48 HOURS IN… Bethnal Green
Bethnal Green in London’s East End may not be the obvious choice for an antiquing mini break. It was one of the worst slums of Victorian England, bombed heavily during the Second World War and, in the 1960s, it was home to infamous gangsters, the Kray twins, which earned the area an even grimier reputation.
Unlike neighbouring parts of London like Shoreditch and Hoxton, Bethnal Green has been slow to gentrify. But what it lacks in achingly cool bars and restaurants, it makes up for with its cultural diversity and interesting urban history. Waves of immigrants have made Bethnal Green their
