The
Whitechapel tube
station is on the north side of the road.Behind the
tube station is the former site of Blackwall Buildings notable philanthropic housing built in 1890 and
demolished in 1969.Opposite to the south is the Royal London
Hospital.St Mary's tube station used to be on Whitechapel Road, but closed in
1938. It was used as an air raid shelter in World War II, but was destroyed by bombing in
1940.
The
well-known Whitechapel Bell Foundry is based in buildings on Whitechapel Road that date
from 1670. They were formerly used as a
coaching inn known as The
Artichoke. The buildings replaced smaller premises on the
north side of the road.