The A1205 is a road in east

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which runs north to south parallel to the

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and connects

South Hackney South Hackney is an area of Hackney in London, England within the Borough of Hackney. It is about northeast of Charing Cross. The Mossbourne Victoria Park Academy on the corner of Victoria Park Road and Lammas Walk utilises the buildings of ...

and

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with the A13 at

Limehouse Limehouse is a district in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in East London. It is east of Charing Cross, on the northern bank of the River Thames. Its proximity to the river has given it a strong maritime character, which it retains through ...

. It is approximately 2 miles (3 km) in length, and runs in a roughly SSW direction.

Route

Lauriston Road

The road starts at a roundabout junction with Victoria Park Road in

in the London Borough of Hackney, and for the short distance it is in that borough it is called ''Lauriston Road''.

Grove Road

The road then enters the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and forms a divide between the two halves of Victoria Park, until a roundabout junction with Old Ford Road (the B118). By the roundabout is the

Lakeview Estate Lakeview Estate is a housing estate in Old Ford, east London designed by Berthold Lubetkin. It was built on a site damaged by bombing in World War II, on Grove Road between Old Ford Road and the Hertford Union Canal The Hertford Union Canal ...

, designed by

Berthold Lubetkin Berthold Romanovich Lubetkin (14 December 1901 – 23 October 1990) was a Georgian-British architect who pioneered modernist design in Britain in the 1930s. His work includes the Highpoint housing complex, the Penguin Pool at London Zoo, Fins ...

. From there until it crosses Mile End Road, the A1205 is called Grove Road and for much of the distance after crossing Roman Road it forms the eastern boundary of

Mile End Park Mile End Park is a park located in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is a linear park of some , and was created on industrial land devastated by World War II bombing. Some of the park is within Limehouse and Globe Town/Bethnal Green, wi ...

. Where the road passes under the Great Eastern Main Line, there is a plaque indicating the spot where, on 13 June 1944, during the

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, the first

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to hit London fell, killing six, injuring 30, and making 200 people homeless. The area remained derelict for many years until it was cleared to extend

. Before demolition, local artist

Rachel Whiteread Dame Rachel Whiteread (born 20 April 1963) is an English artist who primarily produces sculptures, which typically take the form of casts. She was the first woman to win the annual Turner Prize in 1993. Whiteread was one of the Young British Ar ...

made a cast of the inside of

193 Grove Road ''House'' was a temporary public sculpture by British artist Rachel Whiteread, on Grove Road, Mile End, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It was completed on 25 October 1993 and demolished eleven weeks later on 11 January 1994. The work won ...

. Despite attracting controversy, the exhibit won her the

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for 1993.

Burdett Road

History

Built in 1858, it was at first called Victoria Park Approach Road because it enabled access from the docks to

. On 19 December 1862 it was renamed Burdett Road after philanthropist

Angela Burdett-Coutts Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts (21 April 1814 – 30 December 1906), born Angela Georgina Burdett, was a British philanthropist, the daughter of Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Baronet and Sophia, formerly Coutts, daughte ...

. The Limehouse Board of Works objected to the change of name, saying it was unpatriotic, "ridiculous" and would lower house prices; but the name was retained, it being popular in the Mile End area. Burdett Road was the site of Burdett Road railway station, closed in 1941.

Today

Burdett Road is part of the North and East London

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system. After crossing the junction with Bow Road and Mile End Road the remaining distance is called Burdett Road. It forms the western boundary of the

Lansbury Estate The Lansbury Estate is a large, historic council housing estate in Poplar and Bromley-by-Bow in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is named after George Lansbury, a Poplar councillor and Labour Party MP. History Lansbury Estate is one ...

and ceases to form the boundary of Mile End Park after passing

Mile End Stadium Mile End Stadium, also known as the East London Stadium, is a multi-sports stadium in Mile End and situated in the park of the same name, East London, England. The stadium comprises an athletics stadium and a number of floodlit Astroturf footb ...

and passing under the

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. Here a crossroads is formed with St Pauls Way (B140). The road then passes over

Limehouse Cut The Limehouse Cut is a largely straight, broad canal in the East End of London which links the lower reaches of the Lee Navigation to the River Thames. Opening on 17 September 1770, and widened for two-way traffic by 1777, it is the oldest can ...

before terminating at a junction with the A13 and the West India Dock Road.

Culture

It is referenced in the song "Mile End" by

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, featured in the 1996 film Trainspotting.

Transportation

Buses

The 277 bus serves the entire length of the road with other routes serving some sections:

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till Mile End bus stop, D6 from the south of Burdett Road to Roman Road, D7 from the south of Burdett Road to

Mile End Mile End is a district of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in the East End of London, England, east-northeast of Charing Cross. Situated on the London-to-Colchester road, it was one of the earliest suburbs of London. It became part of the m ...

bus stop (north of Mile End Road), 323 from Bow Common Lane to Mile End bus stop and the

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from Roman Road to Mile End (turning east onto Mile End Road). The

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traverses across it in the south (at St. Paul's Way/Ben Jonson Road), and the 25,

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and N205 at Mile End Road.

References

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