Oxford House

Oxford House in Bethnal Green, East London, was established in September 1884 as one of the first "settlements" by Oxford University as a High-Anglican Church of England counterpart to Toynbee Hall, established around the same time at Whitechapel.

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Type: Community center
Description: building in Tower Hamlets, London, England, UK
Address: Derbyshire Street, London, E2 6HG

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bethnal Green railway station and Young V&A.

Bethnal Green railway station

Railway station

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Bethnal Green is a station on the Weaver line of the London Overground, located in the southern part of Bethnal Green in East London. The station is 1 mile 10 chains down the line from London Liverpool Street; the next station is either Hackney Downs or Cambridge Heath. Bethnal Green railway station is situated 990 feet south of Oxford House.

Young V&A

Museum

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Young V&A, formerly the V&A Museum of Childhood, is a branch of the Victoria and Albert Museum, which is the United Kingdom's national museum of applied arts. Young V&A is situated 1,700 feet northeast of Oxford House.

Vagina Museum

Museum

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The Vagina Museum is the world's first brick and mortar museum about the female reproductive system. The project is based in the United Kingdom, and moved into its first fixed location in Camden Market, London, in October 2019. Vagina Museum is situated 1,700 feet northeast of Oxford House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bethnal Green and Mile End New Town.

Bethnal Green

Suburb

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Bethnal Green is an area in London, England, and is located in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is in east London and part of the East End. The area emerged from the small settlement which developed around the Green, much of which survives today as Bethnal Green Gardens, beside Cambridge Heath Road.