Custom House
Custom House is an area in the London Borough of Newham, in East London, England. The area is named after the custom house of Royal Victoria Dock. Today the dock is used for recreation but, in the past, it dominated the industry and commerce of the area from 1855 until the 1940s before closing in 1980.- Type: Quarter with 9,600 residents
- Description: district of the London Borough of Newham in East London, England
- Also known as: “Custom House, London” and “Custom House, Newham”
Places of Interest
Highlights: ExCeL London and Custom House station.
Royal Victoria DLR station
Railway station
Royal Victoria DLR station is on the Docklands Light Railway in Canning Town, east London.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Canning Town and Royal Wharf.
Silvertown
Suburb
Silvertown is a district in the London Borough of Newham, in East London, England.
Custom House
- Categories: area of London, human settlement, and locality
- Location: Newham, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.51126° or 51° 30′ 41″ north
Longitude
0.02544° or 0° 1′ 32″ east
Population
9,600
Elevation
10 feet (3 metres)
Open location code
9F32G26G+G5
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarter
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Urdu—“Custom House” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Custom House (Newham)”
- Basque: “Custom House”
- French: “Custom House”
- Irish: “Custom House, Londain”
- Irish: “Custom House”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Custom House”
- Norwegian: “Custom House”
- Turkish: “Custom House”
- Urdu: “کسٹم ہاؤس، نیوہیم”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Keir Hardie Estate and Britannia Village.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Custom House and Cundy Centre.
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