https://www.londonsdocklands.com/stkatharinesdock daily 0.75 2021-10-03 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/t/6159e2624cdaeb4838dc77ac/1555498419257/ St.Katharine's Dock - Tower Hotel at the entrance to St.Katharine's Dock 1971 The Tower Hotel was designed by the Renton Howard Wood Partnership and opened in September 1973. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca733cf9b747a065bae217e/5ca736d5eef1a17864f9a261/1555498419257/Tower+Hotel+1971.jpg St.Katharine's Dock - Tower Hotel at the entrance to St.Katharine's Dock 1971 The Tower Hotel was designed by the Renton Howard Wood Partnership and opened in September 1973. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca733cf9b747a065bae217e/5ca7362e15fcc0b50304cdd3/1554462264117/B%26W+C+Tower+hotel+and+entrance+to+St.Katharine%27s+dock+1972.jpg St.Katharine's Dock https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca733cf9b747a065bae217e/5ca736e4971a1878bb555ead/1633280610464/Tower+hotel+and+St.Katharine%27s+dock+entrance+2002.jpg St.Katharine's Dock - Tower Hotel 2002 The riverside access has been improved for commuter and tourist traffic. The entrance to the docks is just beyond the hotel. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca733cf9b747a065bae217e/5ca735ff4785d3a4211b7783/1633280610515/C+tower+hotel+from+Tower+bridge+2018.jpg St.Katharine's Dock - Tower Hotel 2018 The hotel has been modernised and upgraded and is now a Guoman Hotel.In the foreground is one of the latest river commuter catamrans which travel from Greenwich upriver to Charing Cross. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca733cf9b747a065bae217e/5ca73667e5e5f099ad646ad6/1633280610553/B%26W+C+St.Katharines+dock+view+from+ruins+of+Telford+warehouses+and+side+of+world+trade+centre.jpg St.Katharine's Dock - Entrance to St.Katharine's Dock from Tower Hill 1971 The remains of the Telford warehouses are to the right, the trade centre to the left and beyond the restored Ivory House. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca733cf9b747a065bae217e/5ca736e9085229f6be9a8a09/1633280610588/View+of+St.Katahrine%27s+dock+from+restored+Telford+warehouses+2002.jpg St.Katharine's Dock - Entrance to St.Katharine's Dock 2001 The Telford warehouses having been destroyed by fire were rebuilt using the original metal pillars. Ivory house can be seen on the other side of the basin and the World Trade centre is to the left. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca733cf9b747a065bae217e/5ca735ff5b4a7200010a1ba0/1633280610594/entrance+view+to+ivory+2018+C.jpg St.Katharine's Dock - Entrance to St.Katharine's Dock 2018 The trade centre has been replaced recently by the new office block, Tower Bridge House, on the left with restaurants and bars beneath serving both local businesses and tourists. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca733cf9b747a065bae217e/5ca736361905f45106b7e5b1/1633280610565/barges%2C+telford+and+wtc+1971+C.+T.jpg St.Katharine's Dock - St.Katharine's Dock, Telford warehouses and World Trade Centre 1971 The original sailing barges are moored alongside Telford Warehouses awaiting redevlopment. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca733cf9b747a065bae217e/5ca736d1eef1a17864f9a247/1633280610605/Telford+%26+barges+2002+C.jpg St.Katharine's Dock - St.Katharine's Dock 2001 The Telford warehouses rebuilt using the original metal pillars have become “International House” a modern office and gallery space. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca733cf9b747a065bae217e/5ca736779b747a065bae3256/1633280610578/telford%2Bbarges%2B2018.jpg St.Katharine's Dock - St.Katharine's Dock 2018 Beyond International house and the old barges is the latest office development of Tower Bridge House with restaurants and bars beneath, https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca733cf9b747a065bae217e/5ca7362c53450a2bb4e42a0b/1633280610622/B%26W+C+St.Katharine%27s+dock+Telford+warehouses+and+trade+centre+1971.jpg St.Katharine's Dock - St.Katharine's Dock, Western Basin , Dutch Barges, The World Trade centre and the old Telford warehouses.1971 The original Thomas Telford warehouses unoccupied and abandoned and the new World trade centre heralding the start of the regeneration in this dock https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca733cf9b747a065bae217e/5ca735c9104c7bb1dbdf932b/1633280610644/Restored+Telford+warehouses+in+St.katharine%3Bs+dock+2003.jpg St.Katharine's Dock - St.Katharine's Dock, Western basin 2001 Restored Telford warehouses which have become International House offices and workspaces, and the newly built Commodity Quay to the right behind the pub tables and newly berthed yachts. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca733cf9b747a065bae217e/5ca736d115fcc0b50304d229/1633280610681/telford+and+trade+from+bar+2018+C.jpg St.Katharine's Dock - St.Katharine's Dock, Western basin 2018 From the new Zizzi’s restaurant the view across the busy St.Katharine’s Marina to International House and the the new Tower Bridge House offices and restaurants beneath. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca733cf9b747a065bae217e/5ca733cf9b747a065bae2182/1456172177643/MHeiderich-NIP01.jpg St.Katharine's Dock https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca733cf9b747a065bae217e/5ca7361de79c7009c6915ae3/1633280610939/2001+IVORY+HOUSE+AT+NIGHT.jpg St.Katharine's Dock - Ivory House i2002 The floodlit marina has become another of London’s tourist attractions. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca733cf9b747a065bae217e/5ca735fcb208fc6154531b8c/1633280610657/C+St.+K+Ivory+house+1971.jpg St.Katharine's Dock - Ivory House 1972 Ivory House which used to store valuable cargoes from the east has become luxury flats for the famous, restaurants, shops and and entertainment venue. The original mechanical Telford bridge is still in use to cross the channel. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca733cf9b747a065bae217e/5cb713a74e17b649fcf00ef3/1633280610657/st.k+bridge+%26+ivory+house+2018%3F.jpg St.Katharine's Dock - Ivory House 2002 the old bridge still in use and the restaurants and Starbucks getting more custom. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca733cf9b747a065bae217e/5ca73605eef1a17864f99d7c/1633280610685/ivory+old+bridge+and+new+2018+C.jpg St.Katharine's Dock - Ivory House 2018 In 2018 the original mechanical Telford bridge stands on the dock alongside the new electric bridge giving access from Dicken’s Inn to Ivory House whose luxury apartments are now occupied by celebrities and business folk from around the world. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca733cf9b747a065bae217e/5ca73627104c7bb1dbdf95fc/1633280610685/B%26W+C+St+Katharine+yacht+haven+1972.jpg St.Katharine's Dock - St.Katharine's Dock yacht haven 1972 St Katharine's yacht haven packed with many small boats and about to see the construction of blocks of residential apartments. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca733cf9b747a065bae217e/5ca735d824a69430d0a264be/1633280610698/St+Katharine%27s+yacht+haven+2202.jpg St.Katharine's Dock - St.Katharine's Dock yacht haven 2002 The apartments have been finshed and occupied St Katharine's yacht haven is home to boat owners and city workers. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca733cf9b747a065bae217e/5ca7366e72dc44000130e46a/1633280610665/C+st.k+yatch+haven+2018.jpg St.Katharine's Dock - St.Katharine's Dock Marina 2018 The yacht haven has become a marina and continues to expand with the City Quay residential development around the dock, the central large block of Quadrant House towering above has a grand Waitrose beneath. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca733cf9b747a065bae217e/5ca735d14e17b650f6dec1b4/1633280610665/ST+K+BASIN+NE+1972.jpg St.Katharine's Dock - St.Katharine's Dock eastern basin 1972 Looking N.E.over St.Katharine's basin with Ivory House and the World Trade centre to the left. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca733cf9b747a065bae217e/5ca7361feb39317a9a535b89/1633280610674/2002+ST+K+NEW+BASIN+NORTH.jpg St.Katharine's Dock - St.Katharine's Dock eastern basin 2002 St. Katharine's yacht haven with new apartments of the City Quay development surrounding it and the restored Telford warehouse Commodity Quay, now offices, to the left next to Ivory House. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca733cf9b747a065bae217e/5cb7139e1905f42f1666f275/1633280610940/ST+K+BASIN+NE+2018+.jpg St.Katharine's Dock - St.Katharine's Dock Eastern basin 2018 St. Katharine's yacht haven with new apartments surrounding it and the restored warehouse Commodity Quay, now offices, to the left next to Ivory House.Behind Commodity Quay can be seen one of the new city office blocks, “the radiator”. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca733cf9b747a065bae217e/5ca736229140b7d740ef753f/1633280610734/B%26W+C+Looking+west+in+St.Katharine%27s+basin+to+Tower+hotel+and+restoration+works+on+pub..jpg St.Katharine's Dock - St.Katharine's Dock 1972 This view from St.Katharine's dock basin to Tower Bridge in the west shows the original old wooden brewery with work commencing to restore and convert it into a pub. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca733cf9b747a065bae217e/5ca7366e15fcc0b50304cf2d/1633280610762/Looking+west+fro+St.Katharines+towrds+Tower+hotel+2202.jpg St.Katharine's Dock - St.Katharine's Dock 2002 The old warehouse is now a fully functioning pub, the Dickens Inn, and the yacht haven has been developed and is now very busy and almost fully occupied. