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Canary Wharf is an area of London, England, located near the Isle of Dogs in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Canary Wharf is defined by the Greater London Authority as being part of London's central business district, alongside Central London. [1] With the City of London, it constitutes one of the main financial centres in the United Kingdom and the world, [2] containing many high-rise buildings including the third-tallest in the UK, One Canada Square, [3] which opened on 26 August 1991. [4]

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Developed on the site of the former West India Docks, Canary Wharf contains around 16,000,000 sq ft (1,500,000 m2) of office and retail space. It has many open areas, including Canada Square, Cabot Square and Westferry Circus. Together with Heron Quays and Wood Wharf, it forms the Canary Wharf Estate, around 97 acres (39 ha) in area.

History

The Canary Wharf area in 1899 showing West India Docks and the Isle of Dogs Isle of dogs 1899.jpg
The Canary Wharf area in 1899 showing West India Docks and the Isle of Dogs
Plaque on commemorative sculpture of 1987 to the London Docklands Development Corporation as seen in 2021 Docklands Enterprise 1987 plaque 25.05.2021 (5).jpg
Plaque on commemorative sculpture of 1987 to the London Docklands Development Corporation as seen in 2021
East view from Cabot Square Cabot Square, Canary Wharf - June 2008.jpg
East view from Cabot Square

Canary Wharf is located on the West India Docks on the Isle of Dogs.

West India Dock Company

From 1802 to the late 1980s, what would become the Canary Wharf Estate was a part of the Isle of Dogs (Millwall), Limehouse, and Poplar and was one of the busiest docks in the world. West India Docks was primarily developed by Robert Milligan (c. 1746–1809) who set up the West India Dock Company.

Port of London Authority

The Port of London Authority was established in 1909 and took control of West India Dock. Canary Wharf itself takes its name from No. 32 berth of the West Wood Quay of the Import Dock. This was built in 1936 for Fruit Lines Ltd, a subsidiary of Fred Olsen Lines for the Mediterranean and Canary Islands fruit trade. It is located on the Isle of Dogs, the quay and warehouse were given the name Canary Wharf. [5]

London Docklands Development Corporation

After the 1960s, when cargo became containerized, port industry began to decline, leading to all the docks being closed by 1980. [6] [7] After the docks closed in 1980, the British Government adopted policies to stimulate redevelopment of the area, including the creation of the London Docklands Development Corporation (LDDC) in 1981 and the granting of Urban Enterprise Zone status to the Isle of Dogs in 1982. [7]

The Canary Wharf of today began when Michael von Clemm, former chairman of Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB), came up with the idea to convert Canary Wharf into a back office. Further discussions with G Ware Travelstead led to proposals for a new business district and included the LDDC developing an inexpensive light metro scheme, the Docklands Light Railway, to make use of a large amount of redundant railway infrastructure and to improve access.

The project was sold to the Canadian company Olympia & York [8] and construction began in 1988, master-planned by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill with Yorke Rosenberg Mardall as their UK advisors, and subsequently by Koetter Kim. The first buildings were completed in 1991, including One Canada Square, which became the UK's tallest building at the time and a symbol of the regeneration of Docklands. By the time it opened, the London commercial property market had collapsed, and Olympia and York Canary Wharf Limited filed for bankruptcy in May 1992.

Initially, the City of London saw Canary Wharf as an existential threat. It modified its planning laws to expand the provision of new offices in the City of London, for example, creating offices above railway stations (Blackfriars) and roads (Alban Gate). The resulting oversupply of office space contributed to the failure of the Canary Wharf project.

Canary Wharf Group

In October 1995, an international consortium that included investors such as Alwaleed, bought control for $1.2 billion. Paul Reichmann, of Olympia & York, was named chairman, and Canary Wharf went public in 1999. [9] The new company was called Canary Wharf Limited, and later became Canary Wharf Group.

