Plan your visit

How to get to St. Margaret’s House, The Gallery Cafe, The Create Place, The Canvas, and Ayoka.

Finding your way or finding something to eat, taking part in a workshop, wellbeing class, or shopping at Ayoka - here's where you'll find all the information you need to plan your visit to St. Margaret’s House.

  • Visiting St. Margaret's House, a visual story.

    Plan your visit to St. Margaret’s House by familiarising yourself with the settlement.

    This visual story will take you through the settlement, showing you the various buildings, entrances and access routes.

    Visual Story

  • The Gallery Café

    The Gallery Café offers low-cost vegan dishes, locally-ground coffees, vegan sweet treats, and healthy juices.

    The kitchen serves a brunch menu on weekdays until 12noon and until 1pm on weekends, followed by a lunch menu until 4pm. We don’t take advanced bookings. Card payments only. Dog friendly.

    Open every day: 8.30am - 6pm

    The Gallery Café
    St. Margaret’s House
    21 Old Ford Road
    Bethnal Green
    E2 9PL

    Phone: 020 8980 2092 (Option 1)

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  • AYOKA

    AYOKA is a hidden gem of a charity boutique. Here you’ll find affordable designer and vintage clothes, homewares, antiques, DVDs, CDs and books.

    Open Monday to Saturday: 10am - 5pm
    Open Sunday: 10am-4pm

    AYOKA
    23 Old Ford Road
    Bethnal Green
    E2 9PJ

    Phone: 0208 980 2092 (Option 3)

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  • St. Margaret's House Offices

    St Margaret's House is home to more than 30 community organisations and charities. Contact our office for general enquiries including space hire.

    Open weekdays:
    9am - 5pm

    St. Margaret’s House
    21 Old Ford Rd
    Bethnal Green
    E2 9PL

    Phone: 020 8980 2092 (Option 2)

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  • The Create Place

    The Create Place is our flexible community arts space. It is a launchpad for starting a creative project that benefits your community, and a space for people to be together, to share skills, to create, and to have fun. Available for hire.

    The Create Place
    29 Old Ford Road
    Bethnal Green
    E2 9PJ

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  • The Canvas

    The Canvas is our flexible community wellbeing space. It is aimed at providing small companies, charities, groups, individuals, artists and practitioners with a space to develop and thrive. Available for hire.

    The Canvas
    27 Old Ford Road
    Bethnal Green
    E2 9PJ

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  • The Anson Room

    A period meeting room and flexible events space. Available for hire.

    The Anson Room is located on the first floor and is not currently wheelchair accessible.

    The Anson Room
    St. Margaret’s House
    21 Old Ford Road
    Bethnal Green
    E2 9PL

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  • The Chapel

    A unique, and flexible rehearsal and performance space. Available for hire.

    Please note The Chapel is not step-free. If you require step-free access, please call us on 020 8980 2092 or email us ahead of attending.

    The Chapel
    St. Margaret’s House
    21 Old Ford Road
    Bethnal Green
    E2 9PL

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  • The Mulberry Hall

    A unique, and flexible rehearsal and performance space. Available for hire.

    The Mulberry Hall
    St. Margaret’s House
    21 Old Ford Road
    Bethnal Green
    E2 9PL

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Access & facilities

We welcome everyone and want our site to be accessible to as many people as possible. If you require assistance or have any questions, please let us know on 020 8980 2092 or email us.

Address

St. Margaret's House
21 Old Ford Road
Bethnal Green
London
E2 9PL

 

TFL Network

Closest Underground station: Bethnal Green (Central Line) is a 5 minutes walk away, but please note this station does not have step-free access.

Closest Step-free Stations:

Whitechapel (Overground, Elizabeth Line, District Line, Hammersmith & City Line)

Shoreditch High Street (Overground)

Stratford (Central Line, Elizabeth Line, National Rail, DLR)

Liverpool Street (Central Line, Hammersmith & City Line, Circle Line, National Rail)

You can use Transport for London’s website, tlf.gov.uk, to check your step-free route by clicking here.

Bus

Services: 8, 106, 254, 309, 388, D3, D6

Transport for London’s website states: “All our bus routes are served by low-floor vehicles, with a dedicated space for one wheelchair user & an access ramp. Buses can also be lowered to reduce the step-up from the pavement.”

Car

The nearest residential roads to us are Victoria Park Square and Approach Road, parking can sometimes be found here - but please check the parking signage before leaving your vehicle.

Taxi

If you are travelling to St. Margaret’s House via a taxi, we suggest you ask them to pull into Peel Grove, by St John's Primary School, Peel Grove, London E2 9LR.

This is the same side of Old Ford Road as SMH, and is approximately a 200m step-free distance to the front of SMH, past The Create Place, The Canvas, and Ayoka (charity shop). Depending on the venue your event is taking place in, e.g., the Hall, Chapel, or Gallery Café, this distance will increase but there is step-free access to all three of these venues.

Transport for London’s website states: “All taxis (black cabs) have a wheelchair ramp and some private hire vehicles (minicabs) have step free access.