Lansbury

Named after George Lansbury, the Labour politician who represented Poplar. This is the area around Chrisp Street Market, which was Britain's first purpose-built pedestrianised shopping precinct in the 1951 Festival of Britain. The market has been through a major regeneration and the area around it is changing with new housing. It is still largely a working-class area with significant council housing. The DLR stations at Langdon Park and All Saints are the main connections. Chrisp Street gives it more of a centre than most parts of Poplar have.

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