Editing Plaistow, Newham

{{Short description|Town in East London, England}}
{{Distinguish|Plaistow (UK Parliament constituency)|Plaistow, New Hampshire}}
{{For|other places called Plaistow|Plaistow (disambiguation){{!}}Plaistow}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country = England
| region = London
| official_name = Plaistow
| coordinates = {{coord|51.5243|0.0245|display=inline,title}}
| constituency_westminster = [[West Ham and Beckton (UK Parliament constituency)|West Ham and Beckton ]]
| population = 31,874
| population_ref = (2011 Census. Plaistow North and South Wards)
| post_town = LONDON
| dial_code = 020
| os_grid_reference = TQ405825
| postcode_area = E
| postcode_district = E13
| london_borough = Newham
| static_image_name = Plaistow Underground Station - geograph.org.uk - 1471302.jpg
| static_image_caption = Plaistow Underground station
| static_image_2_name = Greengate_Street.jpg
| static_image_2_caption = Greengate Street, Plaistow
}}
'''Plaistow''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|l|ɑː|s|t|oʊ|audio=LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-Plaistow.wav}} {{Respell|PLAHST|oh}} or {{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|l|æ|s|t|oʊ}} {{Respell|PLAST|oh}})<ref>Wells, J. C. (2008). ''Longman Pronunciation Dictionary'', 3rd edn, Harlow, UK: Longman</ref><ref>Daniel Jones, Peter Roach, et al. (2011). ''Cambridge Pronouncing Dictionary'', 18th edn, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press</ref> is a suburban area of [[West Ham]], [[East London]], England, within the [[London Borough of Newham]]. It adjoins [[Upton Park, London|Upton Park]] to the north, [[East Ham]] to the east, [[Beckton]] to the south, [[Canning Town]] to the south-west and [[West Ham]] to the west.

It was originally a ward in the parish of West Ham, [[Becontree Hundred|hundred of Becontree]], and part of the [[Historic counties of England|historic county]] of [[Essex]]. [[London Government Act 1963|Since 1965]], Plaistow has been part of the London Borough of Newham, a [[Districts of England|local government district]] of Greater London.  The area forms the majority of the [[E postcode area|London E13]] postcode district. Plaistow North and Plaistow South are two of the ten [[Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom|electoral wards]] making up the UK parliamentary constituency of [[West Ham (UK Parliament constituency)|West Ham]].

The main roads are the [[A112 road|A112]]; Prince Regent Lane, Greengate Street, The Broadway, High Street and Plaistow Road, which is a former [[Roman road]]; and the [[A124 road|A124]] (Barking Road), which passes south west/ north east through Plaistow and past the former [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]] [[Boleyn Ground|football ground]]. Commercial and retail premises are on the A112 at Greengate Street leading north and Prince Regent Lane south, leading {{convert|0.3|mi|km|1}} to [[Newham Sixth Form College]] and along the A124.

==Toponymy==
The name ''Plaistow'' is believed by some to come from Sir Hugh de Plaiz or Plaitz<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.geni.com/people/Hugh-de-Plaiz/6000000006405070026 |title=Hugh de Plaiz |work=Geni | access-date=7 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=banker1&id=I253643 |title=Hugh Plaitz |work=RootsWeb.[[Ancestry.com]] |publisher=Permira/CMGI |access-date=7 January 2012}}</ref> who, in 1065, married Philippa [[de Montfitchet]], of the [[Stansted Mountfitchet|Mountfitchet Castle]] family, who owned the district. It is she who is reputed to have named it the Manor of Plaiz.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/PLACE/2011-05/1305945940 |title=Sir Hugh de Plaiz |work=RootsWeb.[[Ancestry.com]] |publisher=Permira/CMGI |access-date=7 January 2012}}</ref>

However, in his book ''What's in a Name?'', first published in 1977, author Cyril M. Harris states that c. 1200 Plaistow was recorded as Plagestoue, derived from the Old English {{lang|as|pleg}}, meaning 'sport' or 'playing', and {{lang|as|stowe}} 'place'. It was a place where [[miracle play]]s were performed so it was a 'playing place'.<ref>{{cite book |isbn=185414-241-0 |title=What's in a Name? |first=Cyril M. |last=Harris |publisher=Capital History / London Transport Museum |date=2001}}</ref>  While the book concentrates on the names of London railway stations, Harris could have confused Plaistow in [[Essex]] (and later London) with the Plaistow near [[Crich]] in [[Derbyshire]], which is recorded as Plagestoue in the ''Darley Charters'' of 1200.<ref name="ISDb">{{cite web |url=http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Plaister |title=Plaister |work=The Internet Surname Database |publisher=Name Origin Research |access-date=19 June 2012}}</ref>  Nevertheless, the derivation from {{lang|as|pleg}}&nbsp;+ {{lang|as|stowe}} could apply equally to all places named Plaistow, Plaister, etc.<ref name="ISDb" />

Plaistow in Essex is reported as appearing as Playstowe in the county's ''Patent Rolls'' of 1414.<ref name="ISDb" />  This is also quoted by James Kemble, another who cites the derivation from {{lang|as|pleg}}&nbsp;+ {{lang|as|stowe}} – a 'place for playing'.<ref name="Kemble">{{cite book| isbn=978-1-905286-21-8 |title=Essex Place-Names |first=James |last=Kemble |publisher=Historical Publications |date=2007}}</ref>

The book ''Fifty Years a Borough, 1886-1936, The Story of West Ham'', compiled by Donald McDougall on behalf of West Ham County Borough Council, leans towards the derivation from Hugh de Plaiz, as Lord of the Manor, and that Plaistow was the Stow or village of the de Plaiz family.<ref>{{cite book | first=Donald | last=McDougall | title=Fifty Years a Borough, 1886-1936, The Story of West Ham | pages=57 | publisher=County Borough Council of West Ham | year=1936 | asin = B000LFZWAC}}</ref>

