Shadwell Basin
Shadwell Basin is a housing and leisure complex built around a disused dock in Wapping, London. The old dock was formerly part of the London Docks, a group of docks built by the London Dock Company at Shadwell and Wapping as part of the wider docks of the Port of London.Photo: Davepape, Public domain.
Photo: Back ache, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Tower of London and Wapping Hydraulic Power Station.
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 west of Shadwell Basin.
Wapping Hydraulic Power Station
Historic building
Photo: Davepape, Public domain.
The Wapping Hydraulic Power Station was originally run by the London Hydraulic Power Company in Wapping, London, England. Originally, it operated using steam, and was later converted to use electricity.
St Paul’s Church, Shadwell
Church
Photo: Davepape, Public domain.
St Paul's Church, Shadwell, is a Grade II* listed Church of England church, located in Shadwell, in the East End of London, England. The church is traditionally nicknamed the Church of Sea Captains. St Paul’s Church, Shadwell is situated 400 feet north of Shadwell Basin.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shadwell and Execution Dock.
Shadwell
Suburb
Photo: Tarquin Binary, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Shadwell is an area in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in East London, England. It also forms part of the city's East End. Shadwell is on the north bank of the River Thames between Wapping and Ratcliff and Limehouse and is 3 miles east of Charing Cross.
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.
Ratcliff
Quarter
Ratcliff or Ratcliffe is a locality in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames between Limehouse, and Shadwell. The place name is no longer commonly used.
Shadwell Basin
- Type: Body of water
- Description: disused dock in Wapping, London
- Categories: basin and dock
- Location: Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.50834° or 51° 30′ 30″ northLongitude
-0.05218° or 0° 3′ 8″ westOpen location code
9C3XGW5X+84OpenStreetMap ID
way 5906951OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=basinOpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dockWikidata ID
Q1306762
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Polish—“Shadwell Basin” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Shadwell Basin”
- German: “Shadwell Basin”
- Polish: “Shadwell Basin”
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