In 1997, some residents living on the Isle of Dogs launched a lawsuit against Canary Wharf Ltd for private nuisance because the tower interfered with TV signals. The residents lost the case. [10]

Recovery in the property market generally, coupled with continuing demand for large floorplate Grade A office space, slowly improved the level of interest. A critical event in the recovery was the much-delayed start of work on the Jubilee Line Extension, which the government wanted ready for the Millennium celebrations.

In March 2004, Canary Wharf Group plc. was taken over by a consortium of investors, backed by its largest shareholder Glick Family Investments [11] and led by Morgan Stanley using a vehicle named Songbird Estates plc.

Tallest buildings

In addition to being a leading financial centre in the United Kingdom, Canary Wharf is famous for a collection of well-known high-rise buildings:

This table lists completed buildings in Canary Wharf that are at least 100 metres tall.

Ranking
by
height
ImageNameHeightFloorsCompletion dateNotes
MetresFeet
1 Londres 097..jpg One Canada Square 235771501991The third-tallest completed building in the United Kingdom, the tallest being The Shard. Designed by Cesar Pelli, it was the tallest building in the United Kingdom upon completion in 1991. Multi-tenanted; occupiers include BNY Mellon, the CFA Institute, Clearstream, European Energy Exchange, Euler Hermes, the International Sugar Organization, Mahindra Satyam, MetLife, Moody's Analytics and Reach. [16]
2 Canary Wharf and Isle of Dogs 22.12.2019 (ammended).png Landmark Pinnacle 233764752020Residential tower (tallest residential building in Europe [17] )
3 Newfoundland Quay building.jpg Newfoundland 220722602019Residential tower. [18]
4 SouthQuayPlazaCanaryWharf.jpg South Quay Plaza 215705682020Residential tower
5 One Park Drive, Canary Wharf.jpg One Park Drive 205673572019Residential tower
6 HSBC Building London.jpg 8 Canada Square 200655422002The joint eleventh-tallest completed building in the United Kingdom. Occupied by HSBC as its global headquarters. [19]
7 Citigroup EMEA Centre.jpg 25 Canada Square 200655422001The joint eleventh-tallest completed building in the United Kingdom. 25 Canada Square and 33 Canada Square together form a single complex known as the Citigroup Centre. Primarily occupied by Citigroup as its EMEA headquarters. [20] Other tenants include Gain Capital, 3i Infotech, Crossrail, Instinet, Munich Re, MWB Group, FIS, Interoute, NYK and Wells Fargo.
8 Wardian Tower East.png Wardian London (East Tower)187614552019Residential tower
9 The Madison.png Amory Tower (The Madison)182597532019Residential tower
10 Wardian West Tower.png Wardian London (West Tower)168552502019Residential tower
11 Barclays HQ.jpg One Churchill Place 156513322005Occupied by Barclays as its global headquarters. [21] Currently the eighth-tallest building in the United Kingdom, it was originally planned to be 50 storeys in height, but was scaled down to 31 after the 11 September attacks.
12= 40 Bank Street Heron Quay London.jpg 40 Bank Street 153502332003Multi-tenanted; occupiers include Allen & Overy, ANZ Bank, China Construction Bank, Duff & Phelps, Saxo Bank, and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. [16]
12= Jp morgan building.jpg 25 Bank Street 153502332003Occupied by JPMorgan Chase as its European headquarters since 2012. [22]
14 10 Upper Bank Street London.jpg 10 Upper Bank Street 151495322003Occupied by Clifford Chance as its global headquarters. [23] Other occupiers include FTSE Group, Infosys, Mastercard, Deutsche Bank, and Total. [16]
15 10ParkDriveCanaryWharf.jpg 10 Park Drive
Wood Wharf
150492432019Residential tower [24]
16 Cropped image of Baltimore Tower - 30435639090 bf141ef3b1 o.jpg Arena Tower (Baltimore Tower)149489452017Residential tower
17 Pan Peninsula London.jpg Pan Peninsula (East Tower)147484482008Residential tower
18 MaineTowerCanaryWharf.jpg Maine Tower (Harbour Central Block D)144472422018Residential tower
19 22 Marsh Wall.jpg 24 Marsh Wall (Landmark East Tower)140458442010Residential tower
20 25 Churchill Place, Canary Wharf.jpg 25 Churchill Place 130426232014The building housed the European Medicines Agency from early 2014 until March 2019 when they relocated to Amsterdam [25] and Ernst & Young from 2015.
21= Novotel Hotel Canary Wharf.jpg 40 Marsh Wall (Novotel London Canary Wharf)128420392017Hotel operating as 'Novotel Canary Wharf'
21= Grid Building.png GRID Building
10 George Street
Wood Wharf
128420352018Residential tower
23 Harbour Central Block C.jpg Harbour Central Block C125410362018Residential tower
24 Pan Peninsula London.jpg Pan Peninsula (West Tower)122400392008Residential tower
25 Dollar Bay Tower E14 9BX.jpg Dollar Bay Tower109358312016Residential tower
26 OneWestIndiaQuay.jpg 1 West India Quay 108354362004Floors 1–12 are occupied by a Marriott Hotel. [26] Floors 13–33 house 158 apartments.
27 33 Canada Square.jpg 33 Canada Square 10534418199933 Canada Square and 25 Canada Square together form a single complex, see above for details.

