Nearby highlights Mile End is nowadays best-known for Queen Mary University (Mile End Road, qmul.ac.uk), which contains a Spanish-Jewish-Portuguese cemetery from 1726, the second-oldest graveyard in England. The Greedy Cow restaurant nearby (2 Grove Road, greedycow.com) has an exotic range of meats: kangaroo, camel, wild boar and crocodile. For more cultural activities, the Ragged School Museum 46-50 Copperfield Road, raggedschoolmuseum.org.uk) celebrates Dr Barnado's impact on the East End, and the Chisenhale Gallery a short walk away (64 Chisenhale Road, chisenhale.org.uk) provides exhibition space for underrepresented artists.
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Did you know? Though its name sounds distinctly modern, the hamlet of Mile End dates back at least to the 13th century, when it appeared in local records as La Mile ende. The name is derived from the village's location, about a mile from the historic limits of the City of London at Aldgate, along the ancient road to Colchester.
