Brown Bear
The Brown Bear is a pub at 139 Leman Street, Whitechapel, London E1. It is a Grade II listed building, dating back to the early 19th century.Photo: Reading Tom, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Pub
- Description: pub in Whitechapel, London
- Also known as: “Brown Bear Public House”, “Brown Bear, Whitechapel”, “The Brown Bear”, and “The Brown Bear, Whitechapel”
- Address: 139 Leman Street, London, E1 8EY
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Tower of London and Jack the Ripper Museum.
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 2,100 feet southwest of Brown Bear.
Jack the Ripper Museum
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Jack the Ripper Museum is a museum and tourist attraction that opened in August 2015 in Cable Street, London. It recreates the East End of London setting in which the unsolved Jack the Ripper murders took place in 1888, and exhibits some original artefacts from the period as well as waxwork recreations of crime scenes and sets.
Tower Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Barcex, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tower Bridge is a Grade I listed combined bascule, suspension, and, until 1960, cantilever bridge in London, built between 1886 and 1894, designed by Horace Jones and engineered by John Wolfe Barry with the help of Henry Marc Brunel. Tower Bridge is situated 2,600 feet southwest of Brown Bear.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include St George in the East and Aldgate.
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.
Aldgate
Quarter
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Aldgate was a gate in the former defensive wall around the City of London. The gate gave its name to Aldgate High Street, the first stretch of the A11 road, that takes that name as it passes through the ancient, extramural Portsoken Ward of the City of London.
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.
Brown Bear
- Category: building
- Location: Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.51139° or 51° 30′ 41″ northLongitude
-0.06846° or 0° 4′ 7″ westOpen location code
9C3XGW6J+HJOpenStreetMap ID
way 257334015OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=pubOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q26318258
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In Other Languages
“Brown Bear” goes by many names.
- Portuguese: “Brown Bear (Whitechapel)”
- Portuguese: “Brown Bear”
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