Labour and Wait
18 Cheshire Street, Tower Hamlets,  London,  E2 6EH
Telephone: 020 7729 6253
info@labourandwait.co.uk Email info@labourandwait.co.uk
 
Location Map of Labour and Wait
 
Shopping for doorstops, dishcloths, dusters and dustpans has taken on a whole new slant thanks to Labour and Wait. Another east London success story, this small shop just around the corner from Brick Lane showcases a range of ordinary, every-day household items, presenting them as timeless marvels of both form and functionality. Mixing the modern with the traditional, each item is a design classic, gently persuading you of its simple, sleek purpose in an otherwise world of bamboozling gadgetry complexity. You’ll go in for a quick, curious browse, drawn inside by the calm, ordered, art-gallery aesthetic of the place, and leave reluctantly, happily owning a number of useful items you didn’t realise were so pretty.

* Only open at weekends and Fridays by appointment.
 
Visiting Labour and Wait
 
 
Opening Times
Fri 11:00-17:00, Sat 13:00-17:00, Sun 10:00-17:00
 
Ticket Prices
None available
 
Travel
 
Underground Stations
Whitechapel Tube (East London line closed. Use District line or bus service) (12 minutes)
Aldgate East Tube (14 minutes)
Railway Stations
Bethnal Green Railway Station (10 minutes)
Liverpool Street Railway Station (14 minutes)
 
 
 
Car Parking
 
Spitalfields Car Park (9 minutes)
Great Eastern Street NCP (10 minutes)
 
 
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