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Archaeological priority area

<p><strong>Tower Hamlets APA 2.9: Whitechapel</strong></p> <p><strong>Summary and Definition </strong></p> <p>The Whitechapel APA runs along the Whitechapel Road corridor from its junction with Osborn Street near Aldgate as far as Whitechapel Tube stat

Geographical area

About this entity

Fact links
CURIE archaeological-priority-area:78206 no fact link
Prefix archaeological-priority-area Facts
Reference 78206 Facts
Name

Tower Hamlets APA 2.9: Whitechapel

Summary and Definition

The Whitechapel APA runs along the Whitechapel Road corridor from its junction with Osborn Street near Aldgate as far as Whitechapel Tube stat

Facts
Quality Authoritative: We have some data from the authoritative source no fact link
Dataset Archaeological priority area no fact link
Organisation Historic England no fact link
Start date Facts
End date Facts
Entry date 2026-05-12 Facts
Typology geography no fact link
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Point POINT (-0.065807 51.517591) Facts
Archaeological risk tier Archaeological Priority Area - Tier II Facts

Available Code Snippets:

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Tower Hamlets APA 2.9: Whitechapel

Summary and Definition

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