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w St Anne’s, y William Morris i Thames Barrier
Limehouse Gallery Unity Way SE18. Tel 020 8305 4188.
3 Colt St E14. Tel 020 7987 1502. Lloyd Park, Forest Rd E17. Tel 020 3 Charlton, Woolwich Arsenal (south
1 Westferry DLR. 5 10:30am & 6pm 8496 4390. 1 Walthamstow Central. side); Silvertown (north side). Visitor
Sun. 8 Concerts, lectures; Open 10am–5pm Wed–Sun. centre Open 10:30am–5pm Thu–Sun
see website for details. Closed 25 & 26 Dec, 1 Jan. 7 - (last adm 4:30pm). Closed 25 Dec–1
∑ stanneslimehouse.org = Lectures. ∑ wmgallery.org.uk Jan. & 7 - = exhibition.∑ gov.
uk/guidance/the-thames-barrier
Designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor, The most influential designer
St Anne’s was built between of the Victorian era, born in In 1236, the Thames rose so high
1714 and 1727. Its 40­m (130­ft) 1834, lived in this 18th­ cen tury that people rowed across West­
tower was a land­mark for ships house as a young man in minster Hall; London flooded
using the East End docks and 1848–56. It is now a beguiling again in 1663, 1928 and in 1953.
still has the highest church and well­presented museum Something had to be done, and
clock in London. The interior, giving a full account of William in 1965 the Greater London
damaged by fire in 1850, was Morris the artist, designer, writer, Council invited proposals. The
subse quently Victorianized. craftsman and socialist. Thames Barrier was unveiled in
It has examples of his work 1984. It is 520 m (1,700 ft) across.
and that of other members of Its 10 gates swing up to 1.6 m
e Queen Elizabeth the Arts and Crafts movement – (6 ft) above the level reached by
Olympic Park tiles by William de Morgan, and the tide in 1953, and have been
paint ings by members of the used over 100 times. Some boat
See pp254–5. Pre­Raphaelite Brotherhood. tours (see p379) go to the barrier.
Interactive exhibits introduce There’s also a small visitor centre.
visitors to techni ques such as
r Museum of hand­printing and dyeing.
London Docklands
No. 1 Ware house, West India Quay E14. u Emirates Air Line
Tel 020 7001 9844. 1 Canary Wharf, Cable Car
Westferry. Open 10am–6pm daily.
Closed 24–26 Dec. 7 0 - = Western Gateway E16/Edmund Halley
∑ museumoflondon.org.uk/ Way SE10. 1 Royal Victoria DLR,
museum-london-docklands North Greenwich. Open 7am–9pm
Mon–Fri, 8am–9pm Sat, 9am–9pm Unique structure of the O2 Arena
Sun (to 8pm Oct–Mar). &
Occupying a late Georgian ∑ emiratesairline.co.uk
warehouse, this museum tells o The O2 Arena
the story of London’s docks and Connecting the Royal Victoria North Greenwich SE10. Tel 020 8463
their links from Roman times to Dock and The O2, this cable car 2000 or 0844 856 0202 (to book
the present. A highlight is the provides spectacular views over tickets). 1 North Greenwich.
recreation of the dark and dan­ the river during the 5­minute trip. Open 9am–late. Up at the O2
gerous “Sailor town” of Wapping (climbing) Tel 020 8463 2680.
in the 1850s. ∑ theo2.co.uk
The former Millennium Dome
t Canary Wharf was the focal point of Britain’s
E14. 1 Canary Wharf or West India celebration of the year 2000.
Quay DLR. 7 0 - = Controversial from its earliest
days, it is nonetheless a spect­
London’s most ambitious acular feat of engineering. Its
commercial development canopy is made from 100,000
opened in 1991, when the first sq m (109,000 sq yards) of
tenants moved into the 50­storey Teflon­coated spun glass­fibre,
Canada Tower. At 250 m (800 ft), and is supported by over 70 km
it dominates the city’s eastern (43 miles) of steel cable rigged
skyline. The tower stands on to twelve 100­m (328­ft) masts.
what was the West India Dock, Now one of London’s largest
closed, like all the London concert venues, the O2 also
docks, between the 1960s has bars, restaurants, a cinema
and the 1980s, when trade and IndigO2, a smaller venue.
moved down­river to Tilbury. You can also don climbing
Today, Canary Wharf is thriving, gear and ascend the outside
with a major shopping complex Intricate detail visible on a William Morris along a long, bouncy walkway
and restaurants. tapestry (1885) to the very top.

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