Shadwell Basin

Shadwell Basin is a housing and leisure complex built around a disused dock in Wapping in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is situated on the north side of the river Thames, one mile east of the Tower of London and Tower Bridge.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include The Tower of London and Wapping Hydraulic Power Station.

The Tower of London

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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

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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

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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

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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.

Shadwell Basin

Type: Body of water
Description: disused dock in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Categories: basin and dock
Location: Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.50834° or 51° 30′ 30″ north

Longitude

-0.05218° or 0° 3′ 8″ west

Open location code

9C3XGW5X+84

OpenStreetMap ID

way 5906951

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=basin

OpenStreetMap feature

waterway=dock

Wikidata 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”
Hausa: “Shadwell Basin”
Polish: “Shadwell Basin”

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