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca733cf9b747a065bae217e/5ca73632eb39317a9a535be3/1633280610740/B%26W+C+View+from+St.Katharines+dock+basin+to+Tower+Bridge+1972.jpg St.Katharine's Dock - St.Katharine's Dock 1972 St.Katharines dock basin looking west to Tower Bridge showing the Dickens Inn reconstruction.The original barges being uded to carry construction materials for the new housing and offices. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca733cf9b747a065bae217e/5ca736749140b7d740ef7742/1633280610777/st+k+new+basin+5.jpg St.Katharine's Dock - St.Katharine's Dock 2002 St.Katharine's basin with restored pub and new developments and the updated yacht haven. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca733cf9b747a065bae217e/5cb713ac4e17b649fcf00f07/1633280610775/st.k+dickens+view+stitch+2018.jpg St.Katharine's Dock - St.Katharine's Dock 2018 St.Katharine's yacht haven with Dickens pub and the Shard now appearing above Tower Bridge. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca733cf9b747a065bae217e/5ca735d271c10b8eeb2bd27e/1633280610777/ST+K+High+development+before+building+1971.jpg St.Katharine's Dock - St.Katharine's Dock 1972 After the world war bomb damage the reconstruction has started on this site looking west toward the Tower Hotel and St. Katharine dock warehouses. Some of the original warehouse pillars are visible. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca733cf9b747a065bae217e/5ca7366cec212d96b31ba4d4/1633280610781/C+2001+st+k+new+basin+hi.jpg St.Katharine's Dock - St.Katharine's Dock 2002 From the blocks of flats erected the current view over St. Katharine dock as renewal continues and the marina expands. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca733cf9b747a065bae217e/5cb7139e53450ae75faf481b/1633280610778/NIK+ST+KATHERINES+-+ARIEL+SHOT+B%26W+71.jpg St.Katharine's Dock - Looking East from the Tower hotel 1972 After getting access to the roof of the Tower Hotel I took this image showing the layout of St.Katharine’s docks and in the distance to the East the remains of the old London Dock and Pennington Street. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca733cf9b747a065bae217e/5ca736ee8630f20001ac22ab/1633280610784/View+of+St.Katharine%27s+and+London+Docks+from+Tower+hotel+2002%C2%A9+copy.jpg St.Katharine's Dock - Looking East from the Tower hotel 2002 Unfortunately I couldn't get access to the roof of the Tower hotel on this visit but the new developments are plainly visible to the east where London Dock stood. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca733cf9b747a065bae217e/5ca736677817f735b7b8d47d/1633280610790/ariel+st.k+2018+C.jpg St.Katharine's Dock - Looking East from the Tower hotel 2018 From the top of the Tower Hotel the view to the East with Ivory House in the foreground and St.Katharine’s marina. The newest tower blocks are visible in Canary Wharf and the cranes working on the new Wapping village to the left. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca733cf9b747a065bae217e/5ca7367ac830253b512fd4bc/1633280610806/view+upriver+from+Tower+hotel+1971+C.jpg St.Katharine's Dock - East down the Thames from the Tower Hotel 1971 The view downriver from the Tower Hotel in 1971 with work about to start on the new housing and offices by the dockside. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca733cf9b747a065bae217e/5ca736e85b4a7200010a205c/1633280610908/view+downriver+from+tower+2018+copy.jpg St.Katharine's Dock - East down the Thames from the Tower Hotel 2018 The view down river from the the Tower Hotel in St.Katharine’s Dock in 2018 with still more towers appearing in West India Dock, Canary Wharf. https://www.londonsdocklands.com/londondock daily 0.75 2019-04-21 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/t/5cbca2bf104c7b5ba0c18f6c/1555866303286/ London Dock - London Dock - Hermitage Basin 1972 The neo-Georgian Impounding station at Hermitage Basin was the first of a standard design: identical clones could be seen throughout the sprawling domains of the Port of London Authority. The first one built is also the last survivor. The basin was the back-door to London Docks.Across the entrance stood the world’s first cast iron swing bridge. This too was reproduced throughout the docks, but they are all now lost. The red brick customs building and the fag-end of the basin wall are all that’s left. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734341905f45106b7d9ce/5ca7441cfa0d6049800d79b7/1555866303286/C+NIK+HERMITAGE+b%26W.jpg London Dock - London Dock - Hermitage Basin 1972 The neo-Georgian Impounding station at Hermitage Basin was the first of a standard design: identical clones could be seen throughout the sprawling domains of the Port of London Authority. The first one built is also the last survivor. The basin was the back-door to London Docks.Across the entrance stood the world’s first cast iron swing bridge. This too was reproduced throughout the docks, but they are all now lost. The red brick customs building and the fag-end of the basin wall are all that’s left. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734341905f45106b7d9ce/5ca73de7971a1878bb558a70/1554464241069/B%26W+C+Hemitage+Basin+1972+%C2%A9.jpg London Dock https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734341905f45106b7d9ce/5ca73e549b747a065bae63c6/1555862484124/Hemitage+basin+2002+%C2%A9.jpg London Dock - London Dock - Hermitage Basin 2002 Hermitage basin redeveloped but still the old custom house stands as a sculptor's studio but the old dock walls have almost vanished. A private housing development stands at the edge of what is now an ornamental lake. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734341905f45106b7d9ce/5ca73e5715fcc0b50304ff61/1555862504747/hermitage+basin+2018+C.jpg London Dock - London Dock - Hermitage basin 2018 The old pumphouse is occupied by the sculptor Wendy taylor C.B.E. who has owned the building since 2001 for her studio. Her work can be seen in the adjacent park and in front of the Tower hotel, “The Timepiece”. The housing alongside the dock is now a gated community. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734341905f45106b7d9ce/5ca7441de79c7009c691afcc/1555862531204/C+NIK+london+look+east+to+dock.jpg London Dock - London Dock looking East from Hermitage Basin 1972 Looking east across London main dock , where some of the larger warehouses have already gone, to those that still decay alongside the water. In the distance Oswell House can be seen. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734341905f45106b7d9ce/5ca73e6ce5e5f099ad649c86/1555582160753/london+look+e+%C2%A9.jpg London Dock - London Dock looking East from Hermitage Basin 2018 The old dock wall from London main dock has been retained and preserved and the expensive townhouses of Spirit Quay,Waveney close, Roding Mews and Welland Mews run alongside what is now only an ornamental channel. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734341905f45106b7d9ce/5ca74428e4966be5ed8e7d33/1555582160852/C+NIK+london+western+from++quay+look+east+71.jpg London Dock - London Dock warehouses on south side 1972 South Quay warehouses looking east. These were the repositories and secure storage for spirits and alcoholic beverages from afar. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734341905f45106b7d9ce/5cb9cb1f71c10b06e6487ee1/1555680158535/london+dock+spirit+quay+C..jpg London Dock - London Dock 2018 Spirit Quay apartments and maisopnettes sitting above the old London Dock Quay where once valuable cargoes were unloaded. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734341905f45106b7d9ce/5cb756479b747a0464ce9788/1555582404111/western+warehouse+cellars+C.jpg London Dock - London Dock warehouses 1972 The spirit vaults inside the old warehouses with winches down to the cellars. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734341905f45106b7d9ce/5ca73e96f4e1fc7678de9068/1555582489280/Wapping+armchair.jpg London Dock - Wapping Basin filled 1971 Another entrance to the London Dock was through Wapping basin which by 1971 was completely filled and ready for redevelopment. The Western spirit warehouses are visible with Tower Bridge in the distance. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734341905f45106b7d9ce/5ca73de7f9619a75aae4cd1a/1555582553813/1971+London+south+Quay+warehouse+C.jpg London Dock - London Dock warehouses on south side looking west 1971 The spirit warehouses were structurally sound but had served their purpose. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734341905f45106b7d9ce/5ca73e50e4966be5ed8e4ef0/1555582609272/demolition+of+south+quay+London+1980+C.jpg London Dock - London Dock warehouses on south side looking west 2002 Demolition under way to allow for the new private housing to be constructed. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734341905f45106b7d9ce/5cb75633b208fc3282d3557a/1555583787984/london+docks+development+2018+C.jpg London Dock - London Dock - Spirit Quay 2018 The new apartments and maisonettes of Spirit Quay have retained some of the character of the lost warehouses. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734341905f45106b7d9ce/5ca73e0115fcc0b50304fdcb/1555583868041/B%26W+L+London+dock+basin+filled+1972%C2%A9+.jpg London Dock - Wapping Basin looking south 1972 The filled basin still surrounded by the old dock walls and above the digger bucket the old Wapping Dock entrance buildings still stand. