Victoria Park
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One of London’s best kept secrets, Victoria Park is a fantastic place to spend an afternoon. Inside the park's boundaries countless varieties of trees stripe the skyline: oaks, horse chestnuts, cherries, hawthorns and even Kentucky coffee trees. The park is split in two by Grove Road. The smaller, western section contains the most picturesque of its lakes with a fully functioning fountain and the imposing Dogs of Alcibiades, two snarling sculptures. Retreat to the quiet of the Old English Garden, a floral haven brimming with flowers and shrubs. Have a peek into the deer enclosure and let the kids run off some energy in the children’s playground.
The city’s first public park opened in the East End in 1845 after a local MP presented Queen Victoria with a petition of 30,000 signatures. It was envisaged as a Regent’s Park of the east and originally had its own Speaker’s Corner. The Victorians saw parks as instruments of moral and physical improvement, especially for the working classes. Sanitary reformer William Farr believed the use of parks would significantly boost life expectancy. Why not boost your constitution and have an enjoyable day out at the same time, as you explore the many attractions of this glorious park.
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Patriot Square, E2 | 24 minutes from Victoria Park
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419 to 437 Hackney Road, E2 | 30 minutes from Victoria Park
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196 High Street, E15 | 30 minutes from Victoria Park
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London > Attractions > Parks and Gardens
38 City Road, Shoreditch, London EC1Y | 2.5 miles from Victoria Park
Small, wooded dissenters' cemetery in the city centre. William Blake, John Bunyan and Daniel Defoe are among over 120,000 nonconformists whose bodies are squeezed closely together within ...More
London > Attractions > Parks and Gardens
Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Road, Southwark, London SE1 | 4.3 miles from Victoria Park
Buddhist garden in the grounds of the Imperial War Museum. Located in the ground of the Imperial War Museum, lies this fitting tribute to peace and the ...More
London > Attractions > Parks and Gardens
Romney Road, SE10 | 4.5 miles from Victoria Park
Old, enclosed Royal Park. A World Heritage Site marking the site of the Greenwich Meridian (the base point for World Time and the location of Longitude 0) ...More
Sights and Attractions near Victoria Park
London > Attractions > Art Galleries
45 Vyner Street, Hackney, London E2 | 21 minutes from Victoria Park
Set up by Fred Mann, former director of the Milch gallery, Fred London specialises in contemporary art and musical collaborations. Fred Mann has had a mixed ...More
London > Attractions > Art Galleries
30 Vyner Street, Hackney, London E2 | 21 minutes from Victoria Park
Offering affordable art, Degree Art sells, commissions and rents out art works - painting, photography, sculpture and prints - created by students and recent graduates from ...More
London > Attractions > Historic Buildings
2 & 4 Homerton High Street, E9 | 21 minutes from Victoria Park
The royal connections of this rare, red-brick Tudor manor house reach back to Henry VIII whose Principal Secretary of State, Sir Ralph Sadler, built Sutton House ...More
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The Britannia, 360 Victoria Park Road, E9 | 5 minutes from Victoria Park
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London > Events > Clubbing and Nightlife Dates: 10th February, 17th February and 24th February 2012 - 9pm-2am
The Britannia, 360 Victoria Park Road, E9 | 5 minutes from Victoria Park
Resident DJs spin indie and electro....More
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The Britannia, 360 Victoria Park Road, E9 | 5 minutes from Victoria Park
Deep and soulful house from Clinton Oliver....More
London > Entertainment > Cinemas
270 Mare Street, Hackney, E8 | 21 minutes from Victoria Park
Picturehouse Cinemas, who run the popular Greenwich Picturehouse and Clapham Picturehouse opened the Hackney Picturehouse on Mare Street in October 2011 which features the biggest ...More
London > Entertainment > Theatres
291 Mare Street, E8 | 23 minutes from Victoria Park
Renowned East London entertainment venue designed by celebrated architect Frank Matcham. Stan Laurel and Charlie Chaplin both trod the boards here in the Hackney Empire's music ...More
London > Entertainment > Theatres
43 White Horse Road, Tower Hamlets, London E1 | 29 minutes from Victoria Park
Excellent youth theatre housed in an old Victorian townhouse. The main auditorium has a capacity of about 80, and houses a varied program of touring shows ...More
