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Pool of London

…and just beyond Tower Bridge, embracing attrac­tions from Borough market (Southwark) in the west to St Katharine Docks (Tower Hamlets) in the east. However, public…

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Billingsgate

Billings­gate, City of London and Tower Hamlets A wholesale fish market formerly located in the City of London ward of the same name and now…

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Crossharbour

Crosshar­bour, Tower Hamlets A Docklands Light Railway station on the Isle of Dogs, located just to the east of Millwall inner dock The Crosshar­bour name is…

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Whitechapel

Whitechapel, Tower Hamlets A historic East End melting pot, situated east of Aldgate The church of St Mary Matfelon was founded some time in the…

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Bishopsgate

…of the Cheeseg­rater, but Heron Tower’s 28-metre spire permitted it to maintain an air of supe­ri­ority. The tower is shown in the photo at the…

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Victoria Park

Victoria Park, Tower Hamlets/Hackney A 213-acre, boot-shaped park with lakes and amenities, situated between South Hackney and Bow’s Old Ford locality Victoria Park was created…

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Bow Common

Bow Common, Tower Hamlets A histor­i­cally poor quarter, situated south-east of Mile End Tower Hamlets cemetery dates from 1841 and is now a 33-acre park…

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Lansbury

Lansbury, Tower Hamlets A large, munic­i­pally built estate in the part of north Poplar once known as Poplar New Town Wartime bombing destroyed or damaged nearly…

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Island Gardens

Island Gardens, Tower Hamlets A DLR station and small riverside park at the tip of the Isle of Dogs After William Cubitt had built up the…

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