
Prices start at £587,000 for a one-bedroom flat in the Silk District
(Picture: Handout)Step off the Tube and although you can see the shiny skyscrapers of the City on the horizon, there is little sign that Crossrail investment has been pouring into this section of E1.
What you do get is the traffic-ridden A11, which is lined with market stalls and determinedly ungentrified cafes, restaurants and boozers.