==History==
===Medieval and Tudor===
Hugh de Balun was a property-owner in the area in the 12th century and belonged to the same family as [[Hamelin de Ballon|Hamelin de Balun]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42753 | title=British History Online, West Ham, Manors and estates | publisher=University of London & History of Parliament Trust | access-date=14 November 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://exploringeastlondon.co.uk/eel/Plaistow/Plaistow.htm#Balaam| title=Plaistow, E 13 | publisher=The Estate of Lawrence Rigal | access-date=14 November 2012}}</ref> Known as ''Balostret'' in the 1371 ''Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous'', Balaam {{IPAc-en|'|b|eɪ|l|ə|m}} Street is one of the oldest roads in Plaistow and is probably named after de Balun, though some argue its namesake is in fact a Walter Balame.<ref name="Kemble"/>

In 1353, Sir Richard de Playz gave the manor of Plaistow to the abbot of [[Stratford Langthorne Abbey|Stratford-Langthorne]].<ref name="Playz">{{cite web | url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=45476 | title=BRITISH HISTORY ONLINE, WESTHAM, Manor of Playz | publisher=University of London & History of Parliament Trust | access-date=2 October 2012}}</ref> When this abbey was [[Dissolution of the Monasteries|dissolved]] the manor was appropriated by the Crown, and granted to Sir [[Roger Cholmeley]] in 1553.<ref name="Playz"/>

===18th century===
[[Daniel Defoe]]'s 1724 work, ''"Tour of the Eastern Counties"'' (part of his ''[[A Tour thro' the Whole Island of Great Britain|A Tour Thro’ the Whole Island of Great Britain]]''), mentions Plaistow as a town in which there had been much new building as well as repairs to existing houses since the [[Glorious Revolution]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.newhamstory.com/node/2350 | title=The Newham Story, Essex Journey | publisher=Newham London | date=24 June 2010 | access-date=10 April 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130316043257/http://newhamstory.com/node/2350 | archive-date=16 March 2013 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref> Plaistow is connected with the legend of notorious [[highwayman]] [[Dick Turpin]] (born 1705; executed 1739). Several stories state that among Turpin’s first crimes was the theft of two oxen from his employer, a Mr Giles of Plaistow,<ref name="Turpin">{{cite web | url=http://historyofstratford.co.uk/Silvertown/Silvertown%20&%20neighbours-Plaistow.shtml | title=History of Stratford, West Ham, Canning Town, Silvertown etc | date=29 July 2009 | access-date=2 November 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111025045158/http://historyofstratford.co.uk/Silvertown/Silvertown%20%26%20neighbours-Plaistow.shtml | archive-date=25 October 2011 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.stand-and-deliver.org.uk/highwaymen/newgate_turpin.htm | title=The Newgate Calendar, Richard Turpin | publisher=stand-and-deliver.org.uk | access-date=2 November 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121031152426/http://www.stand-and-deliver.org.uk/highwaymen/newgate_turpin.htm | archive-date=31 October 2012 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/cgi-bin/res.pl?keyword=Dick+Turpin&offset=0 | title=Dick Turpin | publisher=Probert Encyclopaedia | access-date=2 November 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121119040854/http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/cgi-bin/res.pl?keyword=Dick+Turpin&offset=0 | archive-date=19 November 2012 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref> in 1730.<ref name="Newham">{{cite web | url=http://www.newham.com/live/history_heritage/a_newham_timeline/401,10,0,0.html | title=A Newham timeline | publisher=Newham London | access-date=3 November 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140220070053/http://www.newham.com/live/history_heritage/a_newham_timeline/401,10,0,0.html | archive-date=20 February 2014 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref> Turpin is alleged to also have run a smuggling gang which operated between Plaistow and [[Southend-on-Sea|Southend]].<ref name="Turpin"/>

[[File:West Ham CP Ward Map 1867.svg|thumb|Plaistow ward of West Ham Civil Parish in 1867.]]
In [[Aaron Hill (writer)|Aaron Hill's]] time there (1738–1750) Plaistow was a rural village described as a day's coach journey from Westminster,<ref name="Hill">{{cite web | url=http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198183884.003.0010?rskey=nEyiTh&result=3&q= | title='Essex Man': Richardson and the Hill Family, 1738–1750 | publisher=Oxford University Press | access-date=20 October 2012 | archive-date=4 March 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304040740/http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198183884.003.0010?rskey=nEyiTh&result=3&q= | url-status=dead }}</ref> despite it being a distance of only some {{convert|8|mi}}.  The Black Lion public house in the High Street is one of the oldest landmarks in Plaistow and is reputed to date back to at least 1742.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.newhamstory.com/node/1091 | title=The Newham Story | publisher=Newham London | access-date=11 August 2012 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130316040249/http://newhamstory.com/node/1091 | archive-date=16 March 2013 | df=dmy-all }}</ref>

===19th century===
Newly-appointed as pastor to a Congregationalist church in Plaistow, [[John Curwen]] opened the Plaistow Public School in 1844.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42764&strquery=#s2 | title=British History Online, West Ham, Education, Elementary schools founded before 1871 | publisher=University of London & History of Parliament Trust | access-date=13 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.canamus.org/Enchiridion/obits/curwen.htm | title=The Enchiridion, Selected Obituaries and Biographies, John Curwen | publisher=Canamus | access-date=1 October 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060520192028/http://www.canamus.org/Enchiridion/obits/curwen.htm | archive-date=20 May 2006 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref> That year also saw Plaistow become a chapelry as well as an Anglican parish in its own right, split off from [[All Saints Church, West Ham]]; Plaistow's [[chapel of ease]] [[St Mary's Church, Plaistow|St Mary's]] became the new parish's church. Curwen also started a printing business in Plaistow in 1863.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://curwenpress.com/index.php/about/history | title=CURWEN PRESS, History | publisher=Curwen Press | access-date=1 October 2012}}</ref>

