Bethnal Green Underground Station

Station on the Central Line in Travelcard Zone 2 Present station opened 4 December 1946, before which it was an air raid shelter (construction having begun in the 1930s). On 3 March 1943 it was the scene of a major tragedy, when many people were killed and injured when attempting to enter in panic after hearing a salvo of gunfire.

The Victoria and Albert Museum of Childhood is nearby.