Captain Kidd
The Captain Kidd is a pub in Wapping, East London, that is named after the seventeenth-century pirate William Kidd, who was executed at the nearby Execution Dock. The pub is a Grade II listed building, and was historically used as a coffee warehouse.Photo: Peter Trimming, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Hjamesberglen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Pub
- Description: pub in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets
- Also known as: “108 and 110, Wapping High Street E1”, “Captain Kidd Public House”, and “Captain Kidd, Wapping”
- Address: 108 Wapping High Street, London, E1W 2NE
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Wapping railway station and The Tower of London.
Wapping railway station
Railway station
Photo: Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wapping is a station on the Windrush line of the London Overground, located on the northern bank of the River Thames in Wapping within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Wapping railway station is situated 610 feet northeast of Captain Kidd.
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 1 mile northwest of Captain Kidd.
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 4,000 feet west of Captain Kidd.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Execution Dock and Wapping.
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.
Wapping
Suburb
Photo: Tarquin Binary, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Wapping is an area in the borough of Tower Hamlets in London, England. It is in East London and part of the East End. Wapping is on the north bank of the River Thames, and was at one time a district with a strong maritime character.
Bermondsey
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bermondsey is a district in southeast London, part of the London Borough of Southwark, England, 2+1⁄2 miles southeast of Charing Cross. To the west of Bermondsey lies Southwark, to the east Rotherhithe and Deptford, to the south Walworth and Peckham, and to the north is Wapping across the River Thames.
Captain Kidd
- Category: building
- Location: Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.50327° or 51° 30′ 12″ northLongitude
-0.05792° or 0° 3′ 29″ westOpen location code
9C3XGW3R+8ROpenStreetMap ID
way 425809862OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=pubOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noWikidata ID
Q28433128
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