London
Bow
Bow is part of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in
East London. The centre of Bow remains Bow Church, and
the bridge across the River Lee. Today, the bridge is
a four lane flyover, with both the Lee and Blackwall
Tunnel approach passing beneath. The High Street has
few active shops, with large scale post-war housing
located to the south. The island church remains as a
useful turning point for buses. The Blackwall Tunnel
approach road's expansion from the two lane road existing
at the beginning of the 20th century, to a six lane
urban motorway has occupied land, at the expense of
industry. What remains on the eastern side of the road,
is a canal side enclave of small businesses and warehouses,
with a large supermarket located at the canal bridge
to Three Mills. Bow has become associated with the E3
postcode district, which includes the surrounding districts
of Bromley-by-Bow, Old Ford, Mile End and the transpontine
Three Mills in Newham. The modern Tower Hamlets wards
of west and east Bow are associated more with the postcode,
than the settlement, and bounded by the Mile End Road,
in the south; the River Lee, to the east; Victoria Park
to the north; and Grove Road, in the west. The Hertford
Union Canal links the River Lee Navigation and the Regent's
Canal, running west from Old Ford Lock, along the south
side of Victoria Park and linking at a basin, just to
the west of Grove Road and the park, in the north of
Mile End.
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