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Walks in Whitechapel.
One editor-picked walk through Whitechapel, plus nearby routes for the same morning if you want to keep going.
Walks in Whitechapel
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Sorted by distance from the start of whitechapel to limehouse basin. Good for stitching together a longer day.
heritagefood-forward3 km · 65 min
Spitalfields: the market, the streets, the silk
The best preserved 18th-century streets in London, and a neighbourhood that's been immigrant and radical since the Huguenots.
food-forwardart4 km · 120 min
Brick Lane & beyond
Curry houses, bagels at 2am, and the street art that followed.
food-forwardmarket3.5 km · 90 min
Borough Market via Bermondsey Street
The most famous food market in London, approached via the quietest back-street.
marketquirky3 km · 75 min
Columbia Road & the streets around it
Sunday flowers, a pub crawl in the right direction, and the quietest alley in East London.