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About Canary Wharf
This is London's newest and brightest business district. It offers luxurious office buildings with up to the minute facilities, and a range of smart shops, cafe's, pubs and restaurants. It also houses three of the U.K's tallest buildings, these being the HSBC Tower, The Canary Wharf Tower and the Citigroup Centre.
The new development of Canary Wharf has been an outstanding success, as it continues to expand new housing is being provided along with further leisure facilities including provision for the arts.
Canary Wharf is situate in the Tower Hamlets region of London, it is centred around the old West India Docks in London's Docklands, the development began in 1988 and as previously stated, it continues to grow.
A boat shuttle service runs from Canary Wharf Pier to Greenwich, the City of London and the West End.
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Recommended attractions near Canary Wharf
| Old Royal Naval College | (1.6 miles, 2.6 km, direction S) | Pictures |
| Cutty Sark Museum Ship | (1.6 miles, 2.6 km, direction S) | Pictures |
| Three Mills | (1.7 miles, 2.7 km, direction N) | Pictures |
| The National Maritime Museum | (1.8 miles, 2.9 km, direction SE) | Pictures |
| The Royal Observatory, Greenwich | (2.0 miles, 3.3 km, direction SE) | Pictures |
| Greenwich Park | (2.1 miles, 3.3 km, direction SE) | Pictures |
| Tower Bridge | (2.4 miles, 3.8 km, direction W) | Pictures |
| City Hall, London | (2.5 miles, 4.0 km, direction W) | Pictures |
| Tower of London | (2.6 miles, 4.1 km, direction W) | Pictures |
| George Inn | (3.0 miles, 4.8 km, direction W) | Pictures |
All attractions in Greater LondonComplete A to Z of attractions in EnglandRecommended towns near Canary Wharf
Greenwich, in the county of Greater London (1.7 miles, 2.7 km, direction SE)
The might of british sea-power and the historic town of Greenwich are inseparable. Two famous English sea-faring vessels are here, one is the Cutty Sark, a famous old clipper that shipped tea from China in the 19th-century, and the other, from the 20th-century is Gypsy Moth 1V, sailed round the world by Sir Francis Chichester.
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London, a Historic City in the county of Greater London (4.5 miles, 7.3 km, direction W)
London is one of the World's most exciting, cultural destinations where visitors can walk with history whilst enjoying all that is best of modern day facilities, shops, theatres...
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Stoke Newington, in the county of Greater London (4.6 miles, 7.4 km, direction NW)
Stoke Newington offers visitors a diverse cultural experience, it has restaurants of all types of cuisine, plenty of pubs, clubs, shops and markets, and is sufficiently close to all the historic attractions at the heart of the City of London.
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St Pancras, in the county of Greater London (4.7 miles, 7.5 km, direction W)
The name of the area is taken from the boy martyred in AD 304. Pancras was the orphaned Christian son of a Phrygian nobleman who was brought up at the court of the Emperor in Rome.
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Westminster, in the county of Greater London (4.9 miles, 7.8 km, direction W)
Of all the jewels in the City of Westminster, none shines more brightly than Westminster Abbey, stunning setting for the coronation of almost every English monarch since William the Conqueror was crowned there in 1066.
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Eltham, in the county of Greater London (4.9 miles, 7.9 km, direction SE)
The attractive suburb of Eltham is part of the urban sprawl of Greater London.
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Stamford Hill, in the county of Greater London (5.0 miles, 8.0 km, direction NW)
Stamford Hill lies in the north of the London Borough of Hackney. It is a popular residential area, and home to one of Europes' largest Orthodox Jewish communities.
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Piccadilly, in the county of Greater London (5.2 miles, 8.3 km, direction W)
One of the Capital's most noted places, Piccadilly sweeps uphill with handsome houses on one side and Green Park on the other.
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Mayfair, in the county of Greater London (5.5 miles, 8.9 km, direction W)
Mayfair has it all, it is the haunt of the rich and famous, with elegant houses and apartment buildings that are the sole province of the wealthy.
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Marylebone, in the county of Greater London (5.6 miles, 9.0 km, direction W)
Marylebone is one of London's more affluent area's, it is home mostly to the well to do, and yet only a couple of centuries ago a large workhouse was built here to give shelter to the poor and homeless, often foundlings were discovered on the workhouse doorstep.
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| Canary Wharf Tube Station | (0.0 miles, 0.1 km) |
| West Ferry Quay Station | (0.1 miles, 0.2 km) |
| Canary Wharf Station | (0.2 miles, 0.3 km) |
| North Greenwich Tube Station | (1.1 miles, 1.8 km, direction E) |
| London City Airport | (3.5 miles, 5.6 km, direction E) |
| M11 Junction 4 | (6.6 miles, 10.6 km, direction N) |
| M1 Junction 1 | (9.9 miles, 16.0 km, direction NW) |
| London Heathrow Airport | (18.6 miles, 30.0 km, direction W) |
Accommodation & Hotels near Canary Wharf
| Hotel Name |
| Britannia International Hotel | (0.2 miles, 0.4 km) |
| Hilton London Canary Wharf | (0.4 miles, 0.6 km) |
| Fraser Place Canary Wharf | (0.5 miles, 0.8 km) |
| Hilton London Docklands | (0.5 miles, 0.9 km) |
| Express By Holiday Inn London Limehouse | (1.0 miles, 1.7 km) |
| Express By Holiday Inn London-Royal Docks/Docklands | (1.5 miles, 2.4 km, direction NE) |
| Express By Holiday Inn Greenwich | (1.6 miles, 2.6 km, direction SE) |
| Sunborn Yacht Hotel | (1.6 miles, 2.6 km, direction E) |
| Ibis London Excel | (1.6 miles, 2.6 km, direction E) |
| The Central Hotel | (1.7 miles, 2.8 km, direction NE) |
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