Toynbee Hall

Toynbee Hall is a charitable institution that works to address the causes and impacts of poverty in the East End of London and elsewhere. Established in 1884, it is based in Commercial Street, Spitalfields, and was the first university-affiliated institution…

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Email: info@toynbeehall.org.uk
Type: Community center
Description: settlement movement house in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Address: 28 Commercial Street, London, E1 6LS

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Brick Lane and The Tower of London.

Brick Lane

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Brick Lane is a street in the East End of London, in the borough of Tower Hamlets. It runs from Swanfield Street in Bethnal Green in the north, crosses the Bethnal Green Road before reaching the busiest, most commercially active part which runs through Spitalfields, or along its eastern edge. Brick Lane is situated 460 feet northeast of Toynbee Hall.

The Tower of London

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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 3,200 feet south of Toynbee Hall.

Whitechapel Gallery

Art gallery

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The Whitechapel Gallery is a public art gallery in Whitechapel on the north side of Whitechapel High Street, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The original building, designed by Charles Harrison Townsend, opened in 1901 as one of the first publicly funded galleries for temporary exhibitions in London. Whitechapel Gallery is situated 450 feet southeast of Toynbee Hall.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Spitalfields and Whitechapel.

Spitalfields

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Spitalfields is an area in London, England, and is located in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is in East London and situated in the East End. Spitalfields is formed around Commercial Street and Brick Lane.

Whitechapel

Suburb

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Whitechapel is an area in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, London, England. It is in East London and part of the East End. It is the location of Tower Hamlets Town Hall and the borough town centre.

Aldgate

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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.

Toynbee Hall

Categories: charitable organization and building
Location: Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.51664° or 51° 30′ 60″ north

Longitude

-0.07219° or 0° 4′ 20″ west

Open location code

9C3XGW8H+M4

OpenStreetMap ID

way 824820080

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=community_centre

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

Wikidata ID

Q1164207

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Norwegian Bokmål—“Toynbee Hall” goes by many names.

Chinese: “汤因比馆”
Danish: “Toynbee Hall”
French: “Toynbee Hall”
German: “Toynbee Hall”
Hebrew: “טוינבי הול”
Japanese: “トインビー・ホール”
Norwegian Bokmål: “Toynbee Hall”
Norwegian: “Toynbee Hall”

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