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.
- Type: Suburb with 15,100 residents
- Description: neighbourhood in London, England
- Also known as: “Shadwell (Londres)”
Places of Interest
Highlights: St Paul’s Church, Shadwell and The Tower of London.
St Paul’s Church, Shadwell
Church
Photo: Davepape, Public domain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ratcliff and St George in the East.
St George in the East
Quarter
Photo: Klusiwurm, Public domain.
Shadwell
- Categories: area of London and locality
- Location: Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
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
OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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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”
- Swedish: “Shadwell, London”
- Swedish: “Shadwell”
- Turkish: “Shadwell”
- Ukrainian: “Шедвелл”
- Urdu: “شیڈویل، لندن”
- “Shadwell”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Martineau Estate and King Edward Memorial Park Foreshore.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Shadwell Basin Terrace and Shadwell Basin.
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