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Explore Canary Wharf
The district Canary Wharf of Poplar in Greater London (England) with it's 73,390 inhabitants Canary Wharf is located in United Kingdom a little east of London, the country's capital.
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Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 11°C / 53 °F
Morning Temperature | 3°C / 38 °F |
Evening Temperature | 10°C / 50 °F |
Night Temperature | 6°C / 43 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 54% |
Air Pressure | 1004 hPa |
Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 6 km/h (4 mph) from West |
Cloud Conditions | Few clouds, covering 20% of sky |
General Conditions | Few clouds |
Saturday, 27th of April 2024
7°C (44 °F)
9°C (48 °F)
Moderate rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Sunday, 28th of April 2024
11°C (52 °F)
8°C (46 °F)
Moderate rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Monday, 29th of April 2024
14°C (57 °F)
9°C (49 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, scattered clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Canary Riverside Plaza Hotel
London Marriott Hotel West India Quay
Marriott Executive Apartments London West India Quay
DoubleTree by Hilton London Docklands
BALTIMORE WHARF APARTMENTS
Fraser Place Canary Wharf
SACO Canary Wharf
ABILITY PLACE APARTMENTS
Circus Apartments By BridgeStreet
Ascot Apartments
Videos from this area
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4K: Poplar, London -- Clip No. 2 -- [Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX100]
Poplar, near Canary Wharf. This is one of the first 30 short clips I shot with my new Panasonic DMC-LX100 camera. There is no processing on this clip, I only trimmed it down using QuickTime...
London Heliroutes helicopter flying City of London
London Heliroutes- helicopter flying over the City of London- Canary Wharf, River Thames, Tower Bridge, the Shard, training pilots licence.
London. From The City, Bank Station, to Canary Wharf by DLR Train
London. From The City, Bank Station, to Canary Wharf by DLR Train.
4K: Poplar DLR Station, London -- Clip No. 3 -- [Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX100]
Lots of noise when pushed to ISO 3200, but the conditions were less than optimal. There is no processing on this clip, I only trimmed it down using QuickTime Player. The audio is original...
4K: Poplar, London -- Clip No. 1 -- [Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX100]
Challenging lighting conditions, but I like the results. This is one of the first 30 short clips I shot with my new Panasonic DMC-LX100 camera. There is no processing on this clip, I only...
Canary Wharf Tube Station At Night
This Video was taken on 9th of September 2012 at Canary Wharf Station around midnight. This was a day of the London 2012 Paralympic closing ceremony. Canary Wharf is a major business district...
Tour of Lifts at canary wharf shopping centres
This is a tour of all the lifts at canary wharf shopping centres visit my website http://benobve.110mb.com.
Londres: Canary Wharf
http://hombrelobo.com - Estamos en Londres, en Canary Wharf, el distrito financiero moderno de Londres http://www.gowithoh.es/apartamentos-londres/ Un lugar precioso y lleno de edificios enormes,...
London Video Tour: Canary Wharf and the Docklands
In this video tour, David Hill of New York Habitat (www.nyhabitat.com) explores the glittering neighborhoods of Canary Wharf and Docklands. Canary Wharf was first recognized as an ideal docking...
Hilton Canary Wharf Hotel London
A short video of the Hilton Canary Wharf in London. The main reception, restaurant, buffet breakfast (which was excellent) and a tour of my room.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
London Docklands
London Docklands is the semi-official name for an area in east and southeast London, England. It forms part of the boroughs of Southwark, Tower Hamlets, Lewisham, Newham and Greenwich. The docks were formerly part of the Port of London, at one time the world's largest port. They have now been redeveloped principally for commercial and residential use.
8 Canada Square
8 Canada Square (also known as HSBC Group Head Office or HSBC Tower) is a skyscraper located at Canary Wharf in London Docklands, Borough of Tower Hamlets. The building serves as the global headquarters of the HSBC Group. The tower was designed by Sir Norman Foster's team of architects. Construction began in 1999 and was completed in 2002.
