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 Mile End Road in 2000 - panorama eastward from the Green Footbridge along the A11 Mile End Road, at junction of A1205 Grove Road (left) - Burdett Road (right). On the right is the entrance to Mile End station (London Underground, District and Central Lines) | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Length | 2.0 mi (3.2 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| North end | Victoria Park | |||
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| South end | Limehouse | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United Kingdom | |||
| Primary destinations | Harlow | |||
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TheA1205 is a road in eastLondon which runs north to south parallel to theRegent's Canal and connectsSouth Hackney andVictoria Park with theA13 atLimehouse. It is approximately 2 miles (3 km) in length, and runs in a roughly SSW direction.
The road starts at a roundabout junction with Victoria Park Road inSouth Hackney in theLondon Borough of Hackney, and for the short distance it is in that borough it is calledLauriston Road.
The road then enters theLondon 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 theLakeview Estate, designed byBerthold 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 ofMile End Park.
Where the road passes under theGreat Eastern Main Line, there is a plaque indicating the spot where, on 13 June 1944, during theSecond World War, the firstV-1 flying bomb to hit London fell, killing six, injuring 30, and making 200 people homeless.[1] The area remained derelict for many years until it was cleared to extendMile End Park. Before demolition, local artistRachel Whiteread made a cast of the inside of193 Grove Road. Despite attracting controversy, the exhibit won her theTurner Prize for 1993.[2]
Built in 1858, it was at first called Victoria Park Approach Road because it enabled access from the docks toVictoria Park.[3] On 19 December 1862 it was renamed Burdett Road[4] after philanthropistAngela Burdett-Coutts. The Limehouse Board of Works objected to the change of name, saying it was unpatriotic, "ridiculous" and would lower house prices;[5] but the name was retained, it being popular in the Mile End area.[6] Burdett Road was the site ofBurdett Road railway station, closed in 1941.
Burdett Road is part of the North and East Londonred 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 theLansbury Estate and ceases to form the boundary of Mile End Park after passingMile End Stadium and passing under theLondon, Tilbury and Southend line. Here a crossroads is formed with St Pauls Way (B140). The road then passes overLimehouse Cut before terminating at a junction with theA13 and the West India Dock Road.
It is referenced in the song "Mile End" byPulp, featured in the 1996 filmTrainspotting.
The277 bus serves the entire length of the road with other routes serving some sections:425 till Mile End bus stop,D6 from the south of Burdett Road to Roman Road,D7 from the south of Burdett Road toMile End bus stop (north of Mile End Road),323 from Bow Common Lane to Mile End bus stop and the339 from Roman Road to Mile End (turning east onto Mile End Road).
The309 crosses it in the south (at St. Paul's Way/Ben Jonson Road), and the25,205 andN205 at Mile End Road.
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