Pennington Court

Pennington Court is an apartment building in Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England, which is located on The Highway. Pennington Court is situated near the park Swedenborg Gardens, as well as near the church The Strangers Rest.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: 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 2,900 feet west of Pennington Court.

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 3,000 feet southwest of Pennington Court.

London Bridge

Photo: Oxyman, CC BY 2.5.

Since Roman times, several crossings named London Bridge have spanned the River Thames between the City of London and Southwark in central London. The current crossing, which opened to traffic in 1973, is a box girder bridge built from concrete and steel. London Bridge is situated 1 mile west of Pennington Court.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wapping and St George in the East.

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.

St George in the East

Quarter

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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.

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.

Pennington Court

Type: Apartment building
Address: 40 The Highway, London, E1W 2SD
Categories: building and residential building
Location: Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.50914° or 51° 30′ 33″ north

Longitude

-0.06349° or 0° 3′ 49″ west

Open location code

9C3XGW5P+MJ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 112174797

OpenStreetMap feature

building=apartments

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Swedenborg Gardens and The Strangers Rest.

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