Wapping railway station

Wapping is a station on the Windrush line of the London Overground, located on the northern bank of the River Thames in Wapping within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

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Type: Railway station
Description: railway station in Wapping, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England, UK
Also known as: “Wapping and Shadwell”, “Wapping Rail Station”, “Wapping Station”, and “WPE”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include The Tower of London and Tower Bridge.

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. The Tower of London is situated 1 mile west of Wapping railway station.

Tower Bridge

Bridge

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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. Tower Bridge is situated 1 mile west of Wapping railway station.

Rotherhithe railway station

Railway station

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Rotherhithe is a railway station on the Windrush line of the London Overground network; it is located on the southern bank of the River Thames at Rotherhithe, within the London Borough of Southwark, England. Rotherhithe railway station is situated 1,600 feet southeast of Wapping railway station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Execution Dock and Wapping.

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.

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.