In the 1870s, [[John Marius Wilson]] described it in his ''[[Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales]]'' as a village, a chapelry and a ward in the Parish of West Ham in Essex.<ref name="IGEW">{{cite web| url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/place_page.jsp?p_id=20405| title=A Vision of Britain Through Time| publisher=University of Portsmouth| access-date=20 June 2012}}</ref>  The population of the chapelry was recorded as 11,214 in 1861.<ref name="IGEW"/>  James Thorne, in his 1876 work ''"Handbook to the Environs of London"'', mentions Plaistow, Essex, as a village and ecclesiastical district of West Ham parish with a population of 6,699.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.eolfhs.org.uk/parish-pages/Plaistow.html | archive-url=https://archive.today/20121225030732/http://www.eolfhs.org.uk/parish-pages/Plaistow.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=25 December 2012 | title=Plaistow, Church Records | access-date=11 August 2012 }}</ref>  Thorne recounts the changes to the old village of Plaistow, with the gentry, merchants and others of renown having gone and the occupations of the residents changed from agricultural and pastoral to manufacturing. In 1886 Plaistow became part of the new [[County Borough of West Ham]].

The area gained several new Anglican churches in the second half of the 19th century – [[St Philip and St James’ Church, Plaistow|St Philip's]] in 1860, [[St Andrew's Church, Plaistow|St Andrew's]] in 1868, [[St Katherine's Church, Plaistow|St Katherine's]] in 1891, [[St Martin's Church, Plaistow|St Martin's]] in 1894 and [[St Thomas' Church, Plaistow|St Thomas's]] in 1898. Only St Martin's and St Andrew's survive; St Andrew's is mentioned in Thorne's work and, like its adjoining vicarage (1871), is a grade II [[listed building]].<ref>{{National Heritage List for England| num=1080967|desc=Church of St Andrew|access-date=31 May 2012}}</ref><ref>{{National Heritage List for England| num=1080968|desc=St Andrew's Vicarage|access-date=31 May 2012}}</ref>  John Curwen's son, John Spencer Curwen (who founded the Stratford & East London Music Festival – the oldest English music festival – in 1882),<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.stratfordmusicfestival.org.uk/ | title=Stratford & East London Music Festival | access-date=1 October 2012}}</ref> published a paper called ''“Old Plaistow”'' in 1891<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.recordinguttlesfordhistory.org.uk/saffronwalden/swlibraryoldbooks.html | title=Saffron Walden Town Library: museum bookcase (Entry 269)| publisher=Saffron Walden Town Library | access-date=1 October 2012}}</ref> describing houses of the area.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://historyofstratford.co.uk/Silvertown/Silvertown%20&%20neighbours-Plaistow.shtml | title=History of Straford, West Ham, Canning Town, Silvertown etc | date=29 July 2009 | access-date=1 October 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111025045158/http://historyofstratford.co.uk/Silvertown/Silvertown%20%26%20neighbours-Plaistow.shtml | archive-date=25 October 2011 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref>

===1900–1995===
It was not until 1905 that Plaistow was connected to the telephone network,<ref name="Newham"/> though it became its own [[Plaistow (UK Parliament constituency)|UK Parliamentary constituency]] in 1918, consisting of the Plaistow and Hudsons wards of the [[County Borough of West Ham]], plus part of the Canning Town ward. That constituency was subsumed into the West Ham constituency in 1950.

The [[Memorial Community Church|Memorial Baptist Church]] was built in 1921 as a monument to the dead of the First World War.<ref>{{National Heritage List for England| num=1246354|desc=Memorial Baptist Church|access-date=31 May 2012}}</ref> Opened in 1922, it is now a grade II listed building.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.memorialcc.org/about/history/ | title=History | publisher=Memorial Community Church | access-date=27 July 2012 | archive-date=21 September 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120921022940/http://www.memorialcc.org/about/history/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> Its ten Memorial Bells bear the names of more than 150 men who died in the fighting (the largest number of names on any set of bells in the world).<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.memorialcc.org/about/news/rededication-of-the-memorial-bells_56/ | title=Rededication of the Memorial Bells | publisher=Memorial Community Church | date=21 November 2011 | access-date=10 December 2012 | archive-date=3 March 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303230008/http://www.memorialcc.org/about/news/rededication-of-the-memorial-bells_56/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> The bells were cleaned and restored using a National Heritage Lottery grant between February and August 2011<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/lottery_grant_to_restore_plaistow_church_bells_1_788694 | title=Lottery grant to restore Plaistow church bells | newspaper=EDP24 | date=1 February 2011 | access-date=10 December 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924023825/http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/lottery_grant_to_restore_plaistow_church_bells_1_788694 | archive-date=24 September 2015 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref> as part of a larger restoration project.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.eolfhs.org.uk/news/files/4ac260be61baedf9b4aca899bcb71974-249.html | title=Plaistow church bells restored | publisher=The East of London Family History Society | date=31 August 2011 | access-date=10 December 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002101310/http://www.eolfhs.org.uk/news/files/4ac260be61baedf9b4aca899bcb71974-249.html | archive-date=2 October 2011 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref>