Listed Buildings

Quay Walls, copings and Buttresses to Import Dock and Export Dock EH1065783 Quay Walls, copings and Buttresses to Import Dock and Export Dock 01.JPG
Quay Walls, copings and Buttresses to Import Dock and Export Dock
Warehouses and General Offices at Western End of North Quay EH1242440 Warehouses and General Offices at Western End of North Quay 09.jpg
Warehouses and General Offices at Western End of North Quay

As at 12 Feb 2023, there are 16 listed buildings in Canary Wharf of which 2 are Grade I and 14 in Grade II. [27]

Grade I Listed Buildings

These docks with Nos 1 and 2 warehouses are now the only surviving examples of the first intensive period of London Docklands construction: 1800–10.

Grade II Listed Buildings

Most of the Grade II Listed buildings in Canary Wharf sit to the north-west of West India Dock North, and are located within the West India Dock Conservation Area. [32] In addition to architectural values, “these buildings and structures are of significance due to their association with the development of the docks and the community that grew up around them”. [33]

PhotographBuilding     Name   Construction DateLocation (E14)Listing DateDescription
10 and 12, Garford Street E14 8JG.jpg 10 and 12, Garford Street E14 [34] 1800s, earlyGarford Street1973-09-27Early 19th century pairs of stock brick houses. These cottages were originally built for the officers and sergeants who supervised the Docks.
14 Garford Street E14 8JG.jpg 14, Garford Street E14 [35] 1800s, earlyGarford Street1973-09-27Early 19th century stock brick house.
16 - 18 Garford Street E14 8JG.jpg 16 and 18, Garford Street E14 [36] 1800s, earlyGarford Street1973-09-27Early 19th century pairs of stock brick houses.
Gate Piers West India Dock Hertsmere Road E14 8JJ.jpg Entrance Gates to West India Docks [37] 1800s, early West India Dock Road 1950-07-192 rusticated Portland stone piers with a capping of 4 dwarf pediments and acroteria.
Former Entrance Gate West India Dock.jpg Former West Entrance Gate to West India Docks with Curved Walling and Bollards [38] 1900s, earlyWestferry Road1983-07-01Stock brick curved wing walls and Portland stone gatepiers. Modern brick wall blocks entrance. Two cast-iron obelisk pattern bollards with the inscription WIDC (West Inida Dock Company).
Railings west of former West India Dock main gate Hertsmere Road E14 8JJa.jpg Railings to West of Main Gate at West India Docks [39] 1800s, early West India Dock Road 1981-09-30Cast iron railings approximately 70 yards in length.
1 Hertsmere Rd, London E14 8JJ.jpg Former Excise Office [40] 1807 West India Dock Road 1981-09-30Also known as Dockmaster's House, by the architect and engineer Thomas Morris.
Railings at 1 Hertsmere Road E14 8JJ.jpg Railings and Gatepiers to Former Excise Office [41] 1807 West India Dock Road 1981-09-30Contemporary iron railings with six rusticated stucco gatepiers on street front. The stucco decoration of the piers elaborated mid 19th century.
Quadrangle Stores now Cannon Workshops Cannon Drive E14 4AS.jpg Quadrangle Stores at West India Dock [42] 1825 West India Dock Road 1981-09-30Also known as Cannon Workshops, by engineer John Rennie the Younger. A rare survival of an early purpose built illustrative of the workings of the Docks Company.
