Travel

Historic City Of London

Places Of Interest:

2.East London:
East London is that part of London which is east of Central London and north of the River Thames.

- Docklands:
A.Museum in Docklands: located on the former West India Quay, tells the story of the development of the Docklands from Roman and Viking times to the present day.
B.The Isle of Dogs is a peninsula in the East End of London. It is surrounded on three sides (East, South and West) by the River Thames, which follows a horseshoe-shaped arc to the south of the peninsula. It is part of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and part of the London Docklands.
C.Canary Wharf is a large business development in London, located on the Isle of Dogs, it contains the UK's three tallest buildings: One Canada Square (sometimes known as the Canary Wharf Tower) at 771 ft (235.1 m); and the HSBC Tower and the Citigroup Centre joint second tallest at 654 ft (199.5 m).
D.SS Robin is the oldest complete steam coaster (a class of steamship that is licensed only for passage in coastal waters) in the world. Moored on the River Thames in England, it has recently opened as a photographic gallery (June 2004).

- Hackney:
A.The Hackney Museum, providing a history of Hackney as well as periodic exhibitions.
B.Hackney Marshes, a lovely walk along the Lee Canal and River, stretching all across East London and further.
C.Victoria Park and Clissold Park are the best parks in Hackney.
D.Geoffrye Museum, museum containing displays of furniture through the ages. Housed in row of 16th century Almshouses, with original chapel.
E.The Clowns Archive - museum of clowning, unique collection of 'faces' (on eggs).

- Shoreditch:
A.White Cube (south side of Hoxton Square). Art gallery with exhibitions by major British and international artists.
B.Bunhill FieldsBunhill Road, (Nearest tube: Old Street) This small graveyard is a rarity in central London, and seems oddly tranquil in comparison to the nearby bustling streets of the City. Some 120,000 bodies are believed to be buried here - mostly Dissenters - notable among them are the graves of William Blake, Daniel Defoe and John Bunyan.

- Stratford:
A.The Olympic Park, London is a new sporting complex to be built in Stratford in East London for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
B.Stratford Circus is a contemporary performing arts venue in the cultural quarter of Stratford in East London, in England.
C.The Theatre Royal Stratford East is a theatre in Stratford in the London Borough of Newham, which opened in 1884.
D.The Three Mills are former working mills on the River Lee in the East End of London, one of London’s oldest still-surviving industrial centres, the largest and most powerful of the four remaining tidal mills in Britain, and is possibly the largest tidal mill in the world.

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