[[File:Greengate House.jpg|thumb|Greengate House photographed in 2021]]
In 1921, the [[YMCA]] opened Greengate House on Greengate Street.  Now a grade II listed building, it was once used as an [[Art college]] by the [[University of East London]] and students included [[Jake and Dinos Chapman]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturepicturegalleries/8639662/Jake-and-Dinos-Chapman-at-the-White-Cube-in-pictures.html?image=2 | title=Jake and Dinos Chapman at the White Cube in pictures | newspaper=The Telegraph | access-date=6 March 2013 | location=London | date=15 July 2011}}</ref> In 2010 the building was demolished but the grand and ornate façade was retained and modernised and a new block of flats built behind it.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ellisandmoore.co.uk/greengate-house-plaistow-g68.html | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130420102530/http://www.ellisandmoore.co.uk/greengate-house-plaistow-g68.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=20 April 2013 | title=Greengate House, Plaistow | publisher=Ellis & Moore Consulting Engineers Ltd | access-date=6 March 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.newhamstory.com/node/2436 | title=Greengate House Apartments | publisher=Newham London | access-date=6 March 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130315032055/http://newhamstory.com/node/2436 | archive-date=15 March 2013 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref>

The area was heavily damaged during [[the Blitz]] in the [[Second World War]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nebp.org.uk/regen/plaistow/ | title=Plaistow, Green Street, Upton Park and West Ham | publisher=Newham Education Business Partnership | access-date=12 December 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920072317/http://www.nebp.org.uk/regen/plaistow/ | archive-date=20 September 2011 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref> The Plaistow North area is largely made up of a local authority housing estate constructed in the 1960s on a bomb-damaged site. The estate used to include five 14-storey 1960s tower blocks but much has changed and the area has undergone a major redevelopment programme. The Black Lion public house was frequented by [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]] football players especially such as [[Bobby Moore]] in the 1960s and '70s<ref>{{cite news|title=Harry Redknapp still hungry for success with Tottenham |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/tottenham-hotspur/4864718/Harry-Redknapp-still-hungry-for-success-with-Tottenham.html|work=Daily Telegraph|access-date=20 November 2011|author=Henry Winter|date=27 February 2009|location=London}}</ref> with several West Ham footballers spotted in the area since.

In 1965 Plaistow became part of the new London Borough of Newham, formed when West Ham joined with the [[County Borough of East Ham]] and small parts of [[Municipal Borough of Barking|Barking]] and [[Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich|Woolwich]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.civicheraldry.co.uk/great_london.html | title=NEWHAM, LONDON BOROUGH OF | publisher=Civic Heraldry of England and Wales | access-date=9 August 2012}}</ref>

===1995–present===
Just before the end of the 1990s a £92 million regeneration programme known as the Forest Gate and Plaistow SRB5 got under way, with the aim of renewing and revitalising neighbourhoods, creating jobs, building new homes and improving many existing ones.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nebp.org.uk/regen/stratford/3/ | title=Forest Gate & Plaistow SRB5 Programme | publisher=Newham Education Business Partnership | access-date=12 December 2012 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101005044538/http://www.nebp.org.uk/regen/stratford/3/ | archive-date=5 October 2010 | df=dmy-all }}</ref>  West Ham and Plaistow New Deal for Communities ("NDC"), part of a government programme designed to tackle social exclusion, community safety, unemployment and low educational attainment in areas of severe need throughout the country, was awarded £54.6 million to bring about improvements to the local area over a 10-year period to 2010,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.newham.gov.uk/informationforbusinesses/externalfundingopportunities/ongoingprojects.htm | title=Ongoing projects | publisher=Newham London | access-date=13 August 2012 | archive-date=10 August 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120810163603/http://www.newham.gov.uk/informationforbusinesses/externalfundingopportunities/ongoingprojects.htm | url-status=dead }}</ref> with the intention of improving the quality of life and providing more opportunities for residents in the West Ham and Plaistow area.

In March 2010,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://mgov.newham.gov.uk/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?Id=1370 | title=Decision details: West Ham and Plaistow NDC Succession Strategy | date=11 March 2010 | publisher=Newham London | access-date=13 August 2012 }}</ref>  the NDC set up Newham New Deal Partnership ("Newham NDP"), a [[Nonprofit organization|not-for-profit organisation]], to continue providing community benefit to the NDC area and beyond, and continue the work carried out over the 10 years of the NDC Programme.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.newhamndp.co.uk/section.php?section=2&parent=7 | title=All About Newham NDP | publisher=Newham ndp | access-date=13 August 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120730075738/http://www.newhamndp.co.uk/section.php?section=2&parent=7 | archive-date=30 July 2012 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref>  Newham NDP works in partnership with the East London Business Alliance, East Thames Group, London Borough of Newham and One Housing Group<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.newhamndp.co.uk/item/?section=2&parent=7&page_id=7e51e6540280a1802b67f9ad9428cb2e109d0727 | title=Partners | publisher=Newham ndp | access-date=13 August 2012 }}{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> to provide community benefits to the area either directly or in partnership with other stakeholders. In March 2011 the Memorial Community Church was awarded money by the Big Lottery Fund Reaching Communities programme, to improve community facilities there.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.memorialcc.org/about/news/big-lottery-fund-grant-for-better-community-facilities-in-plaistow_55/ | title=Big Lottery Fund grant for better community facilities in Plaistow | publisher=Memorial Community Church | date=22 March 2011 | access-date=10 December 2012 | archive-date=4 March 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304041644/http://www.memorialcc.org/about/news/big-lottery-fund-grant-for-better-community-facilities-in-plaistow_55/ | url-status=dead }}</ref>

