This entry concerns the area of London known as Blackwall. For the type of merchant sailing ship first built there and named after it, see Blackwall Frigate

Blackwall
Blackwall shown within Greater London
OS grid reference	TQ385805
London borough	Tower Hamlets
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LONDON
Postcode district	E14
Dialling code	020
Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
Ambulance	London
European Parliament	London
London Assembly	City and East
List of places: UK • England • London

Coordinates: 51°30′23″N 0°00′12″W / 51.5063, -0.0034

Blackwall is an area of the East End of London, situated in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets on the north bank of the Thames River. Blackwall Frigate was the colloquial name for a type of three-masted Full-rigged ship built between the late 1830s and the mid 1870s Greater London is the top-level administrative subdivision covering London, England. The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using Latitude and Longitude The districts of England are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government The London Borough of Tower Hamlets ( is a London borough to the east of the City of London, England and north of the River Thames in East The ceremonial counties are areas of England that are appointed a Lord-Lieutenant, and are defined by the government as the Counties for the purposes of the Lieutenancies Greater London is the top-level administrative subdivision covering London, England. The region, also known as the government office region, is currently the highest tier of local government sub-national entity of England, with only one Greater London is the top-level administrative subdivision covering London, England. Constituent country is a phrase used often by official institutions in contexts in which a country makes up a part of a larger entity or grouping England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland This list of sovereign states, alphabetically arranged gives an overview of States around the world with information on the extent of their Sovereignty. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A post town is a required part of all postal addresses in the United Kingdom, and a basic unit of the postal delivery system The London postal district is the area in England, currently of 241 square miles to which mail addressed to the LONDON Post town is delivered UK Postal codes are known as postcodes. UK postcodes are Alphanumeric. The E (Eastern postcode area, also known as the London E postcode area, is the part of the London postal district covering much of east London, England The UK Telephone numbering plan, also known as the National Telephone Numbering Plan, is the system used for assigning Telephone numbers in the United There are a number of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom. "Metropolitan Police" redirects here See also Metropolitan police. The fire service in the United Kingdom operates under separate legislative and administrative arrangements in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and The London Fire Brigade ( LFB) is the statutory The London Ambulance Service NHS Trust (LAS is the largest "free at the point of contact" ambulance service in the world that does not directly charge its patients London is a Constituency of the European Parliament. It currently elects 9 MEPs using the D'Hondt method of Party-list proportional Greater London is divided into fourteen territorial constituencies for London Assembly elections each returning one member City and East is a Constituency represented in the London Assembly. A Gazetteer of place names in the United Kingdom showing each place's County, Unitary authority or council area and its geographical coordinates List of places --> List of cities in the United Kingdom List of towns in England Lists of places This is a partial list of places in London, England See List of places in England for lists of settlements in other counties A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. The London Borough of Tower Hamlets ( is a London borough to the east of the City of London, England and north of the River Thames in East The Thames ( is a major River flowing through southern England.

The district around Blackwall Stairs was known as Blackwall by at least the fourteenth century. ^[1] This presumably derives from the colour of the river wall, constructed in the Middle Ages. The area lay in a sheltered loop of the river next to Poplar's East Marsh, where the East India Docks were constructed at the beginning of the 19th century

Contrary to expectations, the River Thames landmark named Blackwall Point is not located in Blackwall district but on the northern tip of Greenwich Peninsula, which is south of the Thames. Poplar is an area of the East End of London in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The East India Docks was a small group of Docks in the Blackwall area of East London just north of the Isle of Dogs. The Thames ( is a major River flowing through southern England. The Greenwich Peninsula, sometimes known as Blackwall Point, is a tongue of land bounded on three sides by a loop of the Thames between the Isle of Dogs and It is so named after the Blackwall Reach of the Thames.

This terrace - St Lawrence Cottages - is a rare survivor of the old Blackwall. The area is now mostly dominated by recent construction. This shot faces west - in the background is the old dock wall and beyond that the buildings around Canary Wharf. (February 2006)

Today Blackwall is perhaps most well-known for having given its name to the Blackwall Tunnel, which passes south under the adjacent River Thames to north Greenwich. The Blackwall Tunnel is a pair of road Tunnels underneath the River Thames in east London, linking the London Borough of Tower Hamlets with the The Thames ( is a major River flowing through southern England. Greenwich ( ˈɡrɛnɪtʃ GREN-itch /ˈɡrɛnɪdʒ/ GREN-idge or /ˈɡrɪnɪdʒ/ GRIN-idge is a district in south-east London, Blackwall is also the location of a fictitious fire-station featured in the London Weekend Television series London's Burning. London's Burning was a Television drama programme produced by London Weekend Television and focused on the lives of Blue Watch Firefighters

There was a railway from Minories to Blackwall via Stepney (called the London and Blackwall Railway). The Minories is an area of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets close to the Tower of London and City of London. Stepney is an inner-city district in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Originally called the Commercial Railway, the London & Blackwall Railway was a Railway line that originally ran from the Minories to Blackwall It ran a distance of three and half miles. Much of the current DLR track around Limehouse and Blackwall is on the old viaducts. The Docklands Light Railway (DLR is a Light rail system serving the redeveloped Docklands area of East London England. Limehouse is a place in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is on the northern bank of the River Thames opposite Rotherhithe and between Ratcliff A viaduct is a Bridge composed of several small spans The term viaduct is derived from the Latin via for road and ducere to This was authorised in 1836 as "The Commercial Railway", running close to Commercial Road in the East End. Year 1836 ( MDCCCXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Commercial Road (part of the A13) 2 miles (325km in length is in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in the East End of London.

It has been the home of such noted seamen as Horatio Nelson and Walter Raleigh. Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson 1st Viscount Nelson 1st Duke of Bronté, KB (29 September 1758– 21 October 1805 was a British Sir Walter Raleigh or Ralegh (c 1552 – 29 October 1618 was a famed English writer Poet, Soldier, Courtier and Explorer In 1606 it was the departure point of the colonization of North America launched by the London Virginia Company. The London Company (also called the Charter of the Virginia Company of London) was an English Joint stock company established by royal charter by

Industry

For over 350 years until 1987 Blackwall was a centre of shipbuilding and repairing. This included Blackwall Yard, two of whose former dry docks can still be seen around the Reuters building, the Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company, part of whose works lay in Blackwall, and Orchard House Yard. Blackwall Yard was a shipyard on the Thames at Blackwall, London, engaged in ship building and later ship repairs for over 350 years This article is primarily about Reuters prior to its 2008 merger with Thomson The Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company Limited was a Shipyard and Iron works based at Leamouth, the junction of Bow Creek and the Orchard House Yard was at Leamouth, on the River Lee at Bow Creek. Little industry remains today. One of the last survivors, the Pura edible oil works in a loop of Bow Creek at Orchard Place, closed in 2006. Pura Foods Ltd is a manufacturer and supplier of edible oils and fats Bow Creek is a long tidal estuary of the River Lee and is part of the Bow Back Rivers. This site had formerly been occupied by the Thames Plate Glass Works. For many years the sugar firm Fowler's, maker of a well known brand of treacle, was located in Blackwall.

Education

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