Troxy

Troxy is a Grade II-listed Art Deco music venue on Commercial Road in Stepney, London. Built as a cinema in 1933, it closed in 1960 and became a training school for the London Opera Centre.

Photo: Jim, CC BY 2.0.

Type: Nightclub
Description: entertainment venue in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Also known as: “London Opera Centre” and “Troxy, London”
Address: 490 Commercial Road, London, E1 0HX
Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Limehouse station and Half Moon Theatre.

Limehouse station

Railway station

Photo: Sunil060902, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Limehouse is a National Rail and connected Docklands Light Railway station in Limehouse, London, England. It is served by regional services operated by c2c to and from Fenchurch Street and by light metro services provided by the DLR to and from Tower Gateway or Bank. Limehouse station is situated 1,000 feet east of Troxy.

Half Moon Theatre

Theater building

Photo: Ewan Munro, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Half Moon Theatre Company was formed in 1972 in a rented synagogue in Alie Street, Whitechapel, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Half Moon Passage was the name of a nearby alley. Half Moon Theatre is situated 670 feet east of Troxy.

Arbour Square

Park

Photo: Casualguy, Public domain.

Arbour Square is a late Georgian square in Stepney, in the borough of Tower Hamlets, east London, England. It is located just off the Commercial Road approximately one mile east of the City of London. Arbour Square is situated 1,000 feet northwest of Troxy.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ratcliff and Stepney.

Ratcliff

Quarter

Ratcliff or Ratcliffe is a locality in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames between Limehouse, and Shadwell. The place name is no longer commonly used.

Stepney

Suburb

Photo: Tarquin Binary, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Stepney is an area in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in the East End of London. Stepney is no longer officially defined, and is usually used to refer to a relatively small area.