Originally Posted by
lancey_999:
“Oh right, lol. Bow that's it! I can vaguely remember them saying something about Bow in the actual series, but I couldnt quite remember. I know that the Bbb1/2 house was in the middle of nowhere though, I still have some shots of the ariel view of the house.. 
It appears to be next to some kind of industrial district and it's right next to a lake, I personally prefer the Elstree Location”
I went to see the original BB house in Bow during BB1. It was situated at the back of the Three Mills TV studios in Bow. There were some gas works nearby, but it wasn't really industrial - it was in the heart of the East End. You had to park in the Tesco car park right next to it and walk along the side of the studios by a canal, which brought you out to the little white bridge the HM's used to come running over to greet Davina. I didn't go on an eviction night, I went one sunny Sunday afternoon (just after Nick Bateman's eviction) and it was so very different to the Elstree set-up. You could walk right up to the gate (which was open) and there was just one security guy sitting there dozing on a chair! You could then follow a small path all the way round the parimeter of the house, so you were a stone's throw from the garden (I'm not surprised so many things used to get lobbed into that garden!) I remember a couple of kids turning up and shouting things out to the HM's and getting told off by security. The house looked tiny and thinking back now, it all felt really innocent and relaxed - obviously they had no idea how this thing was gonna take off!
I went to a couple of Celeb BB evictions this year up at Elstree - funny thing is, that's also right next to Tesco as well!!

I've heard it mentioned about changing location for BB7 - hope it doesn't move too far away