Essex Wharf

Essex Wharf is a park in Newham, Greater London, England. Essex Wharf is situated nearby to the ruins Pipe Bridge, as well as near The Blue Bridge.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Canning Town station and River Lea.

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 830 feet east of Essex Wharf.

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.

Bow Creek Ecology Park

Park

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Bow Creek Ecology Park is a small open space along Bow Creek tidal estuary of the River Lea in Canning Town in Newham, in east London. It is operated by the regional Lee Valley Park system. Bow Creek Ecology Park is situated 610 feet south of Essex Wharf.

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.