Cable Street Mural

The Cable Street Mural is a large mural painting in Shadwell in East London. It was painted on the side of St George's Town Hall by Dave Binnington, Paul Butler, Ray Walker and Desmond Rochfort between 1979 and 1983 to commemorate the Battle of Cable Street in 1936.

Type: Work of art
Artwork type: mural
Description: mural by Dave Binnington
Also known as: “Battle of Cable Street mural”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St George’s Town Hall and Shadwell railway station.

St George’s Town Hall

Town hall

Photo: Peter Thwaite, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St George's Town Hall is a municipal building on Cable Street in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It was originally known as St George's Vestry Hall and built to house the local government of the St George in the East area of Wapping.

Shadwell railway station

Railway station

Photo: Sunil060902, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Shadwell is a station on the Windrush line of the London Overground, located in Shadwell, East London. The station is between Whitechapel station to the north and Wapping to the south, in London fare zone 2. Shadwell railway station is situated 410 feet east of Cable Street Mural.

The Tower of London

Photo: Aniacra, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Tower of London, officially His Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London, is a historic citadel and castle on the north bank of the River Thames in London, England. The Tower of London is situated 4,100 feet west of Cable Street Mural.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include St George in the East and Wapping.

St George in the East

Quarter

Photo: Klusiwurm, Public domain.

St George in the East, historically known as Wapping-Stepney, was an ancient parish, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England. It was the larger of the two parishes that made up Wapping.

Wapping

Suburb

Photo: Tarquin Binary, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Wapping is an area in the borough of Tower Hamlets in London, England. It is in East London and part of the East End. Wapping is on the north bank of the River Thames, and was at one time a district with a strong maritime character.