King Edward Memorial Park
King Edward Memorial Park is a public open space in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, on the northern bank of the River Thames. It was opened in 1922 in memory of King Edward VII.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Tower of London and Tower Bridge.
The Tower of London
Photo: Aniacra, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Tower of London, officially His Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London, is a historic citadel and castle on the north bank of the River Thames in London, England. The Tower of London is situated 1¼ miles west of King Edward Memorial Park.
Tower Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Barcex, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tower Bridge is a Grade I listed combined bascule, suspension, and, until 1960, cantilever bridge in London, built between 1886 and 1894, designed by Horace Jones and engineered by John Wolfe Barry with the help of Henry Marc Brunel. Tower Bridge is situated 1¼ miles west of King Edward Memorial Park.
Shadwell DLR station
Railway station
Photo: Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shadwell is a Docklands Light Railway station in Shadwell in east London, England and is between the terminals of Bank and Tower Gateway to the west and Limehouse to the east. Shadwell DLR station is situated 1,900 feet northwest of King Edward Memorial Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shadwell and Ratcliff.
Shadwell
Suburb
Photo: Tarquin Binary, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Shadwell is an area in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in East London, England. It also forms part of the city's East End. Shadwell is on the north bank of the River Thames between Wapping and Ratcliff and Limehouse and is 3 miles east of Charing Cross.
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.
Execution Dock
Locality
Execution Dock was a site on the River Thames near the shoreline at Wapping, London, that was used for more than 400 years to execute pirates, smugglers and mutineers who had been sentenced to death by Admiralty courts.
King Edward Memorial Park
- Type: Park
- Description: park in Shadwell, London
- Categories: urban park and recreation area
- Location: Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.509° or 51° 30′ 32″ northLongitude
-0.04858° or 0° 2′ 55″ westOperator
Tower Hamlets councilOpen location code
9C3XGX52+HHOpenStreetMap ID
way 24349166OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkWikidata ID
Q6411473
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