Bow Road, part of the A11, runs between Mile End and Bow.
To the west the road becomes Mile End Road, and to the east is Bow Interchange on the A12.
Both Bow Church and the College of Technology London became located here as is Bow Road underground station and Bow Church DLR station.
Bow started to develop in the 14th century, a small village that was very prone to flooding from the river Lea. This flooding also meant that locals couldn’t always get to the closest church in Stepney. In the early 1300s, Edward III gave permission for a chapel to be built on the road over the bridge.
Bow Church was hit by one of the last bombs dropped by the Germans in the Second World War. The damage to parts of the church weren’t fully restored until the 1950s.
The Electric House carries a memorial clock to Minnie Lansbury, whose father in law George Lansbury also lived on Bow Road
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Bow Road, part of the A11, runs between Mile End and Bow.
