HMS President

HMS President is a "stone frigate", or shore establishment of the Royal Naval Reserve, based on the northern bank of the River Thames near Tower Bridge in Wapping and is in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Photo: David Jones, CC BY 2.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tower Bridge and The Tower of London.

Tower Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Barcex, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Tower Bridge is a Grade I listed combined bascule, suspension, and, until 1960, cantilever bridge in London, built between 1886 and 1894, designed by Horace Jones and engineered by John Wolfe Barry with the help of Henry Marc Brunel. Tower Bridge is situated 980 feet west of HMS President.

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 1,600 feet northwest of HMS President.

St Katharine Docks

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.

St Katharine Docks is a former dock in the St Katharine's and Wapping electoral ward of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It lies in the East End on the north bank of the River Thames, immediately downstream of the Tower of London and Tower Bridge. St Katharine Docks is situated 540 feet north of HMS President.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Butler’s Wharf and Wapping.

Butler’s Wharf

Neighborhood

Photo: Gürkan Sengün, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Butler's Wharf is an English historic building at Shad Thames on the south bank of the River Thames, just east of London's Tower Bridge, now housing luxury flats and restaurants.

Wapping

Suburb

Photo: Tarquin Binary, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Wapping is an area in the borough of Tower Hamlets in London, England. It is in East London and part of the East End. Wapping is on the north bank of the River Thames, and was at one time a district with a strong maritime character.

St George in the East

Quarter

Photo: Klusiwurm, Public domain.

St George in the East, historically known as Wapping-Stepney is an area in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England. It was an ancient parish, it was the larger of the two parishes that made up Wapping.

HMS President

Type: Military installation
Description: shore establishment of the Royal Naval Reserve in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Category: naval shore establishment
Location: Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.50511° or 51° 30′ 18″ north

Longitude

-0.07108° or 0° 4′ 16″ west

Operator

Royal Navy

Open location code

9C3XGW4H+2H

OpenStreetMap ID

way 998417501

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=military

OpenStreetMap feature

military=base

Wikidata ID

Q5633857

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In Other Languages

“HMS President” goes by many names.

French: “HMS President”

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