West India Docks
The West India Docks are a series of three docks on the Isle of Dogs in London, the first of which opened in 1802. The docks closed to commercial traffic in 1980 and the Canary Wharf development was built on the site.
1 West India Quay
1 West India Quay is a skyscraper designed by HOK in the Docklands area of London which was completed in 2004. It is 111 metres (364 feet) tall and has 33 floors (not including roof). The bottom 12 floors house a Marriott Hotel, including 47 serviced suites on floors 9-12. Floors 13-33 house 158 apartments. The tower overlooks West India Docks and Canary Wharf.
25 Bank Street
25 Bank Street is an office tower in the Canary Wharf business district of London, United Kingdom. It is currently home to the European headquarters of the investment bank J.P. Morgan & Co. The building was developed in 2001–2003 by Canary Wharf Group as one of five new buildings on its Heron Quays site. The building was designed by architects Cesar Pelli & Associates Architects and built by Canary Wharf Contractors.
40 Bank Street
40 Bank Street is a skyscraper in Heron Quays, Docklands, London. It is 153 metres tall and has 33 floors. The building was designed by Cesar Pelli & Associates and it was built by Canary Wharf Contractors. It was completed in 2003 and is used by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP, Jubilee Diamonds LTD, Allen & Overy LLP, Barclays Capital, Techsenseuk, ANZ Bank, Jones Lang LaSalle and Royal Dutch Shell.
Canada Square
Canada Square is a public square at Canary Wharf, on the Isle of Dogs in London's Docklands. It is in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in the eastern end of Central London along the River Thames. Canada Square is surrounded by three of the tallest buildings in the United Kingdom, including One Canada Square, which was the tallest building in the United Kingdom from 1990 until late 2010, when it was surpassed by the Shard London Bridge.
SS Robin
SS Robin is a 300-tonne steam coaster, a class of steamship licensed only for passage in coastal waters, the oldest complete example in the world, situated at the Royal Docks in London, England for restoration and later display from 2013. SS Robin is one of three ships in London on the Core Collection of the National Historic Ships Register (the nautical equivalent of a Grade 1 Listed Building); the others are Cutty Sark and HMS Belfast.
Museum of London Docklands
The Museum of London Docklands (formerly known as Museum in Docklands) is a museum on the Isle of Dogs, east London that tells the history of London's River Thames and Docklands. The museum is part of the Museum of London Group which is jointly funded by the City of London Corporation and the Greater London Authority.
Clifford Chance
Clifford Chance LLP is a multinational law firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom and a member of the 'Magic Circle' of leading UK law firms. It is one of the ten largest law firms in the world measured by both number of lawyers and revenue. In 2011–12 Clifford Chance had revenues of £1.303 billion and profits per equity partner of £1.1 million. Both figures being a 7% rise on the equivalent numbers from 2010-11. David Childs has been Managing Partner since 2006.
Heron Quays
Heron Quays forms part of the Canary Wharf area the Docklands, east London. It has a Docklands Light Railway station, which was moved south after the development was expanded. Three skyscrapers dominate the area: 25 Bank Street, 40 Bank Street and 10 Upper Bank Street. 'Heron Quays' was an area of dockside and warehousing separating the south and export dock of the West India Docks complex, completed in 1802 to service Britain's rapidly increasing trade with its global empire.
World Trade Centre (London)
Built in 1991, The World Trade Centre was an 89 m, 19 storey building in the Canary Wharf area of London, UK. The building was heavily damaged by an IRA bomb on February 9, 1996. The top four floors were demolished and after a proposal called World Trade Centre London to redevelop it as offices was cancelled following September 11, 2001, the frame was reclad and it became the Hilton Canary Wharf.
West India Docks railway station
West India Docks railway station was a railway station in the north of the Isle of Dogs, London, on the London and Blackwall Railway, between Limehouse and Millwall Junction stations. As the name implies, the station served the West India Docks, though it was located on the north side of the northernmost of the three docks; the L&BR was later extended to Millwall Docks to serve the other two docks.
