Derbyshire Street Pocket Park

Derbyshire Street Pocket Park is a grassland in Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England. Derbyshire Street Pocket Park is situated nearby to the church Spiritist Society of London, as well as near the community center Oxford House.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Oxford House and Bethnal Green railway station.

Oxford House

Community center

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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.

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 950 feet southeast of Derbyshire Street Pocket Park.

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 1,800 feet northeast of Derbyshire Street Pocket Park.

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.