Shadwell

Shadwell is an area in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in East London, England. It also forms part of the city's East End. Shadwell is on the north bank of the River Thames between Wapping and Ratcliff and Limehouse and is 3 miles east of Charing Cross.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include St Paul’s Church, Shadwell and The Tower of London.

St Paul’s Church, Shadwell

Church

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St Paul's Church, Shadwell, is a Grade II* listed Church of England church, located in Shadwell, in the East End of London, England. The church is traditionally nicknamed the Church of Sea Captains.

The Tower of London

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The Tower of London, officially His Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London, is a historic citadel and castle on the north bank of the River Thames in London, England.

Shadwell DLR station

Railway station

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Shadwell is a Docklands Light Railway station in Shadwell in east London, England and is between the terminals of Bank and Tower Gateway to the west and Limehouse to the east.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ratcliff and St George in the East.

Ratcliff

Quarter

Ratcliff or Ratcliffe is a locality in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames between Limehouse, and Shadwell.

St George in the East, historically known as Wapping-Stepney is an area in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England. It was an ancient parish, it was the larger of the two parishes that made up Wapping.

Wapping

Suburb

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Wapping is an area in the borough of Tower Hamlets in London, England. It is in East London and part of the East End. Wapping is on the north bank of the River Thames, and was at one time a district with a strong maritime character.

Shadwell

Type: Suburb with 15,100 residents
Description: neighbourhood in London, England
Categories: area of London and locality
Location: Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.50941° or 51° 30′ 34″ north

Longitude

-0.05157° or 0° 3′ 6″ west

Population

15,100

Elevation

49 feet (15 metres)

Open location code

9C3XGW5X+Q9

OpenStreetMap ID

node 3939311899

OpenStreetMap feature

place=suburb

GeoNames ID

6690595

Wikidata ID

Q122584

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Satellite Map

Discover Shadwell from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Shadwell” goes by many names.

Arabic: “شادويل”
Armenian: “Շադուել”
Bengali: “শ্যাডওয়েল”
Catalan: “Shadwell”
Chinese: “沙德韋爾”
Dutch: “Shadwell”
Esperanto: “Shadwell”
French: “Shadwell”
German: “Shadwell”
Hebrew: “שיידוול”
Hindi: “शैडवेल”
Irish: “Shadwell”
Italian: “Shadwell”
Japanese: “シャドウェル”
Norwegian Bokmål: “Shadwell”
Polish: “Shadwell”
Russian: “Шедвелл”
Spanish: “Shadwell (Londres)”
Spanish: “Shadwell”
Swedish: “Shadwell, London”
Swedish: “Shadwell”
Turkish: “Shadwell”
Ukrainian: “Шедвелл”
Urdu: “شیڈویل، لندن”
“Shadwell”

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