Nicholas Hawksmoor’s earliest church (built 1714–27) still boasts the highest church clock in the city. In fact, the 60m-high tower was until recently a ‘Trinity House mark’ for navigation on the Thames, which is why it often flies the Royal Navy’s white ensign.
St Anne’s Limehouse
East London
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5. Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park
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Painted on the side of the former St George’s Town Hall (now a library), this large mural commemorates the riots that took place here in October 1936,…