Trinity Green Almshouses

Trinity Green Almshouses are a series of Grade I listed almshouses on Mile End Road in Whitechapel in London. They were originally built in 1695 to provide housing for retired sailors, and are possibly the 2nd oldest almshouses in Central London, The Charterhouse, founded by Thomas Sutton in 1611 being the oldest.

Photo: Friends of Trinity Green, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Type: Residential area
Description: Grade I listed almshouse in London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Also known as: “Trinity Green”, “Trinity Green (almshouses and chapel) including gates, railings, wall and piers”, and “Trinity Hospital, Mile End”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Idea Store Whitechapel Library and Bethnal Green railway station.

Idea Store Whitechapel Library

Library

Photo: Mcginnly, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Idea Store Whitechapel Library is situated 780 feet southwest of Trinity Green Almshouses.

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 1,600 feet northwest of Trinity Green Almshouses.

Whitechapel station

Metro station

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Whitechapel is an interchange station in Whitechapel, East London for London Underground, London Overground and Elizabeth line services. The station is located behind a street market of the same name and opposite Tower Hamlets Town Hall. Whitechapel station is situated 1,300 feet west of Trinity Green Almshouses.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East End and Stepney.

East End

Photo: Mark Towning, CC BY 2.0.

The East End is a district of inner London. The boundaries of the East End are not well defined, but for the purposes of this page it covers from the edge of The City to the River Lea or the old boundaries of the former borough of Poplar.

Stepney

Suburb

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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.