Two Magpies

Two Magpies is a café in Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England which is located on Commercial Road. Two Magpies is situated nearby to the public building Public Realm Services, as well as near Stepney Post Office.

Type: Café
Also known as: “Coffee House”
Address: 583 Commercial Road, London, E1 0HJ

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 880 feet southeast of Two Magpies.

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 410 feet east of Two Magpies.

Royal Foundation of St Katharine

Hotel

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The Royal Foundation of St Katharine is a religious charity based in the East End of London. The Foundation traces its origins back to the medieval church and monastic hospital St Katharine's by the Tower, established in 1147, next to the Tower of London. Royal Foundation of St Katharine is situated 710 feet southeast of Two Magpies.

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.