Wapping Tavern

Wapping Tavern is a pub in Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England which is located on Wapping Lane. Wapping Tavern is situated nearby to the apartment building E,F And G Warehouse Block, Gun Wharves, as well as near Wapping Post Office.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Wapping railway station and The Tower of London.

Wapping railway station

Railway station

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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. Wapping railway station is situated 350 feet east of Wapping Tavern.

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 Tavern.

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 4,100 feet west of Wapping Tavern.

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.