Cambridge Heath

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Cambridge Heath
OS grid reference	TQ348832
London borough	Tower Hamlets
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LONDON
Postcode district	E2
Dial code	020
Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
Ambulance	London
UK Parliament	Bethnal Green and Bow
London Assembly	City and East
European Parliament	London
List of places: UK • England • London

Cambridge Heath is a place in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in London, England. The earliest recorded use of the name is as Camprichthesheth in 1275.^[1]

It forms part of the East End of London and is located north of Bethnal Green. The area is the location, at Patriot Square, of the former Bethnal Green Town Hall. Cambridge Heath formed part of the Bethnal Green metropolitan borough from 1900 to 1965.^[2]

Cambridge Heath Road runs north-south from the borough boundary with the London Borough of Hackney to Stepney. It passes Cambridge Heath railway station and Bethnal Green tube station.

[edit] References

1. ^ Mills, A., Oxford Dictionary of London Place Names, (2000)
2. ^ Vision of Britain - Bethnal Green MB boundaries