Bromley-by-Bow

Bromley-by-Bow is a district in the in , located on the western banks of the , in the Lower Lea Valley in .
Tap on a place
to explore it
  • Type: Quarter with 14,500 residents
  • Description: district in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets
  • Also known as: Bromley

Places of Interest

Highlights include Devons Road DLR station and London Stadium.

Railway station
Devons Road is a Docklands Light Railway station located in Bromley-by-Bow. The station takes its name from Devons Road and is between and stations.

Stadium
is a multi-purpose outdoor at in the district of . It is located in the Lower Lea Valley, 6 miles east of central London.

Railway station
Photo: Oxyman, CC BY 2.5.
Bow Church is a Docklands Light Railway station in , . It is between and stations.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bow Locks and Three Mills.

Locality
No. 20 is a set of bi-directional locks in Bromley-by-Bow in the and Newham. The locks link the tidal Bow Creek to the River Lee Navigation, which is a canalised river.

Neighborhood
The are former working mills and an island of the same name on the . It is one of ’s oldest surviving industrial centres. The mills lie in the , but despite lying on the Newham side of the , access is principally from the western, , side of the river.

Neighborhood
is a gated community in in the . The building was originally the Bryant and May match factory, and was the site of the Match Girls' strike in the 1880s.

Bromley-by-Bow

Latitude
51.52295° or 51° 31′ 23″ north
Longitude
-0.01797° or 0° 1′ 5″ west
Population
14,500
Elevation
26 feet (8 metres)
Open location code
9C3XGXFJ+5R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 27365044
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­quarter
Geo­Names ID
12048291
Wiki­data ID
Q123616
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover Bromley-by-Bow from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Bromley-by-Bow” goes by many names.
  • Basque: Bromley-by-Bow
  • Catalan: Bromley-by-Bow
  • Chinese: 堡貝門利
  • Dutch: Bromley-by-Bow
  • Dutch: Bromley
  • French: Bromley
  • Hindi: ब्रॉमली-बाइ-बो
  • Irish: Bromley-by-Bow
  • Irish: Bromley
  • Japanese: ブロムリ=バイ=ボウ
  • Japanese: ブロムリー・バイ・ボウ
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Bromley
  • Norwegian: Bromley-by-Bow
  • Polish: Bromley-by-Bow
  • Polish: Bromley
  • Turkish: Bromley-by-Bow
  • Urdu: بروملی بائے بو
  • Welsh: Bromley

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “Bromley-by-Bow”.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Lime Quarter and Lincoln North Estate.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include The Widow’s Son, London and Corsican Square.

England: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into London, Manchester, Sheffield, and Leeds.

Curious Places to Discover

Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.
About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Bromley-by-Bow”. Photo: sidibousaid, CC BY 2.0.