Blackwall Yard
Blackwall Yard is a small body of water that used to be a shipyard on the River Thames in Blackwall, engaged in ship building and later ship repairs for over 350 years. The yard closed in 1987.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include East India DLR station and Blackwall DLR station.
East India DLR station
Railway station
Photo: Marathon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
East India is a station on Docklands Light Railway in Blackwall, east London. It takes its name from the nearby former East India Docks of the Port of London, where ships trading with the Indian subcontinent used to dock.
Blackwall DLR station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Blackwall is a Docklands Light Railway station in Blackwall, London, England. It is located very close to the northern entrance to the Blackwall road tunnel under the River Thames.
The O2 Arena
Theater building
Photo: Heuschrecke, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The O2 Arena, commonly known as The O2, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the centre of The O2 entertainment district on the Greenwich Peninsula in southeast London, England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include New Providence Wharf and Blackwall.
New Providence Wharf
Neighborhood
Photo: Mattbuck, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The New Providence Wharf is a residential development in the Blackwall district of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, at the north end of the Blackwall Tunnel.
Blackwall
Suburb
Photo: Tarquin Binary, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Blackwall is an area of Poplar, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, East London. The neighbourhood includes Leamouth and the Coldharbour conservation area.
Poplar
Suburb
Photo: Tarquin Binary, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Poplar is a district in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is located five miles east of Charing Cross and lies on the western bank of the River Lea.
Blackwall Yard
- Type: Locality
- Description: former shipyard on the Thames at Blackwall, London; shipbuilding area since the Middle Ages
- Categories: shipyard and construction
- Location: Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.50824° or 51° 30′ 30″ northLongitude
-0.00319° or 0° 0′ 12″ westOperator
Hadley Property GroupOpen location code
9C3XGX5W+7POpenStreetMap ID
way 165309075OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=constructionOpenStreetMap feature
place=localityWikidata ID
Q880959
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Polish—“Blackwall Yard” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Blackwall Yard”
- French: “Blackwall Yard”
- German: “Blackwall Yard”
- Japanese: “ブラックウォール・ヤード”
- Japanese: “ブラックウォール造船所”
- Polish: “Blackwall Yard”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Blackwall Yard”. Photo: sidibousaid, CC BY 2.0.