Garden Details
Cable Street Community Gardens
The Garden
This award-winning organic garden, created in the 1970s on reclaimed derelict land, is a vibrant and well-established oasis of tranquillity in the heart of a historic inner-city area. Cable Street Community Gardens reflect the diversity of the borough, with more than 50 families tending plots.Organic from its inception, the garden attracts lots of wildlife with several small ponds and a traditional British hedgerow. It also features raised planters for elderly gardeners and those with limited mobility, and serves as an important community hub. There is also a quiet 'therapy' garden complete with banana bench, water feature and sensory planting open to local residents as well as garden members - a perfect place to relax or meet up.
Children are very welcome and there is an area with mini planters for young children and their families.
In 2025 the garden was awarded 1st Prize in the Best Wildlife Group category for Tower Hamlets in Bloom.
Visitor Information
- Open
- Sunday 11:00–16:00
- Activities
- Plant stalls, local history stall, homemade crafts and pottery. Children's activities. Live music from the Balkan Orchestra. Homemade cakes, light refreshments and vegetarian curries. Second hand books and DVD/CDs with proceeds going to local charity.
- Entrance
- Hardinge Street, off Cable Street
Nearest postcode: E1 0EL - Buses
- Map of nearby bus stops
- Station
- Shadwell
- Cycle hire station
- Albert Gardens (Map)
- Access
- Garden not fully accessible to wheelchair users.
Some narrow paths. Main entrance and roadway easily accessible. - Dogs
- Dogs on leads welcome
