Abbey Mills Pumping Station
Abbey Mills Pumping Station is a sewage pumping station in Mill Meads, East London, operated by Thames Water. The pumping station lifts sewage on the London Main Drainage sewerage system into the Northern Outfall Sewer and the Lee Tunnel, which both run to Beckton Sewage Treatment Works.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Pumping station
- Description: historic sewage pumping station in Abbey Lane, London
- Also known as: “Abbey Mills Pumping Stations” and “The Cathedral of Sewage”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include London Stadium and West Ham station.
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 Abbey Mills Pumping Station.
West Ham station
Railway station
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West Ham is an interchange station in West Ham, London, England. It provides London Underground, Docklands Light Railway and National Rail services. The station was opened in 1901 by the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway on the route from Fenchurch Street to Barking. West Ham station is situated 1,600 feet east of Abbey Mills Pumping Station.
Channelsea Island
Islet
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Channelsea Island is a small man-made island in the centre of the Channelsea River in East London, near Three Mills Island in the London Borough of Newham. Channelsea Island is situated 570 feet east of Abbey Mills Pumping Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mill Meads and Three Mills.
Mill Meads
Quarter
Mill Meads is an area in the borough of Newham in east London, located on the border with Tower Hamlets.
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.
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.
Abbey Mills Pumping Station
- Categories: sewerage pumping station and industry
- Location: Newham, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.52942° or 51° 31′ 46″ northLongitude
-0.00214° or 0° 0′ 8″ westOperator
Thames WaterOpen location code
9C3XGXHX+Q4OpenStreetMap ID
way 181838239OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrialOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=pumping_stationWikidata ID
Q4664040
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Portuguese—“Abbey Mills Pumping Station” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Էբբի Միլս պոմպակայան”
- Catalan: “estació de bombament d’Abbey Mills”
- Chinese: “Abbey Mills泵站”
- Chinese: “阿貝米爾斯泵站”
- French: “Station de pompage d’Abbey Mills”
- German: “Abbey Mills Pumping Station”
- Portuguese: “Abbey Mills Pumping Station”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Stores Building At Abbey Mills To West Of Pumping Station and Long Wall Ecology Garden.
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