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Spitalfields is full of contrasts - quirky, historic, trend-settingly modern, tatty and smart. It's the kind of place where it pays to look beyond the obvious. Many of Spitalfields' attractions are the less obvious, smaller kind, but nonetheless worth visiting.

Wandering around you'll find houses so old and unloved their interiors haven't been changed for centuries and others whose owners have seized on the chance to lavish thousands on their restoration to former glories. Your sense of smell will no doubt guide you towards the many Bangladeshi restaurants which Brick Lane is famous. If you follow the road northwards towards Bethnal Green Road, you get an insight into the changing nature of the area. Coffee shops, art galleries, designers' studios are all popping up in expected corners as evidence that the area is already a magnet for a very diverse group of inhabitants, almost all of them from other areas of the country and the world.

At the same time, this is where you'll find true Cockneys, people who've lived here for all their lives, people with stories to tell and wares to sell in the many street markets. And through-out the year, there are events which contribute to making the area even more vibrant and welcoming.

This website can only give you an insight into just some of what Spitalfields has to offer. The area is fast changing so if you spot anything new that you think should be on this site, or have any information or a link you'd like to add, please get in touch.