Bow Quarter

Bow Quarter is a gated community in Bow in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The building was originally the Bryant and May match factory, and was the site of the Match Girls' strike in the 1880s.

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Type: Neighborhood
Description: building in Tower Hamlets, London, England, UK
Also known as: “Bryant And May Factory, Main Building”

Places of Interest

Highlights include London Stadium and Bow Church DLR station.

London Stadium

Stadium

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London Stadium is a multi-purpose outdoor stadium at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in the Stratford district of London. It is located in the Lower Lea Valley, 6 miles east of central London.

Bow Church DLR station

Railway station

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Bow Church is a Docklands Light Railway station in Bow, London, England. It is between Devons Road and Pudding Mill Lane stations.

London Aquatics Centre

Stadium

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The London Aquatics Centre is an indoor facility with two 50-metre swimming pools and a 25-metre diving pool in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, London.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bow and Old Ford.

Bow

Suburb

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Bow is a district in East London, England and is in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is an inner-city suburb located 4.6 miles east of Charing Cross.

Old Ford

Quarter

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Old Ford is an area in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets that is named after the natural ford which provided a crossing of the River Lea.

Fish Island is an area of east London, England. It is one of 58 designated conservation areas in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, with many of its buildings considered important to Britain's industrial heritage, though there are no listed buildings in the area.

Bow Quarter

Categories: gated community, factory, residential area, and locality
Location: Newham, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.53172° or 51° 31′ 54″ north

Longitude

-0.02149° or 0° 1′ 17″ west

Open location code

9C3XGXJH+MC

OpenStreetMap ID

way 51736709

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=residential

OpenStreetMap feature

place=neighbourhood

Wikidata ID

Q4950648

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Satellite Map

Discover Bow Quarter from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From German to Norwegian Bokmål—“Bow Quarter” goes by many names.

German: “Bow Quarter”
German: “Bryant & May Fabrik, Hauptgebäude”
Norwegian Bokmål: “Bow Quarter”
Norwegian: “Bow Quarter”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Bow Quarter Leisure Centre and Fairfield Road Bridge.

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