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| Cambridge Heath | |
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 Cambridge Heath Road | |
  Cambridge HeathLocation within Greater London | |
| OS grid reference | TQ348832 |
| London borough | |
| Ceremonial county | Greater London |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LONDON |
| Postcode district | E2 |
| Dialling code | 020 |
| Police | Metropolitan |
| Fire | London |
| Ambulance | London |
| UK Parliament | |
| London Assembly | |
| 51°31′53″N 0°03′20″W / 51.5315°N 0.05566°W / 51.5315; -0.05566 | |
Cambridge Heath is a neighbourhood in the East End of London, England, and part of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The earliest recorded use of the name is as Camprichthesheth in 1275. The Regents Canal runs along the north and western border with London Fields, South Hackney and Victoria Park
Located north and west of Bethnal Green, east of Hoxton, south of South Hackney and London Fields and located near Victoria Park, it is the location, at Patriot Square, of the former Bethnal Green Town Hall. Most of Cambridge Heath formed part of this metropolitan borough from 1900 to 1965.
Education
A 6th form college was opened in September 2009 in Bethnal Green and was named after Cambridge Heath. The main building was called The Wessex Centre but some lessons were taught at Oaklands School, Morpeth School and Swanlea School.
For details of education in Cambridge Heath, see List of schools in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.Transport
The neighbourhood main arterial route is A107 Cambridge Heath Road which runs north-south from the borough boundary over the Regents Canal with the London Borough of Hackney to Whitechapel Road in Stepney and Whitechapel. Also part of the eastern end of A1208 Hackney Road and western end of B127 Bishops Way is also in Cambridge Heath.
Cambridge Heath railway station in southern end of the neighbourhood is served by Enfield Town/Cheshunt - London Liverpool Street services provided by National Rail London Overground.
London Buses routes 26, 48, 55, N26, N55 serve the northern and western end of the neighbourhood, the 106, 254, 388, D6 and N253 run south-north within the neighbourhood.
References
- Mills, A., Oxford Dictionary of London Place Names, (2000)
- Vision of Britain - Bethnal Green MB boundaries
