66 Royal Hospital Road, London
Serpentine Gallery
4.4 London
Village Underground
4.5 54 Holywell Lane, London
Royal Academy of Arts
4.5 Burlington House, Piccadilly, London
The London Bridge Experience & London Tombs
4.2 2-4 Tooley Street, London
Curzon Soho
4.5 99 Shaftesbury Avenue, London
ODEON Tottenham Court Rd
3.7 Central Cross, 30 Tottenham Court Road, London
Somerset House
4.4 Strand, London
Vue Cinema London - Fulham Broadway
4.2 Fulham Broadway Centre, Retail Centre, London
Babylon Park London
4.2 8 Castlehaven Road, London
Clapham Picturehouse
4.4 76 Venn Street, London
Leighton House
4.6 12 Holland Park Road, London
Jubilee Gardens
4.5 Belvedere Road, London
Wigmore Hall
4.8 36 Wigmore Street, London
Institute of Contemporary Arts
4.4 The Mall, London
Hayward Gallery
4.6 Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London
The Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garret
4.6 9a Saint Thomas Street, London
Lost Society
4.2 339 Battersea Park Road, London
Leyton Leisure Centre
3.8 763 High Road Leyton, London
Curzon Bloomsbury
4.4 The Brunswick Centre, London
Grant Museum of Zoology
4.8 Rockefeller Building, 21 University Street, London
L'Escargot Restaurant
4.5 48 Greek Street, London
Spitalfields Arts Market
4.4 1 Market Street, London
Britannia Leisure Centre
3.5 Pitfield Street, London
West One
4.1 75 Davies Street, London
Curzon Mayfair
4.5 38 Curzon Street, London
Everyman Baker Street
4.5 96-98 Baker Street, London
Churchill Place Shopping Mall
4.3 2 Churchill Place, London
Dulwich Picture Gallery
4.5 London
iFLY London Indoor Skydiving at The O2
4.4 Indoor Skydiving at The O2, Peninsula Square, London
Bomber Command Memorial
4.7 The Green Park, along, Piccadilly, London
Old War Office Building
4.6 Whitehall, London
The Phoenix Garden
4.6 21 Stacey Street, London
ODEON Luxe West End
4.6 38a Leicester Square, London
Camden Passage, Islington
4.3 1 Camden Passage, London
Science Museum Shop
4.4 64 Exhibition Road, London
Leytonstone Leisure Centre
4 Cathall Road, London
The Arzner
4.3 10 Bermondsey Square, London
Horniman Butterfly House
4.7 Horniman Museum and Gardens, 100 London Road, London
Sunglass Hut
4.2 332 Oxford Street, London
West Reservoir Centre
4.4 West Reservoir Water Sports Centre, Green Lanes, Woodberry Down, London
WakeUp Docklands
4.8 1 Dock Road, London
The Brick Lane Gallery
3.8 216 Brick Lane, Bethnal Green, London
Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park
4.7 Southern Grove, London
Royal College of Physicians
4.6 11 Saint Andrews Place, London
Dock Beach
4.2 London
Barnard Adventure Playground
4.1 Junction with, Charlotte Terrace, Copenhagen Street, London
The Wooden Floor Specialists
4.6 The Gallery, 269 Cavendish Road, London
Statue of Oliver Cromwell
4.1 2 Saint Margaret Street, London
The Horse Hospital
4.5 Colonnade, London
Penguin Beach
4.8 The Regent's Park, London Zoo, London
WeJam - The Immersive Rockstar Experience
5 23 Chalk Farm Road, London
Crosby Moran Hall
4.6 Cheyne Walk, London
Butterfly Paradise
4.4 The Regent's Park, ZSL London Zoo, London
Lister Gardens
4 54 Rudolph Road, London
Splash Pad Clissold Park
4.5 Clissold Park Mansions, Stoke Newington Church Street, London
Tamworth Pig
4.8 Pig House, London
All Hallows-On-The Wall
4.6 83 London Wall, London
Machine Gun Corps Memorial
4.3 4 Duke of Wellington Place, London
Clissold Park Deer
4.8 Stoke Newington, London
In with the Monkeys
4.6 Regent's Park, London
Flanders Fields Memorial Garden
4.7 Westminster, London
London Zoo Parrots
4.3 The Broad Walk, London
London Funfairs
4.4 Clissold Park, Green Lanes, London
Urban Street Art Tours London
4.4 160 Brick Lane, London
Goats Park
4.6 Stoke Newington, London
Blackburn Pavilion
4.6 Regent's Park, London
Central Park Water Play
1.7 East Ham, Unnamed Road, London
LLL Getaways
4.6 776-778 Barking Road, London
Paddling Pool
1 Canning Town Recreation Ground, London
Fisherman's Walk
4.7 Canary Wharf, London
Ruskin Park Wildlife Garden and Pond
3 Ruskin Park, LondonWhat’s daily life like in Tower Hamlets?
Choosing to live in Tower Hamlets means enjoying the best of London without giving up community spirit. From leafy parks and family-friendly schools to cosy pubs and independent businesses, Tower Hamlets delivers something for every stage of life.
With reliable transport links and a lively, close-knit community, Tower Hamlets keeps growing as one of London’s most attractive options. People don’t just move to Tower Hamlets for a home — they move here to be part of a neighbourhood.
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Tower Hamlets London Borough Council
Tower Hamlets London Borough Council, also known as Tower Hamlets Council, is the local authority for the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in Greater London, England. It is a London borough council, one of 32 in London. The council has been under the control of local party Aspire since 2022. It has been led by a directly elected mayor since 2010. The council is based at Tower Hamlets Town Hall on Whitechapel Road.
London Borough of Tower Hamlets
The London Borough of Tower Hamlets is a borough in London, England. Situated on the north bank of the River Thames and immediately east of the City of London, the borough spans much of the traditional East End of London and includes much of the regenerated London Docklands area. The 2019 mid-year population for the borough is estimated at 324,745.
Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park
Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park is a historic cemetery,public park and local nature reserve in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets within the East End of London.
Victoria Park, Tower Hamlets
Victoria Park is a park in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in East London, England.
