Braithwaite Park

Braithwaite Park is a park in Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England. Braithwaite Park is situated nearby to the health club Oxbow Gym, as well as near the park Leven Road Open Space.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include River Lea and East India DLR station.

River Lea

River

Photo: Jamsta, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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.

East India DLR station

Railway station

Photo: Marathon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

East India is a station on Docklands Light Railway in Blackwall, east London. It takes its name from the nearby former East India Docks of the Port of London, where ships trading with the Indian subcontinent used to dock. East India DLR station is situated 1,600 feet south of Braithwaite Park.

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 2,400 feet east of Braithwaite Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Blackwall Yard and Blackwall.

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.

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.