Light Vessel 95
Light Vessel 95 is a former lightship that has been used as a recording studio since the early 2000s. She was built by Philip and Son at Dartmouth, Devon, in 1939 for Trinity House, the body responsible for provision of maritime navigation aids in England and Wales.Photo: Loco Steve, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Ship
- Description: lightvessel
- Also known as: “Light Ship 95”, “Light vessel no. 95”, “LV95”, “Trinity House”, and “Trinity House Lightvessel No. 95”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The O2 Arena and Canning Town station.
The O2 Arena
Theater building
Photo: Heuschrecke, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 2,300 feet southwest of Light Vessel 95.
Canning Town station
Railway station
Photo: Romazur, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 2,200 feet north of Light Vessel 95.
Trinity Buoy Wharf
Photo: Robert Lamb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Trinity Buoy Wharf is the site of a lighthouse, by the confluence of the River Thames and Bow Creek on the Leamouth Peninsula, Poplar. It lies within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Blackwall Yard and New Providence Wharf.
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.
New Providence Wharf
Neighborhood
Photo: Mattbuck, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The New Providence Wharf is a residential development in the Blackwall district of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, at the north end of the Blackwall Tunnel.
Blackwall
Suburb
Photo: Tarquin Binary, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Blackwall is an area of Poplar, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, East London. The neighbourhood includes Leamouth and the Coldharbour conservation area.
Light Vessel 95
- Categories: lightvessel, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.50809° or 51° 30′ 29″ northLongitude
0.00914° or 0° 0′ 33″ eastOpen location code
9F32G255+6MOpenStreetMap ID
way 489803656OpenStreetMap feature
building=shipOpenStreetMap feature
historic=shipWikidata ID
Q33189331
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