Free tours of Bromley-by-Bow’s disused gasworks

Next month, there’s another chance to go on a tour of the decommissioned gasholders that dominate the view from the trains passing through West Ham station.The gasworks was established here by the Imperial Gas Imperial Gas Light & Coke Company in 1870. However, changes to the way gas is supplied to homes and businesses led to most of the original site being redeveloped, and the gasholders being decommissioned later in 2010. The site is now being earmarked for housing development, but w