Salvation Army 20 Garford Street E14 8JG.jpg Salvation Army Hostel [43] 1905Garford Street1973-09-27Neo Georgian style building by architectural partnership Niven and Wigglesworth. Also known as: 20 Garford Street.
West India Dock Former Guardhouse Cannon Drive E14 4AS.jpg West India Dock Former Guard House [44] 1803 West India Dock Road 1973-09-27A one storey, small circular building designed by architect George Gwilt. It originally formed one of a pair built by Docks Company as a lock-up and armoury.
HE1242444 Former West Entrance Lock To South Dock, West India Docks (4).jpg Former West Entrance Lock to South Dock, West India Docks [45] 1803-05Westferry Road1983-07-01By civil engineer William Jessop, built as the west entrance lock to the City Canal, later taken into the West India Docks system.
Fitch and Sons Works [46] 1870-80Westferry Road1983-07-01A good example of the smaller warehouses in the historical West India Docks, with built in retail outlet on ground floor, a now rare feature.
London MMB >>1T9 River Thames.jpg Cascades [47] 1987-88Westferry Road2018-04-18A 20-storey residential tower by CZWG.
  • An exemplary of the celebrated British Post-Modernist architecture practice
  • An important residential scheme of the late 20th century British town planning and industrial reclamation in London Docklands
  • An iconic local landmark building on the River Thames shore of the Isle of Dogs [48]

Corporations and agencies

Canary Wharf contains around 16,000,000 sq ft (1,500,000 m2) of office and retail space, of which around 7,900,000 sq ft (730,000 m2) (about 49%) is owned by Canary Wharf Group. [49] Around 105,000 people work in Canary Wharf, [50] and it is home to the world or European headquarters of numerous major banks, professional services firms, and media organisations, including Barclays, Citigroup, Clifford Chance, Credit Suisse, Ernst & Young, Fitch Ratings, HSBC, Infosys, JPMorgan Chase, KPMG, MetLife, Moody's, Morgan Stanley, Royal Bank of Canada, Deutsche Bank, S&P Global, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, State Street, The Economist Group and Thomson Reuters,. [51] Until 2018, Canary Wharf also hosted two European Union agencies, European Medicines Agency [52] and European Banking Authority, [53] that moved to Amsterdam and Paris respectively due to Brexit.

Leisure

Marina

West India Quays and Poplar Dock are two marinas that are used as moorings for barges and private leisure river craft and is owned by the Canal & River Trust. [54] [55]

Library

A local public library, called Idea Store Canary Wharf, is in Churchill Place shopping mall and run by Tower Hamlets Council which opened on Thursday 16 March 2006 as part of the Idea Store project [56] and is the borough fourth Idea Store. [57]

Cinema

Canary Wharf hosts two multiplexes (cinemas), one on West India Quay run by Cineworld. [58] [59] and another at Crossrail Place called Everyman Cinema. [60]

Areas

Canada Square

Canada Square is one of the central squares at Canary Wharf. It is a large open space with grass, except during the winter when it is converted into an ice rink. The square is named after Canada, because the original developers of modern Canary Wharf, Olympia & York, wanted to reflect their heritage. Underneath the square is Canada Place shopping mall.

