Tower Wharf

Tower Wharf is a wharf in Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England. Tower Wharf is situated nearby to Traitors’ Gate, as well as near the castle St. Thomas’s Tower.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include The Tower of London and Tower Bridge.

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.

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 720 feet southeast of Tower Wharf.

White Tower

Castle

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The White Tower is a former royal residence, the old keep, at the Tower of London in England. It was built by William the Conqueror during the early 1080s, and subsequently extended.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Butler’s Wharf and Aldgate.

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.

Aldgate

Quarter

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Aldgate was a gate in the former defensive wall around the City of London. The gate gave its name to Aldgate High Street, the first stretch of the A11 road, that takes that name as it passes through the ancient, extramural Portsoken Ward of the City of London.

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.

Tower Wharf

Type: Pedestrian zone
Description: street in the Tower of London
Categories: street, wharf, and pedestrian street
Location: Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.50731° or 51° 30′ 26″ north

Longitude

-0.07675° or 0° 4′ 36″ west

Open location code

9C3XGW4F+W8

OpenStreetMap ID

way 998422605

OpenStreetMap feature

highway=pedestrian

Wikidata ID

Q2446897

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In Other Languages

From French to German—“Tower Wharf” goes by many names.

French: “Tower Wharf”
German: “Tower Wharf”

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