Green Street East

Green Street East ward sits in the London Borough of Newham and centres on the eastern stretch of Green Street, a long commercial spine lined with small retail units. The high street contains shops that supply clothing for South Asian weddings, tailors who cut and stitch to order, jewellers selling gold pieces, travel agencies and bureaux de change. Ground-floor storefronts sit alongside flats and businesses, and shopfronts often open early for garment fittings and evening appointments. Street-level activity mixes with quieter residential side streets behind the main road.

Housing in the ward ranges from late Victorian terraces to mid-20th-century estate blocks, with local primary schools, community centres and places of worship serving the neighbourhood. Local services include GP practices, convenience stores and allotments and community gardening projects on smaller plots. The area is used by people who run and staff the high street businesses as much as by long-term residents, and weekday and weekend rhythms reflect the market-style trade that concentrates along Green Street.