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734341905f45106b7d9ce/5cb756454785d35a3af3cc05/1555583945057/WAPPING+SPORTS+GROUND+2001+C.jpg London Dock - Wapping Basin 2002 A new sports hall has been constructed alongside the restored tobacco warehouse and the dock now provides a sports ground for residents. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734341905f45106b7d9ce/5ca73e9af4e1fc7678de90d8/1555584012461/wapping+sports+ground+2018.jpg London Dock - Wapping Basin sports field 2001 More expansion to the sports halls to the left and behind the walls the fashionable waping apatment blocks can be seen. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734341905f45106b7d9ce/5ca73df4fa0d6049800d5286/1555584545317/B%26W+C+London+Dock+basin+warehouse+with+marijuana+growing+1971%C2%A9+.jpg London Dock - Wapping dock warehouse, fresh cannabis crop 1971 The beautiful tobacco warehouse sweeping round following the line of the high dock walls, perhaps a foreign crop has sprouted! https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734341905f45106b7d9ce/5cb855a515fcc02051313111/1555584535099/wapping+sports+interior+2001.jpg London Dock - Wapping Warehouse 2001 The basic structure well preserved, this warehouse is now a neighbourhood fitness centre. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734341905f45106b7d9ce/5ca734341905f45106b7d9d0/1456172730793/MHeiderich_ReflexionenZwei-05.jpg London Dock https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734341905f45106b7d9ce/5ca73e9a971a1878bb558eaf/1555668211679/wapping+gym+2018.jpg London Dock - Wapping dock warehouse 2018 a perfectly preserved warehouse is alocal fitness facility alongside the sports ground. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734341905f45106b7d9ce/5ca73df053450a2bb4e45c5a/1555668211691/B%26W+C+london+dock+1971%C2%A9+.jpg London Dock - London Dock. main dock 1971 This dock is almost as it was before closure except for Wapping Basin and provides a clear view through to Tower Bridge and the Tower Hotel. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734341905f45106b7d9ce/5ca73e5771c10b8eeb2c0670/1555668211689/london+dock+1982+5.jpg London Dock - London Dock, Main dock 1982 Almost filled ready for new housing the character and shape of the dock is gone. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734341905f45106b7d9ce/5ca73e5eee6eb0082c9bbbca/1555668211692/London+dock+1982+looking+west+.jpg London Dock - London Dock 1982 The Tower landmarks are still visible but to the right most of the larger Pennington Street warehouses have gone to make way for “Fortress Wapping” a new print works for The Times and Rupert Murdoch’s other newspapers. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734341905f45106b7d9ce/5cb75633e5e5f0813816ca80/1555668211695/London+docks+street+2018+C.jpg London Dock - London Dock townhouses 2018 Where there was water now all filled and expensive new mews and townhouse developments have appeared, the Sard peaks over the top. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734341905f45106b7d9ce/5ca73dfbf4e1fc7678de8c56/1555668211787/B%26W+L+London+dock+adjacent+to+Pennington+st.+1971%C2%A9+.jpg London Dock - London Dock north side 1972 This line of warehouses is adjacent to Pennington Street in which stood the listed warehouses for the docks early days. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734341905f45106b7d9ce/5cb75636c8302559013aeef7/1555668211807/Printworks+%26+london+2001+C.jpg London Dock - London Dock north side 2002 “Fortress Wapping” has replaced the old warehouses fronting the dock and the Pennington Street 4 storey warehouses which were destroyed by “accidental “ fires. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734341905f45106b7d9ce/5ca73e5fe79c7009c6918b97/1555668211810/london+dock+2004%C2%A9+.jpg London Dock - London Dock ornamental canal and new housing 2004 The old dock is now almost entirely covered by housing stock except for the ornamental canal running through. To the right are the smart new offices and print works built by Rupert Murdoch to change the face of newspaper production in London. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734341905f45106b7d9ce/5ca73e75fa0d6049800d55b8/1555668211922/Printworks+news+int.+building+site+2000.jpg London Dock - Tobacco Dock and the construction of "Fortress Wapping 1982 The ornamental canals had not yet been filled and construction was underway for News International offices and print works. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734341905f45106b7d9ce/5cb75645c8302559013aef7b/1555668211912/view+from+Tobacco+dock+to+Times+construction+site+1984.jpg London Dock - Tobacco Dock and the construction of "Fortress Wapping 1982 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734341905f45106b7d9ce/5cb7563cee6eb0468f1618bb/1555668211917/printworks+wapping+2000+C.jpg London Dock - News International in Wapping 2003 A closer view of the newspaper offices and print works alongside the canal. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734341905f45106b7d9ce/5cb75637f4e1fc531b8bc880/1555668211931/printworks+London+docks+2018+C.jpg London Dock - News International has gone 2018 IN 2015 News International sold the site for redevelopment to the Berkeley Group at the price of 150 million pounds. St.George part of the group are creating Wapping Village and a new square . https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734341905f45106b7d9ce/5ca73e6c5b4a7200010a4dfb/1555668212028/Pennington+St+1971+London+Docks+looking+East.jpg London Dock - Pennington Street 1971 The four storey warehouse on the north side of London Dock were listed buildings. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734341905f45106b7d9ce/5ca73e7053450a2bb4e45fbe/1555668212040/Pennington+St.+warehouses+London+-+4+%265.jpg London Dock - Pennington Street 1972 looking East The single storey warehouses to the left would survive but the larger structures to the right would be destroyed by fire. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734341905f45106b7d9ce/5ca73e708165f5fbefa8d833/1555668212072/Pennington+St+1971+London+view+East.jpg London Dock - Pennington Street 1972 By the time I was visiting these warehouses the timber interiors were damp and decaying, according to a local fire officer an “accidental” fire was impossible, but they burnt! https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734341905f45106b7d9ce/5ca73dee9140b7d740efa435/1555668212155/B%26W+C+interior+of+Old+Pennington+st.+warehouse.jpg London Dock - Pennington Street 1972 One of the stunning single storey warehouses that face Pennington St E.!. used for a time as artist studios they are now being redeveloped as part of St'. George Wapping Village. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734341905f45106b7d9ce/5cb99d17f4e1fc54c2824fbe/1555668749844/pennington+st+2019.jpg London Dock - Pennington Street 2019 Completely refurbished and redesigned by JTP Design Group unit 5 Pennington Street, The Rum Warehouse. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734341905f45106b7d9ce/5cb99d17e2c483cdc0ebeb6d/1555668916302/pennington+st+2019+stitch.jpg London Dock - Pennington Street 2019 A stunning use of the old warehouse redesigned and repurposed bt JTP Design Group in Unit 5 Pennington Street, The Rum Warehouse. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734341905f45106b7d9ce/5ca73e92f4e1fc7678de904e/1555668212195/TOBACCO+INSIDE+72.jpg London Dock - Tobacco Dock warehouses 1971 The wonderful vaulted timber and glazed ceilings of these warehouses led to the preservation and listing of these structures. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734341905f45106b7d9ce/5cb9a32971c10b06e6478312/1555669913238/TOBACCO+INSIDE+2001+C.jpg London Dock - Tobacco Dock 2002 Sadly empty shops and puddles are all that’s left of the shopping centre that was created inside Tobacco Dock. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734341905f45106b7d9ce/5ca73e7c8630f20001ac4ec5/1555668212166/TOBACCO+EXT+72+B%26W.jpg London Dock - Tobacco Dock warehouses 1971 An exterior refurbishment of the Tobacco Street warehouse at the Eastern end of Pennington Street and the docks. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734341905f45106b7d9ce/5ca73e7a4785d3a4211ba927/1555668212214/Tobacco+docks+outside+2002+%C2%A9.jpg London Dock - Tobacco Dock warehouses 2002 In the Eighties more than 70 million pounds were spent renovating and refurbishing this site as a new “Covent Garden” and in 1989 the centre was opened, sadly the timing was not good and the project failed but English Heritage placed a grade 1 listing on the site in 2003. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734341905f45106b7d9ce/5ca734341905f45106b7d9d3/1456172668720/MHeiderich_ReflexionenZwei-05.jpg London Dock https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734341905f45106b7d9ce/5cb866127817f71683a18ce9/1555668212269/Tobacco+Dock+2018.jpg London Dock - Tobacco Dock 2018 The replica pirate ships “Three Sisters” and “Skylark” are rusting outside the Tobacco Dock buildings now used for Gin and beer festivals. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734341905f45106b7d9ce/5cb7563fe4966b119b240d6a/1555668212278/view+from+car+park+2002+C.jpg London Dock - Tobacco Dock carpark view 2002 Beyond the Tobacco Dock roofs the International Press buildings are clearly visible and all the housing to the left covers what was London Dock. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734341905f45106b7d9ce/5cb7563f652dea1f4f6a81dc/1555668212268/Tobacco+dock+view+2019+C.jpg London Dock - Tobacco Dock carpark view 2018 NO more print works, the Wapping Village development is under way. beyond the old docks the Shard now stands proud. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734341905f45106b7d9ce/5ca73e03eef1a17864f9ce94/1555668212504/B%26W+Shadwell+basin+1972%C2%A9+.jpg London Dock - Shadwell Basin 1972 The most easterly dock of the London docks triumvirate sadly deserted. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734341905f45106b7d9ce/5cb7563d7817f7dad09e639a/1555668212379/SHADWELL+2001+C.jpg London Dock - Shadwell Basin 2002 Some sympathetic redevelopment has occurred and St.Paul’s church stands in the trees. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734341905f45106b7d9ce/5cb7562f15fcc0c0e3d1b435/1555668212391/2018.+Shadwell+basin+stitch+C.jpg London Dock - Shadwell Basin 2018 Now sealed from the Thames the dock contains a sailing club in the largest area of water left in the docks surrounded by warehouse style developments in harmony with the old dock. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734341905f45106b7d9ce/5ca73e08e79c7009c69189f1/1555668212399/B%26W+tugboat+painting+on+old+London+Dock+wall-+Tench+Street%C2%A9+.jpg London Dock - London Dock wall graffiti 1972 A well painted tugboat on Tench Street Dock wall almost 20 feet tall which provided security for the docks warehouses storing liquor and tobacco. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734341905f45106b7d9ce/5ca73e76104c7bb1dbdfc860/1555668212459/remains+of+tugboat+painting+on+tench+st.wall+2002%C2%A9+.jpg London Dock - London Dock wall 2002 A trace of the old tugboat remains on the part of wall now surrounding gated housing developments. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734341905f45106b7d9ce/5ca73e50b208fc6154534e74/1555668212496/B%26W+tugboat+painting+on+Tench+St.+dock+wall+1972.jpg London Dock - Wapping wall 1972 The Tench Street Graffiti including the tugboat is visible on the long wall leading to the entrance into Wapping Basin. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734341905f45106b7d9ce/5ca73e7915fcc0b50305002a/1555668212506/Tench+St.+wall+2002%C2%A9.jpg London Dock - London Dock, Wapping wall 2002 Some original graffiti remains joined by colourful new material which the council has tried to scrub away. Tower bridge is visible above the entrance to Wapping sports ground. https://www.londonsdocklands.com/westindiaandmillwalldocks daily 0.75 2019-04-18 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/t/5cb8ad7353450a3c4a94f51d/1555599032347/ West India and Millwall Docks - West India Docks - North Dock 1971 Looking East the line of warehouses is now virtually redundant although there is still the odd vessel unloading. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73472f4e1fc7678de5184/5ca757672c595500013bdf58/1555599032347/C+North+dock+B%26W.jpg West India and Millwall Docks - West India Docks - North Dock 1971 Looking East the line of warehouses is now virtually redundant although there is still the odd vessel unloading. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73472f4e1fc7678de5184/5cb607bd104c7b3dc47d3154/1555599161974/W.I.+TOP+DOCK+%26+BLDNGS+1972.jpg West India and Millwall Docks - West India and Millwall Docks north dock warehouses 1971 The barge is there to carry away the disused front line of warehouses, the back line of original 4 storey warehouses are to be preserved. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73472f4e1fc7678de5184/5cb605e6652deab77ca4ac50/1555599272836/WI+old+warehouses%26gate+2001.jpg West India and Millwall Docks - West India and Millwall Docks, North dock 2002 The entrance arch to the dock finds a new position leading into Canary Wharf.The 4 storey warehouses are being renovated and are finding new uses as apartments, restaurants , shops and the London Docklands Museum. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73472f4e1fc7678de5184/5ca750fca4222fc5e3271c2f/1555599470131/north+dock+WI+evening+view+2018+C.jpg West India and Millwall Docks - West India Docks - North Dock 2018 To the left of the Arch is the site for the “Spire” possibly to be the tallest residential block of apartments in London if it gets permission. The groundwork and foundations are in. The Docklands Museum is now open and busy and barges including one used as a church fill the dock. In the centre the Marriot Hotel overlooks the dock and beyong the new station for the Queen Elizabeth Line, Crossrail Place, fills the dock. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73472f4e1fc7678de5184/5cb6079fb208fc25d65b67a8/1555599531674/Crosssrail+Place+2018.jpg West India and Millwall Docks - West India and Millwall Docks, at the east end of the North dock is Crossrail Placeil This is the new station for Elizabeth line crossing London which is currently at least 1 year behind schedule and way over budget. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73472f4e1fc7678de5184/5ca7518471c10bc8bf6e188f/1555599653610/W2+WEST+INDIA+North+Quay.jpg West India and Millwall Docks - West India and Millwall Docks north dock warehouses 1971 Looking West down the line of the original dock warehouses can be seen a small round white topped building, the old security gatehouse for the docks. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73472f4e1fc7678de5184/5cb607acee6eb00ff80094b1/1555599851713/north+quay+warehouses+look+west+2002.jpg West India and Millwall Docks - West India Docks - North Dock Warehouses 2002 Refurbishment has started and where the front line warehouses stood is becoming a wide terrace allowing for open air restaurants. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73472f4e1fc7678de5184/5ca751a00593060001fd59b9/1555599980090/WI+wrhoues+from+dlr+boat+2001.jpg West India and Millwall Docks - West India and Millwall Docks north dock warehouses 2002 A wider aspect showing the proximity of Canary Wharf office blocks to the left.A classic tugboat is moored alongside the quay. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73472f4e1fc7678de5184/5ca75104ec212dc76cab1dfe/1555599951477/north+dock+WI+warehouses+%26+hotel+2018+C.jpg West India and Millwall Docks - West India and Millwall Docks north dock warehouses 2018 The Marriot Hotel in the foreground is followed by refurbished warehouses housing restaurants, bars, shops and the Docklands Museum. New city skyscrapers form the final skyline. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73472f4e1fc7678de5184/5ca748075b4a7200010a8b5c/1555600041557/C+W.I.+poss+Billings+west+.jpg West India and Millwall Docks - West India and Millwall Docks north dock warehouses 1971 A view from the eastern end of the North Dock cleared and ready for Billingsgate market to move in. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73472f4e1fc7678de5184/5ca747f2ee6eb0082c9bfc5a/1555600121662/blackwall+bridge+view+to+Billings.jpg West India and Millwall Docks - West India and Millwall Docks 1971 The swing bridge over the connecting channel to North Dock with original warehouses still in place. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73472f4e1fc7678de5184/5ca747c88165f5fbefa914a5/1555600475855/billingsgate+stitch+WI+2018.jpg West India and Millwall Docks - West India and Millwall Docks 2019 A new swing bridge over connecting channel to North Dock with Billingsgate market which moved here in 1982 adjacent to the dock and its lorry park filling the foreground. On the left is the Barclays bank HQ part of the forest of tower blocks forming the current Canary Wharf. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73472f4e1fc7678de5184/5ca747a0971a1878bb55cb1f/1555600564685/B%26W+C+West+India+docks.jpg West India and Millwall Docks - West India and Millwall Docks, Canary Wharf 1971 Almost empty the north and central West India docks awaait the next stage of their lives. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73472f4e1fc7678de5184/5ca748126e9a7f26f3e7efb4/1555600668547/Canary+Wharf+2004%C2%A9.jpg West India and Millwall Docks - West India and Millwall Docks, Canary Wharf 2002 Canada Tower the Central feature of Canary Wharf has appeared and is being joined by the Citibank and Barclays towers. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73472f4e1fc7678de5184/5ca7480f9140b7d740efe797/1555600768253/canary+tower+and+skycrapers+2018+oct+C.jpg West India and Millwall Docks - West India and Millwall Docks, Canary Wharf 2018 The pillars of Canary Wharf have multiplied and this area is now the financial hub of the city of London. Blackfriars Basin is in the foreground. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73472f4e1fc7678de5184/5ca747ccec212d96b31c1380/1555601013157/Blackfriars+basin+WI+2018+oct+C.jpg West India and Millwall Docks - West India and Millwall Docks 2018 A wider aspect of Canary Wharf shows, on the left, the new residential blocks of Wood Wharf appearing and, in the centre and to the left, the office tower expansion continues. Blackwall Basin is now a home to residential barges and canal boats with on its north side new apartment schemes. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73472f4e1fc7678de5184/5ca74779a4222f191307743d/1555601222670/B%26W+C+Blackwall+basin+looking+west+1971%C2%A9.jpg West India and Millwall Docks - Blackwall Basin looking west to Canary Wharf 1971 A scruffy Balckwall Basin empty of vessels with warehouses falling down has Junction Dock, a timber wharf to the left but all are finished. