Limehouse Basin
Limehouse Basin is a body of water two miles east of London Bridge that is also a navigable link between the River Thames and two of London's canals. First dug in 1820 as the eastern terminus of the new Regent's Canal, its wet area was less than five acres…Photo: originalpickaxe, CC BY 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Limehouse station and Limehouse Basin Lock.
Limehouse station
Railway station
Photo: Sunil060902, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Limehouse is a National Rail and connected Docklands Light Railway station in Limehouse, London, England. It is served by regional services operated by c2c to and from Fenchurch Street and by light metro services provided by the DLR to and from Tower Gateway or Bank. Limehouse station is situated 800 feet northwest of Limehouse Basin.
Limehouse Basin Lock
Canal
Photo: Pierre Terre, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Limehouse Basin Lock is a lock forming the exit from Limehouse Basin to the Thames, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England. It is the final lock on the Regent's Canal. Limehouse Basin Lock is situated 450 feet south of Limehouse Basin.
Limehouse Town Hall
Arts center
Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Limehouse Town Hall is a former town hall building on Commercial Road, in Limehouse, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is a Grade II listed building. Limehouse Town Hall is situated 1,200 feet east of Limehouse Basin.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Limehouse and Ratcliff.
Limehouse
Suburb
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Limehouse is a district in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in East London. It is 3.9 miles east of Charing Cross, on the northern bank of the River Thames.
Ratcliff
Quarter
Ratcliff or Ratcliffe is a locality in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames between Limehouse, and Shadwell. The place name is no longer commonly used.
Cuckold’s Point
Locality
Cuckold's Point, also Cuckold's Haven, is part of a sharp bend on the River Thames on the Rotherhithe peninsula, south-east London, opposite the West India Docks and to the north of Columbia Wharf.
Limehouse Basin
- Type: Canal
- Description: canal basin in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England
- Categories: canal basin and body of water
- Location: Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.51131° or 51° 30′ 41″ northLongitude
-0.03638° or 0° 2′ 11″ westOperator
Canal and River TrustOpen location code
9C3XGX67+GFOpenStreetMap ID
way 193352909OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=canalWikidata ID
Q1825422
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From German to Spanish—“Limehouse Basin” goes by many names.
- German: “Limehouse Basin (Regent’s Canal)”
- German: “Limehouse Basin”
- Japanese: “ライムハウス・ベースン”
- Russian: “Лаймхаус”
- Spanish: “El Valle de Limehouse”
- Spanish: “Valle de Limehouse”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Limehouse Marina and Brit College.
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