On 10 December 2012, Plaistow South was named as one of fifty areas of England to share in a Big Lottery Scheme grant of £200 million.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-20664380|title=Lottery to give £200M to 'forgotten' communities|date=10 December 2012|publisher=BBC News|access-date=10 December 2012}}</ref> Plaistow South received £1 million to fund locally-designed projects to improve the area.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-20657847|title=London estates and areas get £1M lottery funding|date=10 December 2012|publisher=BBC News|access-date=10 December 2012}}</ref> In January 2013, councillors approved a new housing development of both private and affordable homes on the site of the old Plaistow Hospital. Construction began in March 2013 with completion of Phase 1 in 2015<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.newham.gov.uk/News/2013/January/MajornewhousingdevelopmentboostsPlaistow.htm | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130423183213/http://www.newham.gov.uk/News/2013/January/MajornewhousingdevelopmentboostsPlaistow.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=23 April 2013 | title=Major new housing development boosts Plaistow | publisher=Newham London | date=22 January 2013 | access-date=5 March 2013 }}</ref> and Phase 2 in 2016.

==Amenities==
Places of interest in the area include the {{convert|9.5|acre}} Plaistow Park (known as Balaam Street Recreation Ground from its opening in 1894 to its renaming in 1999<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.londongardensonline.org.uk/gardens-online-record.asp?ID=NEW024 | title=Plaistow Park | publisher=London Parks & Gardens Trust | access-date=23 August 2012 | archive-date=4 March 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054117/http://www.londongardensonline.org.uk/gardens-online-record.asp?ID=NEW024 | url-status=dead }}</ref>), and the {{convert|10|acre|ha|0|abbr=on}} Memorial Park which merges into the [[East London Cemetery]].  There are several small parks in the area, with the large [[West Ham Park]] {{convert|1|mi}} north.

In Plaistow are Newham Leisure Centre, and [[Newham University Hospital]]. [[Newham Sixth Form College]]'s main campus is in the south-east, near the hospital.

The Terence McMillan Stadium, named for the first [[List of mayors of Newham|mayor of Newham]], Terence McMillan, who occupied the position 1965 to 1966, is located in Plaistow, close to the hospital and the college.  It is the former home of the [[Newham and Essex Beagles]] track and field athletics club and part of the Newham Leisure Centre. East End Road Runners is a running club based at the Newham Leisure Centre and was the recipient of England Athletics' award for London Development Club of the Year in 2011.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.eerr.org.uk/ | title=East End Road Runners | publisher=East End Road Runners | access-date=3 December 2012}}</ref>  Non-league football teams [[Athletic Newham F.C.|Athletic Newham]] (formerly Lopes Tavares) and [[Fire United Christian F.C.|Fire United Christian]] play at the Terence McMillan Stadium,<ref name="blogspot.com">{{Cite web|date=16 February 2019|title=The Wycombe Wanderer: Fire United Christian - Terence McMillan Stadium|url=http://footygrounds.blogspot.com/2019/02/fire-united-christian-terence-mcmillan.html|access-date=26 March 2022|website=The Wycombe Wanderer}}</ref> which also became the home ground of [[Clapton F.C.|Clapton]], rivals of Athletic Newham in the [[Essex Senior Football League|Essex Senior League]], in 2020.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.newhamrecorder.co.uk/sport/clapton-secure-new-home-ground-in-plaistow-3264516 | title=Clapton secure new home ground in Plaistow | publisher=Newham Recorder | date=21 July 2020 | access-date=23 August 2021}}</ref>

The West Ham Boys' Amateur Boxing Club is located at the rear of the Black Lion public house in High Street.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.newham.gov.uk/EntertainmentandLeisure/SportsClubsAndActivities/BoxinginNewham.htm | title=Boxing in Newham | publisher=Newham London | access-date=11 August 2012 | archive-date=8 August 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808183552/http://www.newham.gov.uk/EntertainmentandLeisure/SportsClubsAndActivities/BoxinginNewham.htm | url-status=dead }}</ref>

The [[59 Club]], a charitable motorcycle club, is based in Plaistow and located in the Swift Centre in Barking Road.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.the59club.org.uk|title=The 59 Club|access-date=13 August 2016}}</ref>

==Education==
{{Further|List of schools in Newham}}

Nathan Kemp, assistant headteacher at Tollgate Primary School in Plaistow,<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.teachingawards.com/winners/2012/UK_Panel/71943 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130203123025/http://www.teachingawards.com/winners/2012/UK_Panel/71943 | url-status=dead | archive-date=3 February 2013 | title=Teaching Awards 2012 winner – UK Panel | publisher=Teaching Awards Trust | access-date=29 December 2012 }}</ref> won Teacher of the Year in the 2012 annual national Teaching Awards, the first ever overall Teacher of the Year instead of there being separate awards for primary and secondary schools.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/schools/why-a-mans-place-is-in-the-classroom-8225270.html | title=Why a man's place is in the classroom | newspaper=The Independent | date=24 October 2012 | access-date=29 December 2012 | location=London | first=Richard | last=Garner}}</ref>

Michael Patient of Tollgate was one of the winners of a Pearson teaching award in 2014, winning a silver award for outstanding new teacher of the year.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.newhamrecorder.co.uk/news/plaistow_teacher_wins_outstanding_new_teacher_of_the_year_award_1_3603968 | title=Plaistow teacher wins outstanding new teacher of the year award | publisher=Newham Recorder | date=16 May 2014 | access-date=16 September 2014 }}</ref>

==Popular culture==
The location for the video shoot of "[[(Keep Feeling) Fascination]]" by [[the Human League]] was a house, painted entirely in orange and surrounding terraced streets at the corner of First Avenue and Third Avenue in Plaistow. The area has since been redeveloped.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://layersoflondon.humap.site/map/records/the-human-league-keep-feeling-fascination |title=The Human League - (Keep Feeling) Fascination |date=1983 |publisher=layersoflondon.humap.site |access-date=12 February 2022}}</ref>

"Plaistow Patricia" is a song from the highly acclaimed album ''[[New Boots and Panties!!]]'' by [[Ian Dury and the Blockheads]] released in 1977.

