Blackwall Stairs

Blackwall Stairs is a river in Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England. Blackwall Stairs is situated nearby to the neighborhood New Providence Wharf, as well as near Boardwalk Place.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cutty Sark and Royal Observatory.

Cutty Sark

Museum

Photo: Krzysztof Belczyński, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cutty Sark is a British clipper ship. Built on the River Leven, Dumbarton, Scotland in 1869 for the Jock Willis Shipping Line, she was one of the last tea clippers to be built and one of the fastest, at the end of a long period of design development for this type of vessel, which ended as steamships took over their routes.

Royal Observatory

Museum

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The Royal Observatory, Greenwich is an observatory situated on a hill in Greenwich Park in south east London, overlooking the River Thames to the north.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East End and East London.

East End

Photo: Mark Towning, CC BY 2.0.

The East End is a district of inner London. The boundaries of the East End are not well defined, but for the purposes of this page it covers from the edge of The City to the River Lea. Highlights include the large cluster of markets and the pubs.

East London

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East London is the part of London, England, east of the ancient City of London and north of the River Thames as it begins to widen. East London developed as London's docklands and the primary industrial centre.