Silvertown
Silvertown is a district of West Ham in the London Borough of Newham, in east London, England. It lies on the north bank of the Thames and was historically part of the parishes of West Ham and East Ham, hundred of Becontree, and the historic county of Essex.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Alistair1978, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Places of Interest
Highlights include London City Airport and Pontoon Dock DLR station.
London City Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: calflier001, CC BY-SA 2.0.
London City Airport is an international airport in London, England. It is located in the Royal Docks in the Borough of Newham, about six miles east of the City of London and three miles east of Canary Wharf.
Pontoon Dock DLR station
Railway station
Photo: Sunil060902, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pontoon Dock is a station on the Docklands Light Railway in Silvertown in east London, which is on the Woolwich Arsenal branch, opened on 2 December 2005.
ExCeL London
Convention center
Photo: Senseiich, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Excel London is an international exhibition and convention centre in the Custom House area of Newham, East London. The facility is situated on a 100-acre site on the northern quay of the Royal Victoria Dock in London Docklands, located between Canary Wharf and London City Airport.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thames Barrier and Royal Wharf.
Thames Barrier
Locality
Photo: Cyr, CC BY-SA 2.0 uk.
The Thames Barrier is a retractable barrier system built to protect the floodplain of most of Greater London from exceptionally high tides and storm surges moving up from the North Sea.
Royal Wharf
Neighborhood
Royal Wharf is a residential and commercial development in Newham, London located on the north bank of the River Thames in Silvertown. It is built on the former site of Minoco Wharf and is near the Thames Barrier, west of Thames Barrier Park, and close to both West Silvertown and Pontoon Dock DLR stations.
Charlton Riverside
Suburb
Charlton Riverside, previously known as New Charlton, is the area along the south bank of the river Thames at Charlton, London, which forms part of the Royal Borough of Greenwich.
Silvertown
- Type: Suburb
- Description: district of the London Borough of Newham in East London, England
- Categories: area of London and locality
- Location: Newham, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.50136° or 51° 30′ 5″ northLongitude
0.03852° or 0° 2′ 19″ eastElevation
10 feet (3 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB SVTOpen location code
9F32G22Q+GCOpenStreetMap ID
node 3939866762OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
2637825Wikidata ID
Q2695621
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Urdu—“Silvertown” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Silvertown”
- Chinese: “銀城”
- Dutch: “Silvertown”
- French: “Silvertown”
- German: “Silvertown”
- Irish: “Silvertown”
- Japanese: “シルバータウン”
- Korean: “실버타운”
- Persian: “سیلورتاون”
- Polish: “Silvertown”
- South Azerbaijani: “سیلورتاون”
- Turkish: “Silvertown”
- Urdu: “سلور ٹاؤن”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Silvertown”. Photo: Alistair1978, CC BY-SA 2.5.