Wapping
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include The Tower of London and Tower Bridge.
The Tower of London
Photo: Aniacra, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Tower Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Barcex, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tower Bridge is a Grade I listed combined bascule, suspension, and, until 1960, cantilever bridge in London, built between 1886 and 1894, designed by Horace Jones and engineered by John Wolfe Barry with the help of Henry Marc Brunel.
London Bridge
The name "London Bridge" refers to several historic crossings that have spanned the River Thames between the City of London and Southwark in central London since Roman times.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include St George in the East and Execution Dock.
St George in the East
Quarter
Photo: Klusiwurm, Public domain.
St George in the East, historically known as Wapping-Stepney, was an ancient parish, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England. The place name is no longer widely used.
Execution Dock
Locality
Execution Dock was a site on the River Thames near the shoreline at Wapping, London, that was used for more than 400 years to execute pirates, smugglers and mutineers who had been sentenced to death by Admiralty courts.
Shadwell
Suburb
Photo: Tarquin Binary, CC BY-SA 2.5.
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.
Wapping
- Type: Suburb with 12,400 residents
- Description: district of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets
- Categories: area of London and locality
- Location: Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.50713° or 51° 30′ 26″ northLongitude
-0.06202° or 0° 3′ 43″ westPopulation
12,400Elevation
20 feet (6 metres)Open location code
9C3XGW4Q+V5OpenStreetMap ID
node 27365028OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
6941036Wikidata ID
Q124046
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Wapping” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “وابينغ”
- Catalan: “Wapping”
- Chinese: “伦敦”
- Chinese: “倫敦”
- Chinese: “沃平”
- Chinese: “瓦平”
- Czech: “Wapping”
- Dutch: “Wapping”
- Esperanto: “Wapping”
- Finnish: “Wapping”
- French: “Wapping”
- Hebrew: “ואפינג”
- Hebrew: “וופינג”
- Hindi: “वैपिंग”
- Igbo: “Wapping”
- Irish: “Wapping”
- Italian: “Wapping”
- Japanese: “ワッピング”
- Korean: “와핑”
- Macedonian: “Вопинг”
- Newari: “वैपिंग”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Wapping”
- Norwegian: “Wapping”
- Persian: “ووپینگ”
- Polish: “Wapping”
- Russian: “Уоппин”
- South Azerbaijani: “ووپینق”
- Spanish: “Wapping”
- Swedish: “Wapping”
- Turkish: “Wapping”
- Ukrainian: “Воппін”
- Urdu: “ویپنگ، لندن”
- Welsh: “Wapping”
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