Bethnal Green Gardens

Bethnal Green Gardens holds a unique status as a piece of land that was saved from development over three centuries ago. In sixteen seventy-eight, a group of local property owners purchased this acreage specifically to prevent it from being built upon. They established a trust to ensure the land remained open for public benefit, with any income from grazing rights used to help support the local poor. This early act of preservation secured the green space that you see today.