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73472f4e1fc7678de5184/5ca747eca4222f1913077720/1555601312561/Blackwall+Basin+looking+west+2001+%C2%A9.jpg West India and Millwall Docks - Blackwall Basin looking west to Canary Wharf 2002 The capstain remains but this baisn is now home to multilevel luxury dwellings and Financial towers. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73472f4e1fc7678de5184/5ca747fcb208fc6154538d6f/1555601362633/C+blackfriars+basin+%26+stanchion+WI+Oct+2018.jpg West India and Millwall Docks - Blackwall Basin looking west to Canary Wharf 2018 More apartments, more offices and now some vessels have returned to this lively basin. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73472f4e1fc7678de5184/5ca747cfee6eb0082c9bfb75/1555601434987/BLACKWALL+BASIN+1972+looking+south.jpg West India and Millwall Docks - Blackwall Basin 1971 The old cranes are rusting and the aspect South East to dock entrance is forlorn. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73472f4e1fc7678de5184/5ca747d7085229f6be9af686/1555601524553/Blackwall+Basin+looking+south+2001%C2%A9.jpg West India and Millwall Docks - Blackwall Basin 2002 Looking South East to dock entrance from the new apartment terraces the new low rise developments on the old quays and dry dock are visible. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73472f4e1fc7678de5184/5cb60796db16430001274c96/1555601561187/Blackwall+basin+comp+2018+.jpg West India and Millwall Docks - Blackwall Basin 2018 Now home to a plethora of barges , canal boats and floating residences in front of the New canary wharf residential development “ Wood Wharf”. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73472f4e1fc7678de5184/5ca747975b4a7200010a884f/1555601770107/B%26W+C+W1.+BR+POPLAR+DOCKS.jpg West India and Millwall Docks - Poplar Dock rail yards 1971 These rail yards were the link to the countryside for the West India Docks, although they look disused they were actually closed by British rail in 1982. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73472f4e1fc7678de5184/5ca75111c83025765e227ed4/1555601900243/Poplar+dock+new+dev%C2%A9.jpg West India and Millwall Docks - Poplar dock developments 2002 The housing developments here had splendid views across Poplar Marina, and the old cranes were painted and refurbished retaining the old dock atmosphere. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73472f4e1fc7678de5184/5cb608d44e17b643dd8e7210/1555601959494/Poplar+Dock+apartments+2018.jpg West India and Millwall Docks - Poplar dock developments 2018 More blocks in keeping with the earlier developments were constructed and the quayside of Poplar Marina was refurbished. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73472f4e1fc7678de5184/5ca751079140b706f049db15/1555602025097/Poplar+basin+ramp+WI+oct+2018+C.jpg West India and Millwall Docks - Poplar dock developments 2018 New towers have sprung up in the east End and Docklands and they now surround the marina. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73472f4e1fc7678de5184/5ca7510ba4222fc5e3271d41/1555602116123/poplar+dock+1971.jpg West India and Millwall Docks - Poplar Basin 1971 A north east view frothe dockside shows the council housing blocks on the east of the dock and cranes appearing for the changes in the skyline. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73472f4e1fc7678de5184/5cb607b69140b7f9dbdfc38d/1555602169907/Poplar+Dock++looking+north+2001.jpg West India and Millwall Docks - Poplar basin 2002 Poplar marina is now home to classic canal boats, barges and even the odd vintage tugboat. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73472f4e1fc7678de5184/5ca751160d929750d51ec724/1555602242616/Poplar+Dock+WI+Oct+2018+look+north+C.jpg West India and Millwall Docks - Poplar basin 2018 More vessels, more apartments and new pinnacles surrounding the marina continue to appear. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73472f4e1fc7678de5184/5ca7478d8630f20001ac8d25/1555602344232/B%26W+C+Poplar+Docks+metal+bridge+looking+north%C2%A9.jpg West India and Millwall Docks - Poplar Basin 1971 The original rail swing bridge now disused stands beside the channel linking Poplar Dock to Blackfriars Basin. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73472f4e1fc7678de5184/5ca751919140b706f049e0ac/1555602436424/WI+BR+Poplar+Docks+looking+north+2002.jpg West India and Millwall Docks - Poplar Basin 2002 Just the mounting points for the old bridge now remain as the marina walkway has been improved and new low rise apartments have appeared. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73472f4e1fc7678de5184/5cb60799419202d35a7852a5/1555602544090/channel+Blackwall+to+Poplar+north+2018+.jpg West India and Millwall Docks - Poplar basin 2018 The pace of progress is not stopping , more towers, more developments and more people are arriving in the neighborhood. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73472f4e1fc7678de5184/5ca7478024a69430d0a2e05a/1555602592922/B%26W+C+channel+poplar+to+blackwall+1972%C2%A9.jpg West India and Millwall Docks - Looking South from Poplar Basin 1972 The posts for the swing bridge are still in place but the channel is empty. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73472f4e1fc7678de5184/5ca748167817f735b7b94745/1555602661766/Channel+Poplar+to+Blackwal+2002%C2%A9.jpg West India and Millwall Docks - Looking South from Poplar Basin 2001 New lights, new railings ,new houses and another dockland residential area has appeared. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73472f4e1fc7678de5184/5cb6079ab208fc25d65b676f/1555602779188/channel+poplar+to+blackwall+2018.jpg West India and Millwall Docks - Looking South from Poplar Basin 2018 Small changes to the channel but Dollar Bay, a smart new residential tower, has appeared adjacent to the main West India dock entrance. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73472f4e1fc7678de5184/5ca74786b208fc6154538a03/1555602844554/B%26W+C+Junction+dock+off+blackwall+basin+1972%C2%A9.jpg West India and Millwall Docks - Junction Dock leading to Blackwall basin 1971 A timber dock off Blackfriars basin looking directly North. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73472f4e1fc7678de5184/5ca750e80593060001fd5225/1555602945726/junction+dock+filled+and+developed+2001%C2%A9.jpg West India and Millwall Docks - Junction Dock ( Filled ) looking to Blackwall Basin 2002 The housing developments on the north side of Blackfriars Basin are being finished and Junction Dock has been filled ready for more construction. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73472f4e1fc7678de5184/5ca7518024a6946b297c6d6f/1555603029633/view+to+junction+dock+2018.jpg West India and Millwall Docks - Looking North from the West India dock entrance towards the old filled junction Dock with new development of "Wood Wharf" underway 2108 The same buildings as the previous image can be seen but are being dwarfed by the Wood Wharf residentail towers now going up. Canary Wharf offices are visible to the left. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73472f4e1fc7678de5184/5ca74779e4966be5ed8e949e/1555603214768/B%26W+C+blackwall+basin+dry+dock+looking+north1972%C2%A9.jpg West India and Millwall Docks - Blackwall Dry Dock 1971 The dry dock and repair yard were closed in 1987 but the structure of the dry dock remains. This is a view looking south. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73472f4e1fc7678de5184/5ca747fb7817f735b7b94660/1555603275607/Blackwell+dry+dock+looking+south%C2%A9.jpg West India and Millwall Docks - Blackwall Dry Dock 2002 Housing now occupies the side of the dry dock and the entrance gate to West India Dock is visible at the far end. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73472f4e1fc7678de5184/5ca75117ec212dc76cab1ea2/1555603374067/poplar+dry+dock+look+south+2018.jpg West India and Millwall Docks - Blackwall Dry Dock 2018 The same view as seen before but now Dollar Bay has grown beside the dock entrance. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73472f4e1fc7678de5184/5ca747c1b208fc6154538bd9/1555603418743/B%26W+C+wi+blackwall+basin+dry+docl+looking+south+1972.jpg West India and Millwall Docks - Blackwall Dry Dock looking North 1971 Functioning till 1987 this is aview of the dock looking North. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73472f4e1fc7678de5184/5ca747f6f9619a75aae513c2/1555603599322/blackwall+dry+dock+looking+North+2002%C2%A9.jpg West India and Millwall Docks - Blackwall Dry Dock looking North 2002 There is now a sculpture of 8 spouting dolphins by Franta Belsky in the graving dock as the area is gentrified. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73472f4e1fc7678de5184/5cb60796104c7b3dc47d2f3d/1555603724439/blackwall+old+dry+dock+2018+.jpg West India and Millwall Docks - Blackwall Basin looking North 2018 Hoardings and blocks surrounding the graving dock are an early stage of Wood Wharf residential and commercial development by the Canary Wharf Group. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73472f4e1fc7678de5184/5ca74799f9619a75aae5114a/1555603811550/B%26W+C+West+India+dock+entrance+lock.jpg West India and Millwall Docks - West India and Millwall Docks 1971 The main entrance at the East end of the main West India dock was still a busy place in 1971. