Discover Bow E3 β East London's Historic Riverside Community Beside Victoria Park and the Lea Valley
Bow E3 is one of inner east London's most historically significant and geographically distinctive postcodes β a neighbourhood shaped by the River Lea, the industrial heritage of the Lea Valley, the vast green expanse of Victoria Park, and a community tradition stretching back through centuries of East End working life that makes it one of the most authentic and characterful areas in the entire capital.
Among the most extraordinary and historically resonant sites in the entire E3 postcode is Three Mills Island, a small island formed in the River Lea at Bromley-by-Bow that is home to the House Mill β the largest surviving tidal mill in the world, built in 1776, which once formed part of one of the most important industrial milling complexes in England and ground grain for London's gin distillers and bakers for over a century before its eventual conversion into a heritage site managed by the River Lea Tidal Mill Trust. Alongside the House Mill stands the Clock Mill, also Grade II* listed, and Three Mills Studios β one of London's leading film and television production facilities, occupying the historic industrial buildings and wharf structures of the island and hosting productions ranging from major feature films to network television series.