Metal pilgrims from around the world make their way to a street corner by Maryland station in Stratford, east London, because this is where Iron Maiden began. The Cart and Horses - a pub trading since the 18th century, on its current corner at 1 Maryland Point since around 1805 and rebuilt around 1880 - was the band's first residential venue: Steve Harris's young group played weekly gigs here from 1976 to 1978, with Dave Murray making his debut on the pub's stage on 21 December 1976. By 1977 the.....

Housed in a transformed 1960s industrial warehouse in the heart of Tottenham Hale, Club 360 is a multi-purpose events venue and nightclub that doubles as a blank-canvas hire space for filming, brand launches and private parties. Also operating under the name Archives, the near eight-and-a-half-thousand-square-foot ground-floor space pairs a raw industrial aesthetic with a highly flexible layout in one of north London's fast-changing regeneration districts. The space is defined by striking struc.....

Spotlighting female, non-binary and queer artists across a programme that runs from jazz to techno, Colour Factory is a Black-owned nightclub, live-music venue and multi-functional events space in the heart of Hackney Wick. Open since 2018, it advocates cultural diversity and an all-inclusive environment, building a reputation as one of east London's most distinctive grassroots venues. The venue is made up of several connected areas, including the main Factory room, a three-hundred-capacity out.....

A swooping building of curving concrete and glass, the London Aquatics Centre is one of the showpieces of the city's Olympic park. Built for the games, it now serves as a public pool and a venue for great swimming events. The centre was designed by a famous architect known for her bold, flowing forms. Its wave-like roof seems to ripple over the pools below. It was built for the Olympic and Paralympic games held in the city, where the world's best swimmers and divers competed. It was one of the.....

Spanning three floors beside the canal in Hackney Wick, LVLS is a bar, kitchen and music venue that aims to offer a different vibe on every level. From canal-side cocktails to craft beer under stage lights and big-match screenings, it pitches itself as a one-stop spot for the East London neighbourhood. The ground floor houses the main bar, serving signature cocktails, craft beers and non-alcoholic options, while the first-floor Mezz boasts what it calls Hackney's biggest LED screen for live spo.....

Victorian cholera engineering has become one of east London's quietest wildlife havens. The Middlesex Filter Beds were built in 1852-53 by the East London Waterworks Company, three years after the city's worst cholera outbreak, to filter impurities from the River Lea and supply the growing East End with safer water. At their height, together with the later Essex beds across the river, the works delivered an average of 42.5 million gallons a day; in 1969 the outdated beds were replaced by the Cop.....

Housed in a former Victorian railway station beside Hackney Central, Oslo is a double-decker bar, restaurant and live-music venue that opened in 2014 inside the roughly 140-year-old building. Drawing on a Nordic aesthetic in its name and styling, it serves food and drink by day and turns into a gig venue and late-night club after dark. The ground floor combines a bar and a restaurant with a Scandinavian theme, offering burgers, small plates and smorgasbords alongside a well-regarded range of dr.....

Built on reclaimed industrial land in Stratford, east London, the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park is the lasting legacy of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. It is one of the largest new urban parks created in Europe in more than a century. The site lies in the Lower Lea Valley, an area of old factories, railway yards and contaminated ground that was cleared and decontaminated from 2007. The River Lea and its channels were cleaned up and woven into the new landscape. During the Games of 2012 .....

Rollernation is a dedicated roller-disco venue at 117 Bruce Grove in Tottenham, north London, run by the team behind the long-running London roller-disco nights that began at Vauxhall before the venue relocated north. A roller rink is the centrepiece, surrounded by a retro diner, a bar, a garden area and seating booths that can be booked for parties and events. The programme splits between 18-plus evening club nights -- among them Soul Skate Thursdays, Roller Boogie Fridays and the big Rollerdi.....

Tea Palace at 175 Westbourne Grove is a modern tea emporium offering one of the widest selections of fine-quality teas and infusions available in the UK. The shop is dedicated to the rediscovery of properly brewed tea, stocking an extensive range for both drinking in and taking home.