Banglatown

This is the Brick Lane end of things, stretching from the curry houses up towards Shoreditch. The name comes from the Bangladeshi community that shaped the area from the 1970s onwards, and the street signs are still in Bengali. It is loud, busy, touristy around the Lane itself, but step onto the side streets and there are council blocks and small terraces where families have lived for decades. Gentrification has been relentless here. The old warehouses are galleries and coffee shops now. Young renters and creative types have moved in alongside the Bengali community, which remains a defining presence around the market and the mosque.

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