Glamis Road Bridge

Glamis Road Bridge is a bridge in Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England. Glamis Road Bridge is situated nearby to the marketplace Wapping Docklands Market, as well as near the kindergarten The Pier Head Preparatory Montessori School.

Photo: Tarquin Binary, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Type: Bridge
Description: rolling bascule bridge
Also known as: “Glamis Road Bridge, London”, “Shadwell Basin bascule bridge”, and “Shadwell Basin bridge”

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 Glamis Road Bridge.

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. Wapping Hydraulic Power Station is situated 330 feet southwest of Glamis Road Bridge.

King Edward Memorial Park

Park

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King Edward Memorial Park is a public open space in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, on the northern bank of the River Thames. It was opened in 1922 in memory of King Edward VII. King Edward Memorial Park is situated 570 feet northeast of Glamis Road Bridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shadwell and Ratcliff.

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.

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.

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.

Glamis Road Bridge

Categories: bascule bridge and transportation
Location: Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.50808° or 51° 30′ 29″ north

Longitude

-0.05075° or 0° 3′ 3″ west

Open location code

9C3XGW5X+6P

OpenStreetMap ID

way 970331798

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=bridge

Wikidata ID

Q74626271

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In Other Languages

“Glamis Road Bridge” goes by many names.

Slovenian: “Glamis Road Bridge”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Wapping Docklands Market and The Pier Head Preparatory Montessori School.

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