==Radio==
''[[Voice of Africa Radio]]'' (VOAR) was a multilanguage internet and local radio station broadcasting from Plaistow.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.voiceofafricaradio.com/about-us/our-success-story.html | title=Our Success Story | publisher=voiceofafricaradio.com | date=15 November 2009 | access-date=26 January 2013 | archive-date=15 January 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115121903/http://voiceofafricaradio.com/about-us/our-success-story.html | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.voiceofafricaradio.com/contact-us.html | title=Contact VOAR 94FM | publisher=voiceofafricaradio.com | access-date=26 January 2013 | archive-date=15 January 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115121959/http://voiceofafricaradio.com/contact-us.html | url-status=dead }}</ref>  It was set up on 1 January 2000 and began as an unlicensed broadcaster, not obtaining a broadcast licence until 16 February 2006.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.voiceofafricaradio.com/about-us.html | title=About us | publisher=voiceofafricaradio.com | date=13 November 2009 | access-date=26 January 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130310054801/http://voiceofafricaradio.com/about-us.html | archive-date=10 March 2013 | url-status=dead }}</ref>  It was the first licensed African radio station in the UK but had its licence revoked by Ofcom on 4 March 2016 for persistent failure to broadcast.

==Notable residents==
{{Further|:Category:People from Plaistow, Newham}}

===Arts and entertainment===
[[Aaron Hill (writer)|Aaron Hill]], writer and dramatist, lived at Hyde House<ref name ="Hill"/> during his retirement and until his death in 1750.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://m.oxfordscholarship.com/mobile/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198183884.001.0001/acprof-9780198183884-chapter-11 | title=Patriotism, Fame and Death, 1743–1750 | year=2003 | publisher=Oxford University Press | doi=10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198183884.001.0001 | access-date=20 October 2012| last1=Gerrard | first1=Christine | isbn=978-0-19-818388-4 }}</ref> [[William Holl the Younger]], noted portrait and figure engraver, was born in Plaistow in 1807.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.walterscott.lib.ed.ac.uk/portraits/engravers/holl.html | title=William Holl the Younger | publisher=Edinburgh University Library | access-date=18 February 2013}}</ref>

Singers [[David Essex]], [[Ronnie Lane]], [[Sandra Kerr]], [[Jade Ewen]], [[Mumzy Stranger]] and [[Alison Hinds]] were born in Plaistow, as was comedian and folk singer [[Richard Digance]]. Singer and entertainer [[Joe Brown (singer)|Joe Brown]] was born in [[Lincolnshire]] but lived in Plaistow from the age of two. Record producer [[Norman Newell]] was born in Plaistow.

A number of grime MCs and DJs have origins in Plaistow, including [[Ghetts]], [[Durrty Goodz]] and [[Crazy Titch]]. Rapper [[21 Savage]] was born in Plaistow and moved as a youth to [[Atlanta]] in the United States.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tobin |first1=Olivia |date=5 February 2019 |title=21 Savage latest: Rapper could face 10-year-ban from the US, lawyer says |work=Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/21-savage-latest-rapper-could-face-10yearban-from-the-us-a4057356.html |access-date=6 February 2019}}</ref>

Actor [[Terence Stamp]] attended Tollgate Primary School and [[Plaistow County Grammar School|Plaistow Grammar School]]. Actor [[Honor Blackman]] was born in Plaistow, as were actors [[Jimmy Akingbola]], [[Ron Pember]] and [[Roberta Taylor]] and comedian, actor and playwright [[Andi Osho]].

===Sports===
Multi-times Olympic athlete [[Fred Alsop]] was born in Plaistow in 1938.

England international footballers [[Sol Campbell]], [[Tony Cottee]], [[Rob Lee]] and [[Martin Peters]] were born in Plaistow.

England international speedway rider [[Reg Fearman]] was from Plaistow. He managed England and Great Britain national teams, and was also Chairman of the [[British Speedway Promoters' Association]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://speedwayplus.brinkster.net/RegReply.shtml | title=Reg Fearman : Right of Reply | publisher=Speedway Plus | date=12 January 2006 | access-date=2 February 2013}}</ref>

[[Edward Temme]], born in Plaistow, was a member of the British Olympic Water Polo teams of 1928 and 1936 and was the first man to swim the [[English Channel]] in both directions.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/te/edward-temme-1.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418003413/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/te/edward-temme-1.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=18 April 2020 | title=Edward Temme | publisher=Sports Reference LLC | access-date=20 October 2012}}</ref>  He is reputed to have swum non-stop in both directions and to have achieved this feat twice.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.echo-news.co.uk/echofeatures/memories/3781680.Champion_channel_swimmer_Edward_Temme_trained_in_Leigh_Creek/ | title=Feats of an almost-forgotten hero | publisher=Newsquest (Essex) Ltd | date=22 October 2008 | access-date=20 October 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208065829/http://www.echo-news.co.uk/echofeatures/memories/3781680.Champion_channel_swimmer_Edward_Temme_trained_in_Leigh_Creek/ | archive-date=8 December 2008 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref>

===Other===
Other famous residents have included:

