Limmo Peninsula

The Limmo Peninsula is an area of Canning Town in the London Borough of Newham in East London. It lies on the east bank of Bow Creek at the mouth of the River Lea near Leamouth.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Canning Town station and The O2 Arena.

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 960 feet north of Limmo Peninsula.

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 3,300 feet south of Limmo Peninsula.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Canning Town and Blackwall Yard.

Canning Town

Suburb

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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.

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.