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73472f4e1fc7678de5184/5ca75185f4e1fc27d0f07929/1555603938270/West+India+docks+main+entrance+2003.jpg West India and Millwall Docks - West India and Millwall Docks 2002 The main entrance had changed by my second visit, more tower blocks of offices and hotels were appearing but the river access was still being used with cruisers as ell as commercial barges coming through. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73472f4e1fc7678de5184/5ca75193a4222fc5e32723c4/1555604082075/WI+main+dock+entrance+oct+2018+C.jpg West India and Millwall Docks - West India and Millwall Docks 2018 A different feeling at the main entrance as the Wood Wharf residential development was underway. Dollar bay tower to left was finished more and higher towers were being built at the West end of the docks. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73472f4e1fc7678de5184/5ca7478ef4e1fc7678decd57/1555604216178/B%26W+C+Ship+entering+Milwall+inner+dock+1972%C2%A9.jpg West India and Millwall Docks - Millwall Docks entrance 1971 A busy centre with rum being unloaded on the right and timber loaded vessels entered the Millwall Dock entrance. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73472f4e1fc7678de5184/5ca7480db208fc6154538dd6/1555604281474/C+W.I.Millwall+entr+north+.jpg West India and Millwall Docks - Millwall Docks entrance 1971 Tugs were still in common use to manouevre the large vessels through the narrow docks. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73472f4e1fc7678de5184/5ca75199652deadfffd04a67/1555604358073/WI+Millwall+entrance+now+2002.jpg West India and Millwall Docks - Millwall Docks entrance 2002 As more Offices and hotels appear the channels grow ever narrower and shipping on a large scale has stopped in Millwall Docks. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73472f4e1fc7678de5184/5ca7511df9619aa4f7e26e5e/1555604425172/view+of+milwall+docks+entrance+2018.jpg West India and Millwall Docks - Millwall Docks entrance 2018 Access passageways between office blocks block the access to all but the smallest vessels now. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73472f4e1fc7678de5184/5ca74787ec212d96b31c11cf/1555604499891/B%26W+C+Olsen+line+ships+in+Milwall+Dock%C2%A9.jpg West India and Millwall Docks - Millwall Docks 1971 Looking South West from the entrance to the docks only the Olsen line vessels are apparent. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73472f4e1fc7678de5184/5ca750ee53450a5a47426552/1555604575142/Milwall+basin+2003%C2%A9.jpg West India and Millwall Docks - Millwall Docks 2002 Looking South West from the entrance the vessels have gone and new businesses have appeared with at the far end the Print Works. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73472f4e1fc7678de5184/5cb607b071c10b3294a04a02/1555604806230/olsen+millwall+basin+2018.jpg West India and Millwall Docks - Millwall Docks 2018 A huge growth in smart apartments to service the needs of staff for the city and offices in the docks means more blocks alongside the docks, and restaurants and hotels. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73472f4e1fc7678de5184/5ca74781e4966be5ed8e94cc/1555605290907/B%26W+C+Fred+Olsen+ships+in+Milwall+Dock+1971%C2%A9.jpg West India and Millwall Docks - Millwall Docks, Olsen Dock 1971 The original Black Watch cruise ship, part of the Fred Olsen line, in Millwall Dock used for carrying passengers to the Canaries in the winter months (in summer crossings between Newcastle and Bergen) and on the right a freighter bringing in timber. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73472f4e1fc7678de5184/5ca750f09140b706f049da24/1555605314062/Milwall+dock+%2522Arena%2522+music+venue+2004%C2%A9.jpg West India and Millwall Docks - Millwall Docks, Olsen Dock now the London Arena 2002 "London Arena" music venue with a floating Chinese restaurant moored alongside to provide sustenance to the concert goers in Millwall Dock. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73472f4e1fc7678de5184/5cb607b5f9619acd0cf58424/1555605374332/Olsen+Millwall+Dock++Arena+Tower+2018.jpg West India and Millwall Docks - Millwall Docks 2002 The arena stage has been replaced on the East side of the dock by the imposing Arena tower of apartments and the floating Chinese restaurant is still docked nearby. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73472f4e1fc7678de5184/5ca74794f4e1fc7678decd89/1555605427081/B%26W+C+W.I.+Milwall+dock.jpg West India and Millwall Docks - Millwall Docks South unloading timber 1971 Millwall dock with a Russian cargo ship unloading & the timber warehouses on the south side. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73472f4e1fc7678de5184/5ca750f1e2c483bd9a7b6c44/1555605458473/Milwall+northside+of+lower+dock+1972+W.I.+THEN+1.jpg West India and Millwall Docks - Millwall Docks South unloading timber 1971 More vessels in the timber dock. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73472f4e1fc7678de5184/5ca75180e79c70b16ce88df1/1555605493277/W.I.+Milwall+dock+sailing+school+and+print+works+2004%C2%A9.jpg West India and Millwall Docks - Millwall Docks South 2002 This is now home to Docklands Sailing and Water sports Centre and a large site on the north side of Outer Dock is occupied by the WestFerry PrintWorks, the largest newspaper print works in Western Europe. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73472f4e1fc7678de5184/5cb607a3e4966b150671c3e3/1555605542235/Millwall+printworks+2018.jpg West India and Millwall Docks - Millwall Dock South Dock Northside 2019 Westferry Printworks “a vibrant new neighbourhood” has started construction and the largest printworks in Europe have now gone elsewhere. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73472f4e1fc7678de5184/5ca747924785d3a4211bea04/1555605572407/B%26W+C+W.I.+Milwall+dock+south+side+1971.jpg West India and Millwall Docks - Millwall Docks South , timber warehouses 1971 The south side and the Montague L. Meyer timber warehouses and at the end the flour mill. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73472f4e1fc7678de5184/5ca750f74785d34dee46036c/1555605596351/Milwall+southside+housing+development%C2%A9.jpg West India and Millwall Docks - Millwall Docks South , a residential development 2002 Southside housing development, Quayview apartments. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73472f4e1fc7678de5184/5cb607a371c10b3294a04981/1555605627522/Millwall+timber+dock+2018.jpg West India and Millwall Docks - Millwall Docks South 2018 Quayview developments have not really changed in the last 15 years. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73472f4e1fc7678de5184/5cb607c07817f7d132aef370/1555605712983/west+india+Middle+DOCK+.jpg West India and Millwall Docks - West India Middle Dock 1972 Looking East to the docks entrance with a ship steaming out to the sea. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73472f4e1fc7678de5184/5ca747a1c830253b5130430a/1555605762145/B%26W+C+West+India+main+dock+1971.jpg West India and Millwall Docks - West India and Millwall Docks 1971 Main Dock looking east, still a hectic place. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73472f4e1fc7678de5184/5ca7518d7817f7e464bcb88d/1555605816796/West+India+maind+dock+2004.jpg West India and Millwall Docks - West India and Millwall Docks 2002 Main Dock looking east but no more ships just the docklands light railway . https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73472f4e1fc7678de5184/5ca751a053450a5a47426ce8/1555605857691/WI+south+dock+back.jpg West India and Millwall Docks - West India and Millwall Docks 2018 Less water, more offices as time moves on. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73472f4e1fc7678de5184/5ca7511bc83025765e227f2d/1555605911282/South+Dock+WI+2018.jpg West India and Millwall Docks - West India and Millwall Docks 2018 The DLR crossing the dock and at the far entrance the docks main entrance. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73472f4e1fc7678de5184/5cb6079f0d929765da0cf069/1555606806689/middle+dock+2018.jpg West India and Millwall Docks - West India and Millwall Docks 2018 Looking east through safety railings for the Newfoundland Tower a 220 metre tall residential block at the West end of the Main Dock. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73472f4e1fc7678de5184/5ca747c1104c7bb1dbe00536/1555606868464/B%25W+C+West+India+rum+warehouse+where+Canary+wharf+now+stands+1972.jpg West India and Millwall Docks - West India and Millwall Docks 1972 Rum warehouse on Canary Wharf https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73472f4e1fc7678de5184/5ca7518ee79c70b16ce88ee0/1555606899200/West+India+now+Canada+Place+shopping+in+basement+of+Canary+wharf.jpg West India and Millwall Docks - Canary Wharf 2002 Underground shopping centre https://www.londonsdocklands.com/surreydocks daily 0.75 2019-04-16 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/t/5cb615531905f4c684dcf349/1554471468665/ Surrey Docks https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734c31905f45106b7dcd3/5ca75a25eb393134f7ee15af/1554471468665/B%26W+C+Surrey+docks+entrance+1971+%C2%A9.jpg Surrey Docks https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734c31905f45106b7dcd3/5ca75a910d929750d51f1b16/1555430464774/Surrey+D+main+entrance+B%26W.jpg Surrey Docks - Surrey Docks main entrance from the West 1971 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734c31905f45106b7dcd3/5ca75a72e2c483bd9a7bc08a/1555430464776/entrance+surrey+2002.jpg Surrey Docks - Surrey Docks main entrance from the West 2002 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734c31905f45106b7dcd3/5ca75a329140b706f04a2bcb/1555430464769/C+2018+surrey+entrance.jpg Surrey Docks - Surrey Docks main entrance from the West 2018 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734c31905f45106b7dcd3/5ca75a1e4e17b60d20544709/1555430464760/B%26W+C+looking+towards+Surrey+docks+entrance+1971.jpg Surrey Docks - Columbia and Regina Point towering over Surrey Docks entrance 1971 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734c31905f45106b7dcd3/5ca75aa2b208fc113916b9f5/1555430464873/Surrey+two+towers+colour+2002.jpg Surrey Docks - Columbia and Regina Point towering over Surrey Docks entrance 2002 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734c31905f45106b7dcd3/5ca759df6e9a7f606d88b5b9/1555430464912/2018.