West India Quay
West India Quay is an area on the Isle of Dogs in Docklands, London, England. It is immediately to the north of the West India Docks and Canary Wharf. The warehouse at West India Quay was used to store imported goods from the West Indies, such as tea, sugar and rum, and is now a Grade 1 listed building. Museum in Docklands is in West India Quay, inside one of the two remaining traditional brick warehouses in the West India Docks, as is 1 West India Quay.
1 Cabot Square
1 Cabot Square (also known as Credit Suisse) is a 21 floor office building occupied by Credit Suisse in the Canary Wharf development in London, England. Original plans called for a skyscraper on this site for CSFB, however the slump at the end of the 1980s saw these plans scaled back. The architect on the project was Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, and the building was completed in 1991. It is 89 metres tall with a floorspace of 50,166 square metres.
5 Canada Square
5 Canada Square is a 15-storey, 87.7 m office building in the Canary Wharf financial district development of London, England.
Limehouse Studios
Limehouse Studios was an independently owned television studio complex built in No. 10 Warehouse (30 Shed) of the South Quay Import Dock. This was located at the eastern end of Canary Wharf on the Isle of Dogs in London, which opened in 1983. The building was demolished just six years later, in 1989, to make way for the massive Olympia & York development of Canary Wharf which now occupies the site.
Cabot Square
Cabot Square is one of the central squares of the Canary Wharf Development in London's Docklands. The square includes a fountain and several works of art, and is the address for the London Offices of Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley. Cabot Place, on the east side of the square is a large shopping centre, and the square is also home to several restaurants including First Edition, Sri Nam and Corney and Barrow.
Cabot Hall
Cabot Hall was a large banqueting and performance hall situated in Canary Wharf, in London's Docklands. It was opened in 1991 and hosted events including lectures by Gordon Brown, Tony Blair and Nelson Mandela as well as music events. Canary Wharf Group closed the hall at the end of 2006 to be convert the space into retail and restaurants.
25 Cabot Square
25 Cabot Square is a 17 floor office building occupied by Morgan Stanley in the Canary Wharf development in London, England. The architect on the project was Skidmore Owings & Merrill, and the building was completed in 1991. It is 81 metres tall with a floorspace of 41,666.00 m². For several years, 25 Cabot Square was connected at the first floor level to neighbouring 20 Cabot Square by an enclosed pedestrian footbridge, built after both properties were completed.
20 Canada Square
20 Canada Square is a structure located in Canary Wharf. Currently, 20 Canada Square is home to offices of BP and the UK headquarters of American company McGraw-Hill. The building is divided into twelve floors, with BP and McGraw-Hill each occupying 6 floors.
25 North Colonnade
25 North Colonnade is a commercial building in Canary Wharf, London and is occupied solely by the Financial Services Authority (FSA). It is 80 metres tall, with 15 floors. Built in 1991, its developer was the Canary Wharf Group, and its architect was Troughton McAslan.
20 Bank Street (London)
20 Bank Street (Heron Quays 1 or the Morgan Stanley Building) is a 14-storey office building in the Canary Wharf development in London, United Kingdom. Completed in 2003, the building was designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM). It is 68 metres tall with a floorspace of 47,565 square metres .
11 Westferry Circus
11 Westferry Circus is an office building in the Canary Wharf development in London, United Kingdom. Readers Digest owned and occupied the building until 1999, when the company sold the building and leased space in it from the new owner. The building was designed by a consortium of architectural firms.
Marriott West India Quay
Marriott Hotel, West India Quay London is a luxury 5-star hotel in London, England. It is located at 22 Hertsmere Road, Canary Wharf overlooking the River Thames. It is operated by the Marriott Hotels group and has 301 rooms. The hotel is famous for being the location at which up to ten members of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club's first team squad were diagnosed with symptoms of food poisoning on the eve of their crucial final fixture of the 2005/2006 season against West Ham United.