Bow Creek Ecology Park

Bow Creek Ecology Park is a small open space along Bow Creek tidal estuary of the River Lea in Canning Town in Newham, in east London. It is operated by the regional Lee Valley Park system.

Photo: Danny Robinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Opening hours: sunrise—sunset
Type: Park
Description: park in the London Borough of Newham
Also known as: “Limmo Peninsula Ecological Park”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Canning Town station and River Lea.

Canning Town station

Railway station

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Canning Town is an interchange station located in Canning Town, London. It provides Jubilee line services of the London Underground, and the Docklands Light Railway. Canning Town station is situated 1,100 feet northeast of Bow Creek Ecology Park.

River Lea

River

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The River Lea is in the East of England and Greater London. It originates in Bedfordshire, in the Chiltern Hills, and flows southeast through Hertfordshire, along the Essex border and into Greater London, to meet the River Thames at Bow Creek.

The O2 Arena

Theater building

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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 southeast London, England. The O2 Arena is situated 3,500 feet south of Bow Creek Ecology Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Blackwall Yard and Canning Town.

Blackwall Yard

Locality

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.

Canning Town

Suburb

Photo: Ian Cunliffe, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Canning Town is a district of the London Borough of Newham, East London, England, north of the Royal Victoria Dock. Its urbanisation was largely due to the creation of the dock.