Mile End is a part of London that I had not been before last weekend, and I am not including the times that I've been on a bus or in a taxi that went through the area. Mile End is in east London and is located near the Olympic Park. The area was regenerated was for the millennium year. Before then, much of the area had been destroyed by bombs in World War II. The park was created out of this derelict state.
Near Mile End tube station is the Green Bridge, which is a park of Mile End Park and which allows pedestrians and cyclists to cross over the busy Mile End Road. The bridge was constructed in 1999 when the park was re-generated and developed.
In fact, one can hardly tell it is a bridge when standing and walking along it. It resembles a small hill with cycle and pedestrian lanes. Looking south, the tall skyscrapers of Canary Wharf can be seen.
This is the view looking north from the top of the Green Bridge.
Mile End is starting to get its fair share of street art these days. Earlier this year, Dubai-based artist MyneAndYours pasted up clouds. One of them is on the busy junction opposite Mile End tube station.
When I visited the park, the daffodils were out in bloom.
I saw this sign for 'The House of Toby' along one of the roads in Mile End, and Charrington's was a brewery based in Bethnal Green. The plaques on the building (there are more than one) probably date from the early 1900s, but the building itself is no longer a pub. It was converted into flats in 1999 when the area was redeveloped.
The northern area of the park hosts the Ecology Pavilion where rare plants and animal life are located, and the Arts Pavillion is also located here.
The southern park of the park contains a skate park and go-karting near and walks along the canal.
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