Mile End is a district within East London, England, and part of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is located 3.6 miles (5.8 km) east-northeast of Charing Cross. It developed on the London to Colchester road as one of the earliest suburbs of the City of London and the parish of Mile End Old Town became part of the metropolitan area of London in 1855.
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“May they stumble, stage by stage
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Dawn and dusk, mile after mile,
At each and every step, a stile;”
—Robert Graves (1895–1985)