Cambridge Heath

Cambridge Heath

Cambridge Heath station signage
Cambridge Heath
 Cambridge Heath shown within Greater London
OS grid referenceTQ348832
London borough Tower Hamlets
Ceremonial county Greater London
RegionLondon
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town LONDON
Postcode district E2
Dialling code 020
Police Metropolitan
Fire London
Ambulance London
EU Parliament London
UK ParliamentBethnal Green and Bow
London Assembly City and East
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Coordinates: 51°31′53″N 0°03′20″W / 51.5315°N 0.05566°W / 51.5315; -0.05566

Cambridge Heath is an inner city, canal side district in the East End of London, England. The area is in the northern part of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The earliest recorded use of the name is as Camprichthesheth in 1275.[1] The Regents Canal runs along the north and western border with London Fields, South Hackney and Victoria Park

Located north of Bethnal Green, east of Hoxton, south of London Fields and west of Victoria Park, it is the location, at Patriot Square, of the former Bethnal Green Town Hall. Cambridge Heath formed part of this metropolitan borough from 1900 to 1965.[2]

Education

A 6th form college was opened in September 2009 in Cambridge Heath. The main building is called The Wessex Centre but some lessons are taught at Oaklands School, Morpeth School and Swanlea School.

For details of education in Cambridge Heath, see List of schools in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Transport

Cambridge Heath Road runs north-south from the borough boundary with the London Borough of Hackney to Whitechapel Road in Stepney. It passes Cambridge Heath railway station which is served by Enfield Town/Cheshunt - London Liverpool Street services provided by London Overground and Bethnal Green tube station which is served by the Central Line of the London Underground.

References

  1. Mills, A., Oxford Dictionary of London Place Names, (2000)
  2. Vision of Britain - Bethnal Green MB boundaries
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