London > Shopping > Food and Drink Shops
95 Lauriston Road, Hackney, London E9 | 9 minutes from Victoria Park
The Bottle Apostle on the edge of Victoria Park and two doors from the Ginger Pig on Lauriston Road is an excellent wine shop where ...More
London > Shopping > Food and Drink Shops
99 Lauriston Road, Hackney, London E9 | 9 minutes from Victoria Park
Though the name suggests specialists in spicy pork products, the Ginger Pig offers so much more. Beginning with their original shop at Borough Market in the ...More
London > Shopping > Markets
Roman Road, Tower Hamlets, London E3 | 12 minutes from Victoria Park
Roman Road Market is situated on the oldest known trade route in Britain, the road to Colchester famously taken by Boudicea on her way to burn ...More
London > Restaurants > South East Asian restaurants
178 Victoria Park Road, Hackney, London E9 | 8 minutes from Victoria Park
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London > Restaurants > Indian/South Asian restaurants
130 Lauriston Road, Victoria Park, Hackney, London E9 | 10 minutes from Victoria Park
Lodged on the boundary of Victoria Park, The Empress of India is the latest venue from Tom and Ed Martin the brothers behind Dockland's much celebrated ...More
London > Restaurants > Cafes and Delis
Victoria Park, Tower Hamlets, London E97DE | 11 minutes from Victoria Park
Highly recommended cafe in Victoria Park - if only every park had a 'caf' as well run as this. High quality and well crafted selection of ...More
London > Education > Careers Services
27B Dalston Lane, E8 | 1.7 miles from Victoria Park
Connexions is a countrywide information and advisory service for 13-19 year olds and people with special learning needs or disabilities under 25. They offer an array ...More
London > Education > Evening Classes
10 Sunbury Workshops, Swanfield Street, Shoreditch, London E2 | 1.9 miles from Victoria Park
Learn some crafty manouveurs at Making Space where classes on mask making, glass engraving, pyrography (burning patterns into wood or leather), chainmail knitting, and book hollowing ...More
London > Education > Adult Education
121 Roman Road, Tower Hamlets, London E2 | 22 minutes from Victoria Park
For 30 years Four Corners has been training, producing and supporting the full range of film and photographic requirements. Services on offer include filmmaking facilities and ...More
Leisure near Victoria Park
London > Leisure > Parks and Gardens
Grove Road, Tower Hamlets, Tower Hamlets, London E3 | 13 minutes from Victoria Park
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London > Leisure > Parks and Gardens
Marshgate Lane, Stratford, E15 | 22 minutes from Victoria Park
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London > Leisure > Parks and Gardens
Martello Road, E8 | 23 minutes from Victoria Park
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London > Restaurants > Gastropub
223 Grove Road, Tower Hamlets, London E3 | 13 minutes from Victoria Park
This used to be an excellent gastro pub overlooking Victoria Park - one where all the food and drink was certified organic. That was before it ...More
London > Restaurants > Gastropub
43 Morgan Street, Tower Hamlets, London E3 | 20 minutes from Victoria Park
Yet another conversion of a grimy and atmospheric East end boozer into a gastropub, but in this case it's been done so well that it's hard ...More
Nightlife near Victoria Park
London > Nightlife > Bars
1 Whitby Street, Shoreditch, London E2 | 2 miles from Victoria Park
Opulent Brick Lane haunt, home to the high fashion set and to excellent cocktails. Due mainly to its unassuming location in London’s gritty East End, this exceptionally ...More
London > Nightlife > Bars
The Old Truman Brewery, 91 Brick Lane, Spitalfields, London E1 | 2 miles from Victoria Park
Vibe Bar manages to be both chilled out and cutting edge. Located inside the Truman Brewery on trendy Brick Lane, you can come here to drink ...More
London > Nightlife > Nightclubs
Amhurst Road, E8 | 26 minutes from Victoria Park
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Meeting venue hire near Victoria Park
London > Business > Venue Hire
380 Old Street, Shoreditch, London EC1V | 2.1 miles from Victoria Park
Site of the legendary Whirly Gig parties in the nineties, Shoreditch Town Hall lends itself well to any type of gathering. Re-opened in 2005, following a ...More
London > Business > Venue Hire
2 Fournier Street, Broadgate, Spitalfields, London E1 | 2.1 miles from Victoria Park
Built in 1729, Nicholas Hawksmoor's Christ Church creation was declared dangerous and closed in 1956. Vigorous campaigning, from the poet Sir John Betjeman among others, eventually ...More
London > Business > Venue Hire
23-27 Wadeson Street, Hackney, London E2 | 21 minutes from Victoria Park
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