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The Chrisp Street retail centre is on the Lansbury Estate, which was part of the 1951 Festival of Britain and was the first specially designed pedestrianised shopping centre in the UK.
©David Bradbury
Dist:0.1km<br/>Looking south-west to the bridge carrying Bow Common Lane across the canal.
©David Kemp
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©Chris Whippet
Dist:0.2km<br/>Looking Southwest. See also [[949702]]
©Dr Neil Clifton
Dist:0.2km<br/>Looking north-east towards Bow Common Lane bridge. The development on the left is Silver Wharf the construction of which can be seen in [[949702]].
©David Kemp
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©Chris Whippet
Dist:0.2km<br/>Limehouse Cut is hardly one of England's more popular canals, so it was fortunate that a small cruiser was passing under this bridge just as I took the photograph. This is looking northeast. Bow Common Lane is the name of the road to the left of the bridge, while at the right it changes its name to Upper North Street. It is not a classified road, but does carry a bus route - the 309 from Bethnal Green to Canning Town. It is one of those roads beloved of cabbies and white-van men who know 'all the dodges'.
©Dr Neil Clifton
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©Chris Whippet
Dist:0.2km<br/>New flats beside Limehouse Cut. The central block, with recessed balconies, is Craig Tower.
©Richard Durley
Dist:0.2km<br/>In former years, London's urban canals had many small docks where one or two boats could be moored off the main route while loading or unloading took place. Many of these have disappeared, but their successors are private side moorings available to nearby residents where a few narrow boats can be kept.
©Dr Neil Clifton
Dist:0.3km<br/>The building activity to the right is typical for this area, where a lot is going on.
©Robin Webster
Dist:0.3km<br/>Looking west from Violet Road bridge
©Malc McDonald
Dist:0.3km<br/>Canal bank near the Violet Road bridge
©Malc McDonald
Dist:0.3km<br/>The Limehouse Cut was built to provide a navigable short-cut from the River Thames at Limehouse Basin north-east to the River Lee Navigation at Bromley-by-Bow, thus avoiding the long meandering curves of the lower reaches of the River Lee at Bow Creek, and the long bend in the River Thames around the Isle of Dogs. It was authorised by the River Lee Act of 1766, and completed in 1770 so it is effectively the oldest canal in London. This view was taken from the Morris Road bridge looking in the direction of Limehouse. The towpath on the left forms a section of the Lea Valley Walk. It is also shown on the Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 scale maps as a series of solid light brown circles, indicating an off road cycle route.
©Nigel Cox
Dist:0.3km<br/>On the corner of Devons Road and Gale Street the garages at the rear of Mollis House lead towards Furze Green. About a mile further south lies the Canary Wharf development.
©Peter Thwaite

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