+twin+towers+surrey.jpg Surrey Docks - Columbia and Regina Point towering over Surrey Docks plaza 2018 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734c31905f45106b7dcd3/5ca75a7ff9619aa4f7e2bcec/1555430464920/Regina+point+surrey+docks+1971+b%26W+C.jpg Surrey Docks - Regina point, Surrey Docks 1971 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734c31905f45106b7dcd3/5ca759f5f4e1fc27d0f0c82d/1555430464909/Albion+yard+no+more%2C+a+bus+station+2003+%C2%A9.jpg Surrey Docks - Regina point, Surrey Docks 2001 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734c31905f45106b7dcd3/5ca759dac83025765e22cc89/1555430465002/2018.+new+plaza+%2522+Deal+Porters+sq.+food+market+with+library+and.jpg Surrey Docks - Regina point, Surrey Docks 2018 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734c31905f45106b7dcd3/5ca75a120593060001fda213/1555430465008/B%26W+C+Canada+dock+to+Albion+dock+1970+%C2%A9.jpg Surrey Docks - Canada Dock , South East view 1972 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734c31905f45106b7dcd3/5ca759e9a4222fc5e3276faf/1555430466034/Albion+to+Canada+2003+.jpg Surrey Docks - Canada Dock , South East view 2002 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734c31905f45106b7dcd3/5cb61172fa0d6011950f9305/1555436246615/2018.+view+to+canada+water.jpg Surrey Docks - Canada Dock , South East view 2018 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734c31905f45106b7dcd3/5ca75a16eef1a12a1bde80ba/1555430465015/B%26W+C+Canda+dock+1970+%C2%A9.jpg Surrey Docks - Canada Dock , South East view 1972 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734c31905f45106b7dcd3/5ca759b2c83025765e22cb71/1555430465016/2018+Canada+Water.jpg Surrey Docks - Canada Dock , South East view 2018 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734c31905f45106b7dcd3/5ca75a129140b706f04a2af6/1555430465111/B%26W+C+Canada+dock+N.E.+view+%C2%A9.jpg Surrey Docks - Canada Dock , South East view 1972 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734c31905f45106b7dcd3/5ca75a3a71c10bc8bf6e6654/1555430465140/Canada+Waters+with+new+superstores+%C2%A9.jpg Surrey Docks - Canada Waters , South East view 2002 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734c31905f45106b7dcd3/5ca759cc971a1830d424cb82/1555430465164/2018.+canada+water+to+shopping+centre.jpg Surrey Docks - Canada water shopping Centre 2018 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734c31905f45106b7dcd3/5ca75a3490b1e600012edc64/1555430465251/CANADA+DOCK+swan+B%26W.jpg Surrey Docks - Canada Dock , looking North 1972 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734c31905f45106b7dcd3/5ca759d97817f7e464bd03a0/1555430465250/2018.+looking+north+from+canada+water+to+where+Albion+Docks+existed+%2C+now+mostly+developed+into+housing+and+apartment+blocks+with+more+still+under+construction..jpg Surrey Docks - Canada Water , looking North 2018 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734c31905f45106b7dcd3/5cb6117aeef1a12f7cf30d54/1555436296778/ALBION+YARD+B%26W+1972.jpg Surrey Docks - Albion Yard 1971 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734c31905f45106b7dcd3/5ca759f19b747a36c1c40a5b/1555430465259/Albion+Yard+development+2003+%C2%A9.jpg Surrey Docks - Surrey Docks, Albion Channel 2002 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734c31905f45106b7dcd3/5ca759ef2c595500013bf434/1555430465266/albion+yard+2018+nov.jpg Surrey Docks - Albion Channel 2018 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734c31905f45106b7dcd3/5ca759faee6eb040e43c7102/1555430466239/B%26W+C+Albion+Dock+1970+%C2%A9.jpg Surrey Docks - Surrey Docks, Albion Dock 1972 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734c31905f45106b7dcd3/5ca759e46e9a7f606d88b5e9/1555430466277/Albion+Dock+2003+%C2%A9.jpg Surrey Docks - Surrey Docks, Albion Channel 2002 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734c31905f45106b7dcd3/5cb61176652deab77ca537fe/1555435898440/Albion+yard+2018.jpg Surrey Docks https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734c31905f45106b7dcd3/5ca759aaeef1a12a1bde7ce2/1555430465365/2018+albion+channel.jpg Surrey Docks - Surrey Docks, Albion Channel 2018 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734c31905f45106b7dcd3/5ca759fbeef1a12a1bde7f9b/1555430465385/B%26W+C+Albion+dry+dock1970+%C2%A9.jpg Surrey Docks - Albion Dry Dock 1972 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734c31905f45106b7dcd3/5ca759e6e2c483bd9a7bbc8b/1555430465441/Albion+Dry+Dock+2003+%C2%A9.jpg Surrey Docks - Albion Dry Dock 2002 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734c31905f45106b7dcd3/5ca759ac0593060001fd9e9c/1555430465432/2018+albion+drydock.jpg Surrey Docks - Albion Dry Dock 2018 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734c31905f45106b7dcd3/5ca75a1a9b747a36c1c40bbb/1555430465497/B%26W+C+Greenland+dock+entrance+1970+%C2%A9.jpg Surrey Docks - Entrance to Greenland Dock from the Thames, West India Docks across the river. 1972 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734c31905f45106b7dcd3/5ca759b90d929750d51f13b7/1555430465490/2018+greenland+dock+entrance.jpg Surrey Docks - Entrance to Greenland Dock from the Thames, West India Docks across the river. 2002 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734c31905f45106b7dcd3/5ca75a7ba4222fc5e327741a/1555430465502/Greenland+dock+entrance+2004+%C2%A9.jpg Surrey Docks - Entrance to Greenland Dock from the Thames, West India Docks across the river. 2018 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734c31905f45106b7dcd3/5ca75a2453450a5a4742b9f9/1555430465528/B%26W+C+Surrey+Docks+bridge+%C2%A9.jpg Surrey Docks - Bridge over the entrance to Greenland Dock from the Thames. 1971 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734c31905f45106b7dcd3/5cb61196e5e5f07a9e56d3a3/1555436383246/Surrey+Dock+metal+bridge+2003+%C2%A9.jpg Surrey Docks - Bridge over the entrance to Greenland Dock from the Thames. 2002 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734c31905f45106b7dcd3/5cb6119424a694225cf654ec/1555436424016/metal+bridge+SD+2018.jpg Surrey Docks - Bridge over the entrance to Greenland Dock from the Thames, 2018 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734c31905f45106b7dcd3/5cb611928165f53f1572a7ae/1555436513217/GREENLAND+ENTR+B%26W+72.jpg Surrey Docks - Entrance to Greenland Dock from the Thames, the hydraulic pumphouse to the left. 1972 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734c31905f45106b7dcd3/5cb6118cb208fc25d65bdfb1/1555436548142/GREENLAND+ENTR+2001.jpg Surrey Docks - Entrance to Greenland Dock from the Thames, the hydraulic pumphouse to the left. 2002 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734c31905f45106b7dcd3/5ca759b3e79c70b16ce8d7e0/1555436562468/2018+greenland+dock+entrance+comp.jpg Surrey Docks - Entrance to Greenland Dock from the Thames, from the retsored dock gate bridge 2018 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734c31905f45106b7dcd3/5cb61183419202d35a78cfed/1555436635703/B%26W+C+Greenland+Dock.jpg Surrey Docks - Greenland Dock from the bridge looking West 1971 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734c31905f45106b7dcd3/5ca759b90d929750d51f13b8/1555430465623/2018+greenland+dock.jpg Surrey Docks - Greenland Dock from the bridge looking West 2002 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734c31905f45106b7dcd3/5ca75a724e17b60d205449ed/1555430465781/Greenland+Dock+2003+%C2%A9.jpg Surrey Docks - Greenland Dock from the bridge looking West 2018 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734c31905f45106b7dcd3/5ca7599d53450a5a4742b5f7/1555430466178/THAMES+ENTr.+TO+GREENLAND+B%26W+.jpg Surrey Docks - South Dock, Thames entrance 1972 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734c31905f45106b7dcd3/5ca75a8be2c483bd9a7bc155/1555430466050/south+dock+river+entrance+2018.jpg Surrey Docks - South Dock, Thames entrance 2018 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734c31905f45106b7dcd3/5ca7599d9b747a36c1c407e9/1555430465778/1971+South+Dock+from+entrance+channel.jpg Surrey Docks - South Dock 1971 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734c31905f45106b7dcd3/5ca759c1a4222fc5e3276e6b/1555430465833/2018+South+Dock+entrance+looking+into+entrance+%26+dock.jpg Surrey Docks - South Dock Thames entrance 2018 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734c31905f45106b7dcd3/5ca759bfee6eb040e43c6ea8/1555430465784/2018+south+dock+entrance+crane.jpg Surrey Docks - South Dock 2018 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734c31905f45106b7dcd3/5ca75a2a0593060001fda2d7/1555430465788/C+1971+South+Dock+-+Surrey+Docks.jpg Surrey Docks - South Dock 1971 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734c31905f45106b7dcd3/5ca759bb7817f7e464bd0242/1555430465768/2018+South+Dock+%26+bollard.jpg Surrey Docks - South Dock 2018 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734c31905f45106b7dcd3/5ca75a767817f7e464bd0941/1555436789218/GREENLAND+DOCK+B%26W.jpg Surrey Docks - Greenland Dock 1972 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734c31905f45106b7dcd3/5ca75a766e9a7f606d88baf9/1555430466539/Greenland+dock+2018+from+corner.jpg Surrey Docks - Greenland Dock 2018 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca734c31905f45106b7dcd3/5ca759dc90b1e600012ed967/1555430466026/2018.