Westferry Circus

Westferry Circus is on the west side of Canary Wharf. It is a garden at ground level, and below is a roundabout allowing traffic to flow through. The garden is enclosed by bespoke hand-crafted ornamental railings and entrance gates by artist Giuseppe Lund. The area has a long history, dating back to 1812, when the Poplar and Greenwich Roads Company operated a horse ferry between Greenwich and the Isle of Dogs. It operated on the West Ferry and East Ferry Roads, which the names survived. Westferry Circus was chosen as the name for the roundabout and park by virtue of its proximity to Westferry Road.

Cabot Square

Cabot Square is one of the biggest squares at Canary Wharf, with a large fountain at the centre. The inner perimeter has additional fountains covered by trees. The square has large circular glass ventilation holes to allow gases to escape from the underground car park. The square is named after John Cabot and his son Sebastian, who were Italian explorers who settled in England in 1484.

Churchill Place

Churchill Place is an area on the east side of Canary Wharf. It is named after Winston Churchill.

Columbus Courtyard

A small square on the west side of Canary Wharf named after Christopher Columbus. The first phase of Canary Wharf was completed in 1992, 500 years after Columbus arrived in America.

Chancellor Passage

A passageway south of Cabot Square. Named after Richard Chancellor who sailed with Sir John Willoughby from Greenwich on their voyage through the White Sea to Moscow.

Wren Landing

Small area north of Cabot Square. Leads to North Dock footbridge towards Port East. Named after British architect Christopher Wren.

Crossrail Place Roof Garden

A 4,160m² roof garden, one of London's largest, houses on the top of seven-storey Crossrail Place structure, which contains the Elizabeth line Canary Wharf station. Opened to public in 2015, it lies almost exactly on the Meridian line splitting eastern and western hemispheres. The plants originating from the eastern hemisphere are planted to the East of the Meridian line in the garden, with those from the Western hemisphere on the opposite side. [61] [62]

Local government elections

Every four years, residents of Canary Wharf ward elect two councillors to represent them on Tower Hamlets Council.

Canary Wharf (2) 2022 results [63]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Aspire Maium Talukdar 1,164 31.66 +9.00
Aspire Saled Ahmed 1,023 27.83 +13.07
Independent Andrew Wood* †99327.01-1.58
Labour Co-op Adam Allnutt88524.08-0.52
Labour Co-op Shajia Sultana84623.01-1.53
Conservative Francis Germaine-Powell49213.38-15.21
Conservative Samia Hersey40811.10-13.31
Liberal Democrats Morgan Jones3639.87-0.33
Liberal Democrats Mohammed Hannan2707.34+0.15
Rejected ballots26
Turnout 3,67632.28-1.61
Registered electors 11,389
Aspire gain from Conservative Swing
Aspire gain from Labour Swing

† Andrew Wood was elected for the Conservative Party in 2018, but resigned to sit as an Independent in 2020. [64]

Transport

Canary Wharf is served by London-wide, regional, national and international transport connections.

Rail

Canary Wharf is in London fare zone 2, and several stations can be found throughout the estate.

Canary Wharf tube station on the Jubilee line Canary Wharf Tube Station (28015542538).jpg
Canary Wharf tube station on the Jubilee line

Stations in Canary Wharf only offer direct connections to London and Berkshire destinations. Regional and national National Rail connections can be found elsewhere in London, including at Liverpool Street, Lewisham, London Bridge, Stratford, Stratford International and Waterloo. [66]

Road

The A1020 Lower Lea Crossing, heading towards Canary Wharf. A shared use path for cycles and pedestrians also crosses the bridge. A1020 Lower Lea Crossing - geograph.org.uk - 1362713.jpg
The A1020 Lower Lea Crossing, heading towards Canary Wharf. A shared use path for cycles and pedestrians also crosses the bridge.

