Old Ford
Old Ford is an area in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets that is named after the natural ford which provided a crossing of the River Lea.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Ekphraster, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include London Stadium and Mulberry UTC.
London Stadium
Stadium
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London Stadium is a multi-purpose outdoor stadium at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in the Stratford district of London. It is located in the Lower Lea Valley, 6 miles east of central London.
Mulberry UTC
School
Mulberry UTC is a university technical college in Old Ford, London, which opened in September 2017. The school is part of the Mulberry Schools Trust, a multi-academy trust operating in Tower Hamlets.
London Aquatics Centre
Stadium
The London Aquatics Centre is an indoor facility with two 50-metre swimming pools and a 25-metre diving pool in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, London.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bow and Bow Quarter.
Bow
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Bow is a district in East London, England and is in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is an inner-city suburb located 4.6 miles east of Charing Cross.
Bow Quarter
Neighborhood
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Bow Quarter is a gated community in Bow in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The building was originally the Bryant and May match factory, and was the site of the Match Girls' strike in the 1880s.
Fish Island
Neighborhood
Fish Island is an area of east London, England. It is one of 58 designated conservation areas in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, with many of its buildings considered important to Britain's industrial heritage, though there are no listed buildings in the area.
Old Ford
- Type: Quarter
- Description: district of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets
- Categories: area of London and locality
- Location: Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.53411° or 51° 32′ 3″ northLongitude
-0.02682° or 0° 1′ 37″ westElevation
39 feet (12 metres)Open location code
9C3XGXMF+J7OpenStreetMap ID
node 3939359610OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarter
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Urdu—“Old Ford” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “古兵營”
- Chinese: “舊福特”
- Dutch: “Old Ford”
- French: “Old Ford”
- Hindi: “ओल्ड फ़ोर्ड, लंदन”
- Hindi: “ओल्ड फ़ोर्ड”
- Irish: “Old Ford”
- Italian: “Old Ford”
- Turkish: “Old Ford”
- Urdu: “اولڈ فورڈ، لندن”
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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 “Old Ford”. Photo: Ekphraster, CC BY-SA 3.0.