The A1205 is a road in east London which runs north to south parallel to the Regent's Canal and connects South Hackney and

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with the A13 at Limehouse. 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 South Hackney in the

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

Grove Road

The road then enters the

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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

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, designed by Berthold Lubetkin. 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. Where the road passes under the

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, there is a plaque indicating the spot where, on 13 June 1944, during the Second World War, the first V-1 flying bomb 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 Mile End Park. Before demolition, local artist

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made a cast of the inside of

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. Despite attracting controversy, the exhibit won her the Turner Prize 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. 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

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, closed in 1941.

Today

Burdett Road is part of the North and East London Red route 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 and ceases to form the boundary of Mile End Park after passing

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and passing under the London, Tilbury and Southend line. Here a crossroads is formed with St Pauls Way (B140). The road then passes over Limehouse Cut before terminating at a junction with the A13 and the West India Dock Road.

Culture

It is referenced in the song "Mile End" by Pulp, featured in the 1996 film

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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 bus stop (north of Mile End Road),

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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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