London Wiki
Explore
Main Page
All Pages
Community
Interactive Maps
Recent Blog Posts
London Underground
Piccadilly Line
Central Line
Bakerloo Line
Circle Line
District Line
Hammersmith & City Line
Jubilee Line
Boroughs
City of London
City of Westminster
Kensington and Chelsea
Hammersmith and Fulham
Wandsworth
Lambeth
Southwark
Landmarks
Big Ben
Tower Bridge
The O2
Community
top_users
Jackiespeel
Lozleader
Help
FANDOM
Fan Central
BETA
Games
Anime
Movies
TV
Video
Wikis
Explore Wikis
Community Central
Start a Wiki
Don't have an account?
Register
Sign In
Sign In
Register
London Wiki
11,684
pages
Explore
Main Page
All Pages
Community
Interactive Maps
Recent Blog Posts
London Underground
Piccadilly Line
Central Line
Bakerloo Line
Circle Line
District Line
Hammersmith & City Line
Jubilee Line
Boroughs
City of London
City of Westminster
Kensington and Chelsea
Hammersmith and Fulham
Wandsworth
Lambeth
Southwark
Landmarks
Big Ben
Tower Bridge
The O2
Community
top_users
Jackiespeel
Lozleader
Help
Editing
Whitechapel
Back to page
Edit
Edit source
View history
Talk (0)
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
{{District| |name= Whitechapel| |image=| |map= | |population= | |postcode_district= E1| |borough= [[London Borough of Tower Hamlets]] | |os_grid_reference= | |latitude= | |longitude= | }} '''Whitechapel''' is an in [[East London]] and is in the [[London Borough of Tower Hamlets]], and is considered part of the [[East End]]. ==History== Designed by Charles Harrison Townsend, the [[Whitechapel Art Gallery]] opened in 1901 as one of the first publicly funded galleries for temporary exhibitions in [[London]], and it has a long track record for education and outreach projects, focused on local people,[http://www.passmoreedwards.org.uk/pages/history/Libraries/Whitechapel%20art%20gallery/history%201.htm] and played an important part in the history of post-war British art, several important exhibitions were held at the Whitechapel Gallery including ''This is Tomorrow'' in 1956, the first UK exhibition by Mark Rothko in 1961, and in 1964 ''The New Generation'' show which featured John Hoyland, Bridget Riley, David Hockney and Patrick Caulfield among others.[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/journalists/alastair-sooke/5061519/Whitechapel-Gallery-reopens-Guernica-returns-to-its-first-British-home.html][http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/3rd-april-1964/18/new-generation-1964][https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2011/aug/01/john-hoyland-obituary][http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/academicians/painters/john-hoyland-ra,181,AR.html] The station was named "Commercial Road" had been proposed for the original Aldgate East station, which opened on 6 October 1884 as part of an eastern extension to the [[District Railway]] (now the District line),[http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/district.html Clive's Underground Line Guides β District line] During the development phase of the [[Docklands Light Railway]], three terminus options were proposed at the west end, at Tower Hill, Minories and Aldgate East. The Aldgate East option, envisaged a low-level connection with the underground that would have allowed DLR trains to run on tube tracks to a variety of central London destinations. However, it quickly became apparent that there was no capacity on the existing network for integrating the DLR into the Underground.<ref name="DLRhandbook-p6">Pearce, Hardy & Stannard, ''Docklands Light Railway Official Handbook'' (2000), p. 6</ref> ==Transport== Whitechapel is served by [[London Buses]], including route 25, 15, 115, 135, 205 and 254 to Central London, and also routes 106 and D3 and night routes N15, N25, N205, N253, and N550. The Wikipedia page is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitechapel]. A walk in the area giving the Salvation Army links can be found at [http://www1.salvationarmy.org/heritage.nsf/36c107e27b0ba7a98025692e0032abaa/73260f3955ceaddc802568d4002f5b9b!OpenDocument] See also [[Whitechapel Station]] [[Category:Areas in Tower Hamlets served by the Tube]] [[Category:Areas in Tower Hamlets]] [[Category:Whitechapel]] [[Category:East London]]
Summary:
Please note that all contributions to the London Wiki are considered to be released under the CC-BY-SA
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)
Template used on this page:
Template:District
(
view source
)
Follow on IG
TikTok
Join Fan Lab