East London Walk : Whitechapel, Brick Lane, Shoreditch | November 2023

I take a walk around East London in Whitechapel, Shoreditch and Spitalfields. Whitechapel was the former home to Jack the Ripper, an infamous murderer whose identity was never found. I also explore Brick Lane, a street filled with cool places, a large Bangladeshi community, and bagel shops.
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Recorded November 6, 2023
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[@stephenhowe4107]

You should also explore London using the buses. I have extensive bus knowledge from North West London to South East London. They are good for getting around London radially and short distances but you really need trains for long distances. But buses do help. They also help Sunday Night to Thursday Night when the Tube, Overground and DLR had shut down. There are 24 hour buses and Night buses. And these days some of the newer buses have mobile phone charging (providing you have a USB-A to USB-C cable). The Tube runs throughout the night, Friday & Saturday on Jubilee, Northern, Piccadilly, Central & Victoria. The Overground in the east, runs to New Cross Gate on same days throughout the night. The service is slightly cut down in that not all parts of the lines, run. They call this "the Night Tube" and it is worth knowing about. So a combination of Night Tube, 24-hour Buses & Night Buses can keep you moving throughout London in the night.

[@photoisca7386]

At 18:02 AK walked straight passed the old Whitechapel Bell Foundry, notable to the U.S as the place where the Liberty Bell was cast. He didn't even notice. I believe the business went bust a couple of years ago after 450 years of existance.

[@ActionKid]

Wow that's pretty cool! Thanks for the info.

[@Chris-1992]

You should visit Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Gateshead (Part of Newcastle area) with the largest shopping centre in Europe called the Metrocentre, its a stones throw away from Newcastle-upon-Tyne and you can get either the bus with takes approx 10-15 mins or the train direct to it. Newcastle-upon-Tyne (Eldon Square) Gateshead (Metrocentre) Both quite huge but Metrocentre is the largest in Europe.

[@zupermaus9276]

The corner building at 27:15 was built as a chapel for French Huguenot refugees, then converted to a synagogue, then a Methodist Chapel, then a mosque. There are quite a few mosques a few doors down from synagogues in the area -the area was once a Jewish heartland in the 19th and early 20th century. The Bangladeshi steadily moved west from Limehouse over a century ago -it is near 200 years old, and a sizable community dates from 300 years before. On a Sunday the whole district comes alive, and is packed with people and tourists as six markets interlace across the different districts -hugely popular with hipsters. It's also a major nightlife area, very artsy now going mainstream.

[@LoremIpsum1970]

Nice crawl from Liverpool St station to Brick Lane... Faultline - "Why This Dish is Killing Indian Restaurants" is worth a watch for anyone interested in British-Bangladeshi and restaurant history.

[@HengMiao]

Interesting dark history about Jack the Ripper. 😲 It was neat to see a diversity of ethnic restaurants on Brick Lane and the old architecture. 😎 Thank you for sharing this stroll, AK! 🤗

[@ActionKid]

You're welcome, this was such an interesting area and I really enjoyed all the different restaurants

[@DavidUKesb]

That small area of London has probably produced more boxing world champions than any similar sized area of real estate in the world.

[@jarihult]

White Chapel looks nice neighborhood despite its notorious fame 😎Nice looking buildings ,restaurants and stores along your walk🙂Thank you for sharing this enjoyable and relaxing walk A K🙂👍!!!

[@ActionKid]

Much appreciated, it's such a nice place to explore

[@ElevateTheProcess]

Thank you for sharing!

[@ponuni]

woah this place looks so much like a regular neighborhood in the outer boroughs lmao. If you told me this was Brooklyn I'd believe you. The apartments look so similar holy shit..

[@ActionKid]

That's what I thought about this area too!

[@gutsltorillo6106]

More blessings

[@user-eb1sd2vj9r]

Hi. The stories that still perpetuate in the USA date from WW2 when US servicemen came to the UK in preparation for D-Day and they arrived when there was rationing (including foods) that had already been in place for a few years by the time they arrived. Of course the food was bland as there wasn’t a lot of the normal foods coming in from the rest of the world due to the German torpedoing of shipping. But the British people were still hospitable and gave up what little food they had to the US servicemen who were billeted in their homes. Of course then when they returned to the USA they complained about the food instead of being grateful that their hosts had barely enough to feed themselves but were still hospitable to them. By the way, Spitalfields is pronounced like spitting. Sorry if that sounds harsh and I’m not having a go at you but you’re right, most tourists just ask for a couple of dishes that they’ve heard of and don’t try the amazing variety of cuisines and fusions we have from settlers from all over the world that have been influencing our cuisine and culture for the past 2,000 years. Much like the USA over the past few hundred years. Fly tipping is the illegal dumping of rubbish.

