Temple Mills is the home of the Eurostar maintenance depot, previously a marshalling yard and wagon works belonging to the Great Eastern Railway.

These included grinding rapeseed for oil, processing leather, making brass kettles, twisting yarn, and manufacturing sheet lead.

A strike and picket of the site in July 1972 led to the arrest and imprisonment of five trade unionists known as the Pentonville Five.

The dispute spread nationally becoming a cause célèbre for the trade union movement and created a political crisis.

The constrained nature of that site saw the move to Temple Mills (which might have also possibly been influenced by the proximity of the marshalling yards).

Around this time (exact date unknown) the New Wagon Repair Shop was built on the western edge of the site.

[8] This consisted of 8 roads and access was by a wagon traverser (there were two older ones dating from Great Eastern days on the site as well).

A small traction maintenance depot was opened for EWS after the closure of Stratford TMD for a period, but that was closed in 2007 as changes to the freight market meant this was no longer financially viable.

The site, now called Orient Way Carriage Sidings, is a stabling location for Electric Multiple Units.

Temple Mills is the site of the £402 million replacement maintenance depot for all Eurostar sets in the UK.