Globe Town facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Globe Town

London borough	Tower Hamlets
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LONDON
Postcode district	E1, E2
Dialling code	020

Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
Ambulance	London

EU Parliament	London
London Assembly	City and East
List of places UK England London

Globe Town is an area in East London. It is in the borough of Tower Hamlets, in London, United Kingdom. It is centered around Roman Road. Globe Town can be described as being east of Bethnal Green.

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Parish of Bethnal Green, 1848
The former Bethnal Green Town Hall
Bethnal House Lunatic Asylum. A notorious ‘private madhouse’ from 1727, variously known as Wright's House, The Blind Beggar's House, and Kirby's Castle.
Slum children in bed, Bethnal Green, 1900–1910
Slum street in Bethnal Green, circa 1900
Plaque to the 1943 disaster
Cambridge Heath Road on 25 March 1962.
Bethnal Green Road and market.
Ezra Street.
The parishes that would ultimately become the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Many, such as Bethnal Green, were converted from earlier territorial units called 'Hamlets'.
Pritchard's Road, northern Bethnal Green.
An eastern European shop on Cambridge Heath Road.
The Marquis of Cornwallis.
Bethnal Green Montessori School.