[@ActionKid]

That's really interesting! Thanks for the info!

[@benlee6500]

Whitechapel and Shoreditch are both have different perspectives...despite its notorious past, it's getting better to live nowadays....the antique market is also a must visit for antique lovers 😅 graffiti on the shopfront around the main street are from artistic people. Nice and quiet neighbourhood 😮..thanks AK for sharing this walks 🚶‍♂️ 👍

[@ismaelrojas5291]

I don’t know if it’s just me, but all that graffiti on east London, reminds me of Bronx NY😳 but it does seem multi cultural diverse community, that can be a good thing or a bad thing, thanks again for the viewing Ak👋

[@ActionKid]

My pleasure, it does really look like the Bronx

[@davidellis5141]

Wish The ActionKid had taken in an EPL ⚽️ 🏟 game whilst in London. Tottenham Hotspurs or Chelsea Blues would be awesome 👌 teams to see ! 🐼

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[@esshtd]

The food market should have been on the cultural trail before you went under the bridge with the train tracks, there should be an entrance that leads you to a court , on the opposite, right side of the street that you walked on. I couldn't spot any signs though, I was there few years ago when I visited London. It may be at 31:04 , where it says Backyard Market on the wall, Saturdays and Sundays.

[@bookgirlny8511]

I wanna go!!!

[@Emma8ov]

Action kid glad you enjoyed London. I'm from UK. London bit busy for me, I not live there. I'm so impressed how you figure out how to get around etc Keep up the good work 🇬🇧

[@LoremIpsum1970]

Nice to see a Turkish restaurant on both sides at the entrance to Brick Lane 🤣 I wonder how long Banglatown will exist? This part of London is well known for its changes in cultures, due to it being a poor area with cheap rents. The Huguenots were 'moved on' by putting up their rents, I'm not sure why the Jewish community left the area. I do know there must be pressure to 'gentrify' since the Overground opened at Shoreditch, or maybe it'll stay Banglatown forever!

[@Thnsrd42]

You were right about Whitechapel high Road. It's actually Whitechapel High Street (outside Aldgate East LU station) and technically the centre of Whitechapel, it turns into Whitechapel Road at the junction of the street leads up to Brick Lane. The Aftab Ali Park (little green area on Whitechapel Road is where the actual Whitechapel church stood and was knocked down). It's not where Whitechapel Station is situated which is on Whitechapel Road. Jack ripper did his deeds around Brick Lane Spitafields part of Whitechapel. Limehouse was the original China Town back in the Jack the Ripper days and has the largest Chinese population in London! Where you walked was technically Fare Zone 1 so you are still within central London.

[@ActionKid]

Thanks for all the insight! It was pretty cool to explore this area.

[@stephenhowe4107]

Brick Lane - you should be able to get decent curries

[@adam-g7crq]

Hi Ken, fly tipping is where people illegally dump rubbish where their not supposed to.

[@ActionKid]

[@Leojw10]

You got to be careful in east or south London they are unsafe especially at night as they are poor parts of London but east London is quite historical tho

[@carltaylor6452]

Flytipping refers to the illegal dumping of rubbish.

[@ActionKid]

[@alexafitch4444]

Belgravia is the place to be.

[@ActionKid]

[@cameralove8110]

Come to Germany next

[@ActionKid]

It could be a possibility in the future

[@dred05m61]

Making a daytime video on the streets of East-London isn't resembling Jack the Ripper, really 🤕 Because he always operated nighttime till morning searching some prostitutes ✂

[@seansmith445]

The reputation of Britain having bad food comes from the days before multiculturalism when food wasn't very good.

[@ActionKid]

[@zupermaus9276]

It came from the rationing during the wars, which lasted right into the 60s and 70s

[@carltaylor6452]

The residential streets that you showed in the first half of your video aren't really where you will find many poor immigrants living. Those houses are worth £1m>. The poorer residents can be found living on the public housing estates, which you didn't show. Had you continued south of the Commercial Road you would have stumbled into a lot of them.

[@ActionKid]

Thanks for the info! The homes in the first half of my video probably used to house the poor immigrants a long time ago.

[@paulowarhol9375]

Didn't like it at all... Reminded me of some run down areas of the Bronx😮

[@hectorvrkid4694]

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[@davidellis5141]

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[@ActionKid]

No thanks

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