* [[William Clowes (surgeon)|William Clowes]],<ref name="lived">{{cite web | url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42752&strquery=Plaistow | title=BRITISH HISTORY ONLINE, West Ham | publisher=University of London & History of Parliament Trust | access-date=2 October 2012}}</ref> one of England's early surgeons whose books were the leading surgical writings of the [[Elizabethan era|Elizabethan]] age, who spent his retirement in Plaistow until his death in 1604.
* [[Thomas Foote|Sir Thomas Foot]], [[Lord Mayor of London]], who used Hyde House in High Street as his seat in the 17th century.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.newhamstory.com/node/2094 | title=Hyde House Plaistow | publisher=Newham London | access-date=25 September 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926231844/http://newhamstory.com/node/2094 | archive-date=26 September 2012 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref>
* [[Edmund Burke]] [[Privy Council of Great Britain|PC]], Irish statesman and author who moved to England and became a [[Whig (British political party)|Whig]] [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP), who lived in Plaistow c. 1759–1761<ref name="lived"/> on Balaam Street.<ref name="Turpin"/>
* [[William Dodd (priest)|William Dodd]], clergyman who was hanged for forgery, lived on Balaam Street.<ref>{{cite book| title=Stratford, West Ham & The Royal Docks| last=Pewsey| first=Stephen| year=1996| publisher=Sutton Publishing| isbn=0-7509-1417-3| page=35}}</ref>
* [[George Edwards (naturalist)|George Edwards]], sometimes referred to as the father of British ornithology,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.draytonhall.org/news/press_room/press_release.html?id=78 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20121220211155/https://www.draytonhall.org/news/press_room/press_release.html?id=78 | url-status=dead | archive-date=20 December 2012 | title=Press Release | publisher=Drayton Hall | date=26 October 2011 | access-date=20 October 2012 }}</ref> who retired to Plaistow in 1763<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/term_details.aspx?bioId=126170 | title=Biographical details, George Edwards | publisher=The British Museum | access-date=20 October 2012}}</ref> until his death in 1773.
* [[Luke Howard]], who in 1802 devised the naming and classification of [[cloud]]s and cloud formations still in popular use today, and who operated a business in pharmaceuticals in Plaistow from 1796 until 1803 when he moved the business to nearby [[Stratford, London|Stratford]]. He continued to reside in Plaistow until 1812, when he moved to [[Tottenham]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.enotes.com/luke-howard-reference/luke-howard | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130122192202/http://www.enotes.com/luke-howard-reference/luke-howard | url-status=dead | archive-date=22 January 2013 | title=Luke Howard | publisher=eNotes | access-date=15 August 2012 }}</ref>  The family's pharmaceutical business was instrumental in the development of quinine and both Howard and his son, quinologist [[John Eliot Howard]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.kew.org/collections/ecbot/collections/topic/cinchona/a-short-history-of-cinchona/index.html | title=A short history of Cinchona | publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew | access-date=19 February 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130318034527/http://www.kew.org/collections/ecbot/collections/topic/cinchona/a-short-history-of-cinchona/index.html | archive-date=18 March 2013 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref> (who was born in Plaistow), were elected [[Royal Society#Fellows|Fellows of the Royal Society]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://royalsociety.org/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Persons&dsqPos=17&dsqSearch=%28Surname%3D%27howard%27%29 | title=Fellow details | publisher=The Royal Society | access-date=19 February 2013}}</ref>
* [[Roderic Alfred Gregory|Roderic Gregory]], biologist and professor of physiology who isolated [[gastrin]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.history.qmul.ac.uk/research/modbiomed/Publications/wit_vols/44836.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806083400/http://www.history.qmul.ac.uk/research/modbiomed/Publications/wit_vols/44836.pdf |archive-date=6 August 2020 |url-status=live | title=Wellcome Witnesses to Twentieth Century Medicine, Peptic Ulcer: Rise and Fall | publisher=Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL | date=November 2002 | access-date=1 February 2013 }}</ref> (the stimulator of gastric acid), born in Plaistow in 1913<ref>{{cite journal | url=http://rsbm.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/44/207 | title=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of The Royal Society, Roderic Alfred Gregory, C.B.E. | journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society | publisher=Royal Society Publishing | date=1 November 1998 | volume=44 | pages=207–216 | doi=10.1098/rsbm.1998.0014 | access-date=1 February 2013| last1=Dockray | first1=G. J. | s2cid=29047715 }}</ref> and awarded the [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] in 1971.
* [[David Amess|Sir David Amess]], who was born in Plaistow, was a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|MP]], representing [[Basildon (UK Parliament constituency)|Basildon]] from 1983 to 1997 and [[Southend West (UK Parliament constituency)|Southend West]] from 1997 until he was [[murder of David Amess|murdered]] in 2021. Amess was [[Knight Bachelor|knighted]] in the 2015 New Year Honours.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=61092 |supp=y|page=N2|date=31 December 2014}}</ref>

== Transport ==

=== Rail ===
[[Plaistow tube station|Plaistow]] and [[Upton Park, London|Upton Park]] tube stations are in the district. Both are served by the [[London Underground]] [[District line|District]] and [[Hammersmith & City line|Hammersmith & City]] lines, which link the area directly to destinations in [[Central London]], including [[City of London|the City]], [[Kings Cross, London|King's Cross]], St. Pancras International, [[Westminster]], and [[Paddington]]. Both stations are in [[London fare zone 3]]. Eastbound trains run towards [[Barking, London|Barking]], [[Dagenham]], and [[Upminster]].

[[West Ham station]] is less than one mile from High Street Plaistow, in London fare zones [[London fare zone 2|2]] and 3. The station is on the [[Jubilee line]] and [[Docklands Light Railway]] (DLR), which links the area directly to several key destinations and interchanges, including [[Stratford International station|Stratford International]], [[London City Airport]] ({{Rint|air}}), [[London Bridge station|London Bridge]], and [[London Waterloo station|Waterloo]].

