Limehouse
Sign in to saveLimehouse is a district in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in East London. It is east of Charing Cross, on the northern bank of the River Thames. Its proximity to the river has given it a strong maritime character, which it retains through its riverside public houses and steps, such as The Grapes and Limehouse Stairs.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.region
- London
- UK place.official_name
- Limehouse
- UK place.static_image_name
- LimehouseTownHall0.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Limehouse Town Hall on Commercial Road, built in 1878 for the Limehouse District
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TQ365815
- UK place.population
- 15,986
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 Census, Ward)
- UK place.post_town
- LONDON
- UK place.postcode_area
- E
- UK place.postcode_district
- E14
- UK place.london_borough
- Tower Hamlets
- UK place.dial_code
- 020
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Poplar and Limehouse
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- Population
- 15986
- Image
- LimehouseTownHall0.jpg
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Limehouse is a district in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in East London. It is east of Charing Cross, on the northern bank of the River Thames. Its proximity to the river has given it a strong maritime character, which it retains through its riverside public houses and steps, such as The Grapes and Limehouse Stairs.
The area gives its name to Limehouse Reach, a section of the Thames which runs south to Millwall after making a right-angled bend at Cuckold's Point, Rotherhithe. The west-to-east section upstream of Cuckold's Point is properly called the Lower Pool.
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