Top Lock

Top Lock is a lock in Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England. Top Lock is situated nearby to Homerton Footpath Bridge, as well as near Middle Lock.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include London Stadium and London Aquatics Centre.

London Stadium

Stadium

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London Stadium is a multi-purpose outdoor stadium at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in the Stratford district of London. It is located in the Lower Lea Valley, 6 miles east of central London. London Stadium is situated 3,000 feet east of Top Lock.

London Aquatics Centre

Stadium

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The London Aquatics Centre is an indoor facility with two 50-metre swimming pools and a 25-metre diving pool in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, London. London Aquatics Centre is situated 1 mile east of Top Lock.

Hackney Wick railway station

Railway station

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Hackney Wick is a station on the Mildmay line of the London Overground, located in the district of Hackney Wick, East London. Situated in London fare zone 2, the station was opened on 12 May 1980 by British Rail as part of the Crosstown Linkline service between North Woolwich and Camden Road stations. Hackney Wick railway station is situated 2,300 feet northeast of Top Lock.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old Ford and Fish Island.

Old Ford

Quarter

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Old Ford is an area in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets that is named after the natural ford which provided a crossing of the River Lea.

Fish Island

Neighborhood

Fish Island is an area of east London, England. It is one of 58 designated conservation areas in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, with many of its buildings considered important to Britain's industrial heritage, though there are no listed buildings in the area.

Hackney Wick

Suburb

Photo: Nigel Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hackney Wick is a neighbourhood in East London, England. The area forms the south-eastern part of the district of Hackney, and also of the wider London Borough of Hackney.

Top Lock

Type: Lock
Category: body of water
Location: Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.53809° or 51° 32′ 17″ north

Longitude

-0.02968° or 0° 1′ 47″ west

Open location code

9C3XGXQC+64

OpenStreetMap ID

way 294772924

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=lock

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