Bow Common

Bow Common was an area of common land, that lay on Bow Common Lane in what is now the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Despite the name, the common lay just inside Mile End's parish boundary with Bromley by Bow, and not in the parish of Bow which was further to the north.

Bow Common
Regent's Canal, Bow Common
Bow Common
Location within Greater London
London borough
  • Tower Hamlets
Ceremonial countyGreater London
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLONDON
Postcode districtE3, E14
Dialling code020
PoliceMetropolitan
FireLondon
AmbulanceLondon
London Assembly

The term is also used to refer to the locale around the former common, on both sides of the parish boundary.

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