East India Dock House

East India Dock House is a Grade II* listed building in Poplar and is in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It was originally built in 1988 as a printworks for the Financial Times.

Photo: Beata May, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Type: Building
Description: data center in Tower Hamlets, London, England, UK
Also known as: “Financial Times Print Works” and “Global Switch London North”
Address: East India Dock Road, London, E14 9YY

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include East India DLR station and Blackwall DLR station.

East India DLR station

Railway station

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East India is a station on Docklands Light Railway in Blackwall, east London. It takes its name from the nearby former East India Docks of the Port of London, where ships trading with the Indian subcontinent used to dock. East India DLR station is situated 1,000 feet southeast of East India Dock House.

Blackwall DLR station

Railway station

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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 1,200 feet south of East India Dock House.

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 3,600 feet southeast of East India Dock House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Blackwall Yard and Blackwall.

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.

Blackwall

Suburb

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Blackwall is an area of Poplar, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, East London. The neighbourhood includes Leamouth and the Coldharbour conservation area.