New Abbey

New Abbey is a historical site in Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England. New Abbey is situated nearby to the railway station Tower Gateway DLR station, as well as near The Tower of London.

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 990 feet southwest of New Abbey.

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 1,600 feet southwest of New Abbey.

Tower Gateway DLR station

Railway station

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Tower Gateway is a Docklands Light Railway station in the City of London and is located near the Tower of London and Tower Bridge. It adjoins the tracks to Fenchurch Street station and is located on the site of a former station called Minories. Tower Gateway DLR station is situated 550 feet northwest of New Abbey.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aldgate and Butler’s Wharf.

Aldgate

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Aldgate was a gate in the former defensive wall around the City of London. The gate gave its name to Aldgate High Street, the first stretch of the A11 road, that takes that name as it passes through the ancient, extramural Portsoken Ward of the City of London.

Butler’s Wharf

Neighborhood

Photo: Gürkan Sengün, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Butler's Wharf is an English historic building at Shad Thames on the south bank of the River Thames, just east of London's Tower Bridge, now housing luxury flats and restaurants.

St George in the East

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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.

New Abbey

Type: Historical site
Also known as: “Abbey of Saint Mary de Graces” and “Eastminster Abbey”
Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
Location: Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.50943° or 51° 30′ 34″ north

Longitude

-0.07245° or 0° 4′ 21″ west

Elevation

59 feet (18 metres)

Open location code

9C3XGW5H+Q2

GeoNames ID

11594109

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