[[Stratford station]] is also nearby, to the north of the district, which is served by the [[Central line (London Underground)|Central]] and Jubilee lines, DLR, and [[National Rail]] trains. This links the area to destinations across North East London, [[Essex]], and [[East Anglia]]. [[Canning Town station]] is to Plaistow's south-west on the Jubilee line and the DLR.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://content.tfl.gov.uk/london-rail-and-tube-services-map.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151010031957/http://content.tfl.gov.uk/london-rail-and-tube-services-map.pdf |archive-date=10 October 2015 |url-status=live|title=London's Rail & Tube Services|website=[[Transport for London]]|access-date=2 April 2020}}</ref>

Since 2022, the area has also been linked directly to [[Heathrow Airport|London Heathrow Airport]] and [[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]] via the [[Elizabeth line]] from the nearby [[Custom House station]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Matters |first=Transport for London {{!}} Every Journey |title=Direct Elizabeth line services into central London from Reading, Heathrow, and Shenfield start today |url=https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/press-releases/2022/november/direct-elizabeth-line-services-into-central-london-from-reading-heathrow-and-shenfield-start-today |access-date=3 October 2023 |website=Transport for London |language=en-GB}}</ref>

=== Bus ===
Plaistow is on the [[London Buses]] network, served by routes: [[London Buses route 5|5]], [[London Buses route 69|69]], [[London Buses route 115|115]], [[London Buses route 147|147]], [[London Buses route 241|241]], [[London Buses route 262|262]], [[London Buses route 276|276]], [[London Buses route 300|300]], [[London Buses route 325|325]], [[London Buses route 330|330]], [[London Buses route 473|473]], [[London Buses route 678|678]], [[London Buses route N15|N15]]. Routes 69 and night bus N15 run overnight through Plaistow.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://content.tfl.gov.uk/bus-route-maps/plaistow-barking-road-a4-300917.pdf|title=Buses from Plaistow (Barking Road)|website=[[Transport for London]]|access-date=2 April 2020|archive-date=23 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223145550/http://content.tfl.gov.uk/bus-route-maps/plaistow-barking-road-a4-300917.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://content.tfl.gov.uk/bus-route-maps/plaistow-station-a4.pdf|title=Buses from Plaistow Station|website=[[Transport for London]]|access-date=2 April 2020|archive-date=23 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223145550/http://content.tfl.gov.uk/bus-route-maps/plaistow-station-a4.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Cycling ===
The [[Greenway footpath, London|Greenway]], a [[Shared use path|shared-use path]], runs through Plastow. The route runs unbroken from [[Hackney Wick]] to Plaistow via the [[Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park]], [[Stratford, London|Stratford]], and [[West Ham]]. Eastbound, the route runs towards [[Newham University Hospital]], [[East Ham]], [[Beckton]], and [[Cycle Superhighway 3]] towards Barking. The Greenway runs atop [[Joseph Bazalgette]]'s [[Northern Outfall Sewer]]. It is a part of [[Transport for London]] (TfL)'s cycle network, numbered [[List of cycle routes in London|Cycleway 22]].

[[Cycle Superhighway|Cycle Superhighway 2]] (CS2) runs along the northern edge of Plaistow, through Stratford. The route runs non-stop and mostly traffic-free westbound towards the City, via [[Bow, London|Bow]], [[Mile End]], and [[Whitechapel]].

Cycle Superhighway 3 (CS3) runs along the southern edge of Plaistow. The route runs non-stop and mostly traffic-free towards the City, via [[Canning Town]], [[Poplar, London|Poplar]], and [[Limehouse]]. The route continues beyond the City traffic-free to [[Lancaster Gate]] ([[Hyde Park, London|Hyde Park]]), via [[Westminster]] and [[Buckingham Palace]], providing Plaistow with a direct, continuous cycle link to destinations in the [[West End of London|West End]]. Eastbound, CS3 runs to Barking.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tfl.gov.uk/maps/cycle|title=Cycle|website=[[Transport for London]]|access-date=4 April 2020}}</ref>

=== Road ===
Plaistow is linked to other areas of London and South East England by road. Roads which run through Plaistow include:

* {{UK road|A112}} High Street | Greengate Street | Prince Regent Lane - Southbound to the {{UK road|A13}}, [[London City Airport]] ({{Rint|air}}), and [[North Woolwich]] | Northbound to Stratford, [[Leyton]], and [[Waltham Abbey]].
* {{UK road|A114}} Stopford Road – Northbound to Upton, [[Leytonstone]], and [[Whipps Cross]].
* {{UK road|A124}} Barking Road – South-west to [[Canning Town]] and the {{UK road|A13}} | North-east towards [[East Ham]], [[Barking, London|Barking]], and [[Upminster]].

The {{UK road|A13}} runs along the southernmost edge of Plaistow. The road runs westbound towards the [[City of London]], passing Canning Town, [[Poplar, London|Poplar]], and [[Canary Wharf]] ''en route''. Eastbound, the road carries traffic towards Barking, [[Dagenham]], the {{UK road|M25}}, [[Tilbury]], and [[Southend-on-Sea]].

===Nearest places===
* [[Canning Town]]
* [[Custom House, Newham|Custom House]]
* [[East Ham]]
* [[Forest Gate]]
* [[Stratford, London|Stratford]]
* [[Upton Park, London|Upton Park]], which, like Plaistow, forms part of the E13 postcode district
* [[West Ham]]

==References==
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==External links==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120927095448/http://newhamstory.com/taxonomy/term/3 Plaistow, The Newham Story]
*[http://www.plaistowsouthbiglocal.org.uk/ Plaistow South Big Local Newsletter]

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