Helping Hands
Helping Hands is a work of art in Waltham Forest, Greater London, England. Helping Hands is situated nearby to Three Mills Wall River Weir, as well as near Three Mills Island.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include House Mill and London Stadium.
House Mill
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House Mill is a former tide mill in East London, England. It is located on the River Lea in Mill Meads, and is part of the Three Mills complex. Because of its architectural merit, it is a Grade I listed building. House Mill is situated 400 feet southwest of Helping Hands.
London Stadium
Stadium
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London Stadium is a multi-purpose outdoor stadium at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in the Stratford district of London. It is located in the Lower Lea Valley, 6 miles east of central London. London Stadium is situated 1 mile northwest of Helping Hands.
Prescott Channel
River
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The Prescott Channel was built in 1930–35 as part of a flood relief scheme for the River Lee Navigation in the County Borough of West Ham, England, and was named after Sir William Prescott, the then chairman of the Lee Conservancy Board.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Three Mills and Mill Meads.
Three Mills
Neighborhood
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The Three Mills are former working mills and an island of the same name on the River Lea. It is one of London’s oldest surviving industrial centres. The mills lie in the London Borough of Newham, but despite lying on the Newham side of the Lea, access is principally from the western, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, side of the river.
Mill Meads
Quarter
Mill Meads is an area in the borough of Newham in east London, located on the border with Tower Hamlets.
Bow Locks
Locality
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Bow Locks No. 20 is a set of bi-directional locks in Bromley-by-Bow in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and Newham. The locks link the tidal Bow Creek to the River Lee Navigation, which is a canalised river.
Helping Hands
- Type: Work of art
- Artwork type: sculpture
- Category: tourism
- Location: Waltham Forest, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.52839° or 51° 31′ 42″ northLongitude
-0.007° or 0° 0′ 25″ westInception
2001Open location code
9C3XGXHV+95OpenStreetMap ID
node 8553403054OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=sculpture
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