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.
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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.
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The Gallery Cafe 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 Cafe
St Margaret’s House
21 Old Ford Road
Bethnal Green
E2 9PLPhone: 020 8980 2092 (Option 1)
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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-4pmAyoka
23 Old Ford Road
Bethnal Green
E2 9PJPhone: 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 - 5pmSt Margaret’s House
21 Old Ford Rd
Bethnal Green
E2 9PLPhone: 020 8980 2092 (Option 2)
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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 (SMH) via a taxi, we suggest you ask them to pull into Peel Grove, by St John's Primary School, 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 Cafe, 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.”