+Norway+Dock+has+become+a+tranquil+develepment+where+children+feed+the+birds.jpg Surrey Docks - Norway Dock 2018 https://www.londonsdocklands.com/royal-docks daily 0.75 2019-04-17 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/t/5cb6fb7f7817f738d122cb9f/1555415775463/ Royal Docks - Royal Victoria Dock 1972 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73509b208fc6154531531/5ca75d84ec212dc76cab8bcf/1555415775463/B%26W+C+Victoria+Docks+1971+%C2%A9.jpg Royal Docks - Royal Victoria Dock 1972 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73509b208fc6154531531/5ca75dbfeef1a12a1bde9ef9/1555415820505/Victoria+Docks+%2C+Excel+construction+2002+%C2%A9.jpg Royal Docks - Royal Victoria Dock , construction commenced on the Excel Exhibition centre 2002 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73509b208fc6154531531/5ca75d4590b1e600012ef642/1555493652601/2001+royals+VIC++EASt+excel+%26+boat.jpg Royal Docks - Royal Victoria Dock , Excel Exhibition centre open and new hotels and apartments 2003 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73509b208fc6154531531/5cb622984785d3b51a0a5ba5/1555493753318/Royal+Vic+stitch+2018.jpg Royal Docks - Royal Victoria Dock , Excel Exhibition centre open and new hotels and apartments built 2018 On the left the Emirates cable cars which transit passengers to Greenwich peninsula and the Dome and in the foreground the watersports centre. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73509b208fc6154531531/5ca75d5790b1e600012ef6e6/1555493814951/B%26W+C+Royal+Vic+basin+look+west+1971+%C2%A9.jpg Royal Docks - Royal Victoria Dock , view to Greenwich Peninsula 1972 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73509b208fc6154531531/5ca75d9d71c10bc8bf6e83bb/1555440034043/Royal+Vic+basin+looking+west+2003.jpg Royal Docks - Royal Victoria Dock , view to Greenwich 2002 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73509b208fc6154531531/5ca75dbd0d929750d51f379a/1555440053045/victoria+dock+entrance+2018.jpg Royal Docks - Royal Victoria Dock , view to Greenwich 2018 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73509b208fc6154531531/5ca75d7e7817f7e464bd247c/1555492089546/B%26W+C+Victoria+dock+cranes+1971+%C2%A9.jpg Royal Docks - Royal Victoria Dock, looking East 1972 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73509b208fc6154531531/5ca75dba4e17b60d2054667c/1555492072424/Victoria+dock+cranes+and+new+developments+2003+%C2%A9.jpg Royal Docks - Royal Victoria Dock, looking East 2002 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73509b208fc6154531531/5cb6ec8cee6eb0179d019238/1555492021777/Royal+victoria+Dock+look+east+2018.jpg Royal Docks - Royal Victoria Dock , looking East 2018 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73509b208fc6154531531/5ca75d5e53450a5a4742d60e/1555440147049/B%26W+C+Royal+Vic+warehouses+looking+north+east+1971+%C2%A9+.jpg Royal Docks - Royal Victoria Dock , looking East towards tobacco warehouses 1972 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73509b208fc6154531531/5ca75db0c83025765e22f275/1555440168068/Royal+Vic+Warehouse+looking+n.e.+2003+%C2%A9.jpg Royal Docks - Royal Victoria Dock , looking East towards tobacco warehouses 1972 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73509b208fc6154531531/5cb6229d24a69456612118d4/1555492170198/royal+Victoria+car+park+ex+2018.jpg Royal Docks - Royal Victoria Dock , looking East towards tobacco warehouses 2018 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73509b208fc6154531531/5ca75d7e104c7b6323f32b86/1555492345473/B%26W+C+royals+W+warehouse+looking+east+1971%C2%A9.jpg Royal Docks - Royal Victoria Dock, old meat sheds to the left and W warehouse on the right 1972 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73509b208fc6154531531/5cb622a91a7d93000127ecc7/1555494999992/Tobacco+Warehouses+-+royals+1972.jpg Royal Docks - Royal Victoria Dock tobacco warehouses 1972 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73509b208fc6154531531/5cb62299fa0d607c9eb06179/1555495026630/Royal+Vic+warehouses+2018.jpg Royal Docks - Royal Victoria Dock tobacco warehouses 2018 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73509b208fc6154531531/5ca75db84785d34dee4674a5/1555492471732/royals+warehouse+from+excel+2002+%C2%A9.jpg Royal Docks - Royal Victoria Dock , meat sheds cleared and W warehouse in use as storage for Docklands Museum 2002 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73509b208fc6154531531/5cb622a9104c7ba2eaf64be2/1555492614487/Royals+warehouse+W+2018.jpg Royal Docks - Royal Victoria Dock, hotels and apartments to the left and W warehouse as apartments 2018 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73509b208fc6154531531/5ca75d5b104c7b6323f32a79/1555492910943/B%26W+C+Royal+vic+dockside+look+west+1971%C2%A9.jpg Royal Docks - Royal Victoria Dock looking West 1972 The old flour mills are tot he left and the disused warehouses and cranes to the right. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73509b208fc6154531531/5ca75dabc83025765e22f261/1555493044185/royal+vic+dockside+looking+west+203+%C2%A9.jpg Royal Docks - Royal Victoria Dock looking West 2002 The Excel exhibition centre on the right is now open, the pedestrian bridge across the dock is completed and new housing developments have replaced the warehouses on the south side of the dock. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73509b208fc6154531531/5ca75d864785d34dee4672bc/1555493429282/excel+looking+west+2018.jpg Royal Docks - Royal Victoria Dock looking West 2018 Beyond Excel and its new ground floor enterprises is the floating luxury Sunborn Hotel. The lift up to the pedestrian bridge is to the left. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73509b208fc6154531531/5cb62295104c7ba2eaf64ad1/1555494067001/Royal+Vic+dockside+%26+bridge+east.jpg Royal Docks - Royal Victoria Dock looking West 2018 The elaborate Royal Victoria pedestrian bridge in the foreground framing the south side apartment dwellings, new blocks have been built adjacent to the bridge. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73509b208fc6154531531/5cb622a1e2c4832a80e443e2/1555494671665/royal+victoria+view+from+bridge+2001.jpg Royal Docks - Royal Victoria Dock looking North West from the pedestrian bridge 2002 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73509b208fc6154531531/5cb622a10d92979ac6702fe5/1555494861161/Royal+victoria+view+from+bridge+2018.jpg Royal Docks - Royal Victoria Dock looking North West from the pedestrian bridge 2018 The luxury floating Sunborn Hotel dock alongside the new Excel plaza with Hotels and luxury apartments beyond. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73509b208fc6154531531/5ca75d4e24a6946b297cd7e1/1555495137158/B%26W+C+Pontoon+Dock+1971.jpg Royal Docks - Pontoon Dock 1972 This branch dock on the south side of the Royal Victoria Dock was home to the flour mills, timber yards and the graving dock. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73509b208fc6154531531/5ca75d986e9a7f606d88d6be/1555495246509/Pontoon+Dock+2003+%C2%A9.jpg Royal Docks - Pontoon Dock 2002 The timber warehouses have gone, the flour mills remain and Chinese money is ready for a huge new development. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73509b208fc6154531531/5cb6f98de79c7008fe24eb5e/1555495617075/Graving+dock+East+London%2C+Silvertown+2002.jpg Royal Docks - The Graving Dock at Royal Victoria Pontoon Dock 2002 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73509b208fc6154531531/5ca75d53f9619aa4f7e2d54a/1555495433708/B%26W+C+Royal+Albert+Dock+1971+%C2%A9.jpg Royal Docks - Royal Albert Dock looking east 1972 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73509b208fc6154531531/5ca75d989140b706f04a48f3/1555495454812/Royal+Albert+dock+2003+%C2%A9.jpg Royal Docks - 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King George V dock 1972 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73509b208fc6154531531/5ca75d93f9619aa4f7e2d7b2/1555495790555/King+George+V+dock+airport+2003+%C2%A9.jpg Royal Docks - King George V dock 2002 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73509b208fc6154531531/5cb6fa710d92979ac6784c05/1555495807690/KGV+docklands+landing+2018.jpg Royal Docks - King George V dock 2018 https://www.londonsdocklands.com/tilbury-docks daily 0.75 2019-04-17 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/t/5cb7044d1905f42f166680c6/1555497447258/ Tilbury Docks - Tilbury - East Branch Dock 1972 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73546e2c4838bd7026358/5cb5e7f4f4e1fc48eea2a3fe/1555497447258/Tilbury+east+branch+dock+1973+%C2%A9.jpg Tilbury Docks - Tilbury - East Branch Dock 1972 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca7331f70468055712a589d/5ca73546e2c4838bd7026358/5ca75e70ee6eb040e43c98da/1555497465652/Tilbury+North+Dock+2018.jpg Tilbury Docks - 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