Living in Mile End

Mile End is organised around one of east London's most useful stations. The Central line and the District and Hammersmith & City lines all stop here, and eastbound and westbound interchanges are cross-platform, so switching between the fast Central line to the City and West End and the District towards Tower Hill or Upminster is quick.

Queen Mary University of London has a large campus on Mile End Road, which gives the area a large student population and plenty of cafés and cheap food. The Regent's Canal runs through the campus and continues south towards Limehouse, and Mile End Park, a long linear park, follows it — crossing Mile End Road on the Green Bridge, planted with trees and grass, which carries the park over the traffic below.

Green space is one of Mile End's strengths. Victoria Park is a short walk north along the canal, and Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park, a wild, wooded Victorian cemetery turned nature reserve, is just to the east. The area has sports centres, a climbing wall and an arts pavilion within the park.

The housing includes Georgian terraces around Tredegar Square, Victorian terraces, large council estates, new-build developments and purpose-built student accommodation. Main roads, including Mile End Road and Burdett Road, are busy and noisy, and the area around the station can feel functional rather than attractive. Mile End suits students, young professionals and people working at Canary Wharf, Stratford or in the City who want a three-line station, canal-side parks and lower rents than Bethnal Green or Shoreditch.