Stepney Green Park is a park in
Stepney
Stepney is an area in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in the East End of London. Stepney is no longer officially defined, and is usually used to refer to a relatively small area. However, for much of its history the place name was applied to ...
,
Tower Hamlets, London. It is a remnant of a larger area of
common land
Common land is collective land (sometimes only open to those whose nation governs the land) in which all persons have certain common rights, such as to allow their livestock to graze upon it, to collect wood, or to cut turf for fuel.
A person ...
. It was formerly known as Mile End Green.
During the 2010s, a large area of the park was used on a temporary basis to build
Crossrail
Crossrail is a completed railway project centred on London. It provides a high-frequency hybrid commuter rail and rapid transit system, akin to the Réseau Express Régional, RER in Paris and the S-Bahn systems of German-speaking countries, kn ...
. The
Stepney Green cavern is now located below the park.
It gives its name to the surrounding neighborhood of Stepney Green.
See also
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Stepney Green tube station
References
External links
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Parks and open spaces in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Stepney
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