Poplar Dock

Poplar Dock is a small dock in Poplar, London. It connects to the Blackwall Basin of the West India Docks and, although independent of this system, has never had a direct connection to the Thames.

Type: Body of water
Description: dock in London Borough of Tower Hamlets, London, England, UK
Also known as: “Poplar Dock Marina”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Blackwall DLR station and The O2 Arena.

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. Blackwall DLR station is situated 920 feet north of Poplar Dock.

The O2 Arena

Theater building

Photo: Heuschrecke, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The O2 Arena, locally referred to as The O2, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the centre of The O2 entertainment district on the Greenwich Peninsula in south east London, England. The O2 Arena is situated 2,900 feet east of Poplar Dock.

Poplar DLR station

Railway station

Photo: Poudou99, CC BY 4.0.

Poplar is a Docklands Light Railway station in Poplar in London, England. Poplar is a cross-platform interchange station for three of the six lines on the DLR making it one of the busiest stations on the network in terms of services. Poplar DLR station is situated 2,100 feet west of Poplar Dock.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Blackwall and New Providence Wharf.

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.

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.

Wood Wharf

Neighborhood

Photo: CanaryWharfGroup, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wood Wharf is a 23 acres new-build mixed-use neighbourhood in London Docklands. It is immediately east of Canary Wharf on the northern quayside of the South Dock of West India Docks.

Poplar Dock

Category: dock
Location: Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.50559° or 51° 30′ 20″ north

Longitude

-0.00865° or 0° 0′ 31″ west

Open location code

9C3XGX4R+6G

OpenStreetMap ID

way 188217591

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=basin

OpenStreetMap feature

waterway=dock

Wikidata ID

Q918636

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In Other Languages

“Poplar Dock” goes by many names.

German: “Poplar Dock”

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