The East End and Docklands

The East End, beyond the City of London and the Tower, has long been the home of London’s docks and immigrants.

It has frequently been characterized by slums, poverty, and crime. This is the area where the notorious criminal Jack the Ripper prowled. Some portions, such as Bethnal Green, were slums during the Victorian period.

Many poorer immigrants and working-class Londoners still reside in the East End, but its weekend street markets are very popular, especially Petticoat Lane, which runs along the length of Middlesex Street.

Although Middlesex Street is no longer the center of the clothing trade, its merchandise is still geared toward apparel.

Much of the old dockyard area has been abandoned and is being redeveloped as the Docklands, an ambitious project designed to lure London’s financial activities away from the congested City.

The heart of the Docklands is the Isle of Dogs, a peninsula where the Royal Kennels were once situated.