Major roads near Canary Wharf include:

Air pollution

Low cloud and fog at Canary Wharf London MMB <<V5 Canary Wharf.jpg
Low cloud and fog at Canary Wharf

Transport for London (TfL) and the London Borough of Tower Hamlets monitor the air quality around Canary Wharf.

In 2017, an automatic monitoring station in Blackwall found that local air quality failed to meet UK National Air Quality Objectives, recording an annual average Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) concentration of 56 μg/m3 (micrograms per cubic metre). The National Objective is set by the government at 40 μg/m3.

Alternative stations nearer Canary Wharf recorded cleaner air. Monitors at the Limehouse Link/Westferry Road junction and on Prestons Road recorded a 2017 annual average NO2 concentration of 40 μg/m3, which Tower Hamlets argue fails to meet the UK National Objective. [68]

Buses

London Buses routes 135, 277, D3, D7, D8, N277 and N550 call at bus stops near Canary Wharf. Bus 135 links Canary Wharf directly to Liverpool Street in the City of London, and bus D8 to Stratford. [69]

Canary Wharf Pier London MMB <<P3 Canary Wharf Pier.jpg
Canary Wharf Pier

Riverboat

Several Riverboat services call at Canary Wharf Pier, including:

Tower, London Bridge City and Blackfriars are in the City of London. Oyster Cards are valid for travel on TfL-coordinated riverboat services. [70]

Airports

London City Airport is three miles from Canary Wharf. Over 4.8 million passengers passed through City Airport in 2018. The airport serves domestic and international destinations, including New York. [71] [72]

London City Airport is on the DLR. Passengers from Canary Wharf can change trains at Poplar for services to the Airport. [65]

Cycling

The Canary Wharf Group, London Borough of Tower Hamlets and Transport for London (TfL) provide cycling infrastructure in and around Canary Wharf. Several leisure and commuter routes pass through or near the estate, including:

Cycle Superhighway 3 passes to the north of Canary Wharf and links the estate to the City of London, Westminster and Hyde Park on a predominantly traffic-free route. Cable Street cycle superhighway.jpg
Cycle Superhighway 3 passes to the north of Canary Wharf and links the estate to the City of London, Westminster and Hyde Park on a predominantly traffic-free route.

Culture

Opened in 2003, [79] the Museum of London Docklands is one of the main attractions in the area.

Canary Wharf has been reported since 2017 as part of the Pokémon Go augmented reality game to being the home for the most wanted Pokémon gyms in London including Canary Wharf DLR station and Montgomery Square. [80]

Canary Wharf Group published an official Pokémon map for PokéStop's and Pokémon Gyms, the managing director for retail Camille Waxer said in 2016 that Pokémon Go has serious potential to attract new audiences to the area, particularly food and drink outlets are seeing an increase in footfall. [81]

Canary Wharf hosts the "Winter Lights" art installations each January. [82] 2023 Canary Wharf Winter Lights Festival is the largest light art festival in London. [83] [84]

Canary Wharf features in both the Doctor Who and Torchwood franchises as the fictional base of the Torchwood Institute, an organisation created by Queen Victoria to combat extraterrestrial threats. Canary Wharf features heavily as the staging post for the 2007 Cyberman invasion of Earth and is heavily damaged during a resulting battle between the Cybermen and the Daleks.

Thom Yorke of Radiohead, during their concert Live at the Astoria in May 1994, [85] explained their song Fake Plastic Trees is about Canary Wharf.

