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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: David Jones, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Military installation
- Description: shore establishment of the Royal Naval Reserve in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets
- Also known as: “HMS President (shore establishment)”
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 1,000 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
St Katharine Docks is a former dock in the St Katherine and Wapping 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 490 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 between Tower Bridge to the west, and Shadwell to the east.
St George in the East
Quarter
Photo: Klusiwurm, Public domain.
St George in the East, historically known as Wapping-Stepney, was an ancient parish, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England. The place name is no longer widely used.
HMS President
- Category: naval shore establishment
- Location: Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.50528° or 51° 30′ 19″ northLongitude
-0.07094° or 0° 4′ 15″ westOpen location code
9C3XGW4H+4JOpenStreetMap ID
way 998417501OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=militaryWikidata ID
Q5633857
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In Other Languages
“HMS President” goes by many names.
- French: “HMS President”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “HMS President”. Photo: David Jones, CC BY 2.0.