East London on a Shoestring
Top 10 East London Experiences
- Learn to water-ski, sail, row or canoe at one of the many water sports centres in the Docklands. www.dswc.org, www.london-regatta-centre.org.uk or www.waterskilondon.com
- Learn how to trapeze, tumble and juggle on a six-week course at the UK’s premier circus school, Circus Space . www.circusspace.co.uk
- For a very different and engaging theatre experience, choose one of Theatre Royal’s shows: plays that portray and express the large number of social and ethnic community experiences in East London; family entertainment that is vibrantly theatrical; the great tradition of pantomime; comedy and variety that is entertaining, perceptive and topical.
Enjoy a banquet alongside King Henry VIII and an exciting array of live entertainment by flickering torchlight in the vaulted cellars of Ivory House, at the Medieval Banquet. - Borough Market's history can be traced back nearly a thousand years. In days gone by Borough Market was a hive of activity with live animals in pens
and merchants from far and wide coming to trade their produce. Nowadays, you can
experience a similar hive of activity but without the live animals!
- Visit one of the finest, most recognisable bridges in the World and one of London's icons. At the Tower Bridge Exhibition you can enjoy breath-taking views from the high-level Walkways and
learn about the history of the Bridge and how it was built.
- Go for a pub crawl along Wapping Wall. Delve into the past and learn the stories of many infamous characters who used to drink in the taverns.
- Join the whole of London (and all of Britain too) for the traditional Friday night drinks. Choose between contemporary Canary Wharf, traditional Greenwich or trendy Spitalfields, Shoreditch & Hoxton.
- Follow a fascinating 'walk' in Abney Park cemetery past some of the most interesting memorials, chosen predominantly for their visual impact, though in some cases chosen for the importance of the individuals commemorated. Or take a walking tour in the City of London cemetery at Manor Park, one of the largest cemeteries in Europe with spaciously laid out landscaped gardens. www.cityoflondoncemetery.gov.uk/cemetery.
Follow in the footsteps of Bollywood movie stars and take a shopping trip to Green Street, an internationally renowned cosmopolitan street lined with stores specialising in Asian goods from beautiful fabrics, stunning Asian fashions and exquisite gold jewellery.