Canary Wharf Art Trail

Couple on Seat by Lynn Chadwick, located at Cabot Square, Canary Wharf Couple on a Seat - Lynn Chadwick.jpg
Couple on Seat by Lynn Chadwick, located at Cabot Square, Canary Wharf

Environment of financial and business district seldom can stimulate artistic inspiration, it is surprised to find Canary Wharf Art Trail is the largest outdoor public art collection in London. [87] [88] People are free to visit more than 100 pieces of stand-alone sculptures, integrated architectural works, and outdoor art exhibiting outside buildings around the Canary Wharf area. [89] Two printed maps are regularly updated by Canary Wharf Group for visitors to discover and identify artworks permanently on display all over the estate.

Media

The East London Advertiser (formerly The Docklands & East London Advertiser) is a local newspaper printing weekly and also online.

Wharf life is a fortnightly publication of 15,000 copies for Canary Wharf, Docklands and east London. An E-edition is also available. [92]

See also

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Poplar is a Docklands Light Railway (DLR) station in Poplar in London, England. Poplar is a cross-platform interchange station for three of the six lines on the DLR making it one of the busiest stations on the network in terms of services. It is also nearby the Canary Wharf Station on Crossrail's Elizabeth Line.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">South Quay DLR station</span> Docklands Light Railway station

South Quay is a Docklands Light Railway (DLR) station on the Isle of Dogs, East London, England. The station is between Crossharbour and Heron Quays stations and is in Travelcard Zone 2. South Quay is in Millwall and is located on the southern shore of the South Dock of the West India Docks; the current station platforms sit astride the channel connecting Millwall Dock to the West India Docks.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">West India Quay DLR station</span> Docklands Light Railway station

West India Quay is a Docklands Light Railway (DLR) station in Canary Wharf’s West India Quay. It is located at the point where the line from Lewisham splits into branches to Tower Gateway/Bank and Stratford. The next stations on each line are Canary Wharf DLR station, Westferry and Poplar DLR station. The station is in Travelcard Zone 2.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">St Anne's Limehouse</span> Church

St Anne's Limehouse is a Hawksmoor Anglican Church in Limehouse, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It was consecrated in 1730, one of the twelve churches built through the 1711 Act of Parliament.

Limehouse Studios was an independently owned television studio complex built in No. 10 Warehouse of the South Quay Import Dock. This was located at the eastern end of Canary Wharf in Limehouse near the Isle of Dogs in London, which opened in 1983. The building was demolished just six years later, in 1989, to make way for the Olympia & York development of Canary Wharf which now occupies the site. The opening of the studios was commemorated with a programme called Celebration which featured host Gary Wilmot and artists including Bonnie Langford.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">London Buses route 277</span>

London Buses route 277 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Crossharbour and Dalston Junction, it is operated by Stagecoach London.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">A1206 road (Great Britain)</span> Road around the Isle of Dogs, in the east of London, England

The A1206, also known as the Isle of Dogs Distributor Road, is a crescent-shaped ring road around the Isle of Dogs, in the East End of London. It is made up of Westferry Road, Manchester Road and Prestons Road and is the main road through the area, connecting parts of the London Docklands.

<i>Traffic Light Tree</i> Sculpture by Pierre Vivant

Traffic Light Tree is a public sculpture in Poplar, London, England, created by the French sculptor Pierre Vivant following a competition run by the Public Art Commissions Agency for the London Docklands Development Corporation under their Public Art programme. Originally situated on a roundabout in Limehouse, near Canary Wharf and Millwall, at the junction of Heron Quay, Marsh Wall and Westferry Road, it is now located on a different roundabout near Billingsgate Market in Poplar.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Coldharbour, Tower Hamlets</span>

Coldharbour is a street and wider conservation area in Blackwall, lying on the north bank of the River Thames, east of Canary Wharf. The area is said to be "[t]he sole remaining fragment of the old hamlet of Blackwall" and "one of the last examples of the narrow streets which once characterised the river's perimeter".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cascades, Isle of Dogs</span>

Cascades Tower is a 20-storey residential building and a distinctive local landmark on the Isle of Dogs in East London. It was designed by Rex Wilkinson, a partner in the celebrated architectural firm CZWG, and built in 1987–88.

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