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

Blackwall

Ordnance Survey
OS grid reference:	TQ385805
Administration
London borough:	Tower Hamlets
County level:	Greater London
Region:	London
Constituent country:	England
Sovereign state:	United Kingdom
Other
Ceremonial county:	Greater London
Historic county:	Middlesex
Services
Police force:	Metropolitan Police
Fire brigade:	London Fire Brigade
Ambulance service:	London Ambulance
Post office and telephone
Post town:	LONDON
Postal district:	E14
Dialling code:	020
Politics
UK Parliament:
London Assembly:	City and East
European Parliament:	London
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Blackwall is an area of the East End of London, situated in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is perhaps most well-known for having given its name to the Blackwall Tunnel, which passes under the adjacent River Thames to north Greenwich. Image File history File links Greater_london_outline_map. ... Image File history File links Red_pog. ... The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... The administrative area of Greater London contains 32 London Boroughs, of which 12 (plus the City of London) make up Inner London and 20 Outer London. ... The Arms of The London Borough of Tower Hamlets The London Borough of Tower Hamlets is a London borough to the east of the City of London and north of the River Thames in East London. ... Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government. ... 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There was a railway from Minories to Blackwall via Stepney (called the London and Blackwall Railway). It ran a distance of three and half miles. Much of the current DLR track around Limehouse and Blackwall is on the old viaducts. This was authorised in 1836 as "The Commercial Railway", running close to Commercial Road in the East End. The Minories is an area of London close to the Tower of London. ... Stepney is a place in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. ... Originally called the Commercial Railway, this railway line ran from the Minories to Blackwall via Stepney, in east London, England. ... The Docklands Light Railway (DLR) is a light rail public transport metro serving the redeveloped Docklands area of east London, England. ... Limehouse Town Hall in 2004 Limehouse is a place in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. ... Torontos Bloor Street Viaduct bridges the Don valley; road traffic uses the upper deck, rail traffic uses the lower deck. ... Charles Darwin 1836 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Commercial Road (A13) in the East End of London runs from Gardeners Corner to Burdett Road where is becomes the East India Dock Road. ...

It has been the home of such noted seamen as Horatio Nelson and Walter Raleigh. In 1606 it was the departure point of the colonization of North America launched by the London Virginia Company. It was also the site of one of the largest shipbuilding yards on the Thames, which operated from the early seventeenth century until the late twentieth century. Its best known operators were members of the Perry, Green and Wigram families. Lord Nelson Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (September 29, 1758 – October 21, 1805) was a British admiral who won fame as a leading naval commander. ... Walter Raleigh, by Nicholas Hilliard, c. ... Events January 27 - The trial of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators begins ending in their execution on January 31 May 17 - Supporters of Vasili Shusky invade the Kremlin and kill Premier Dmitri December 26 - Shakespeares King Lear performed in court Storm buries a village of St Ismails near... Virginia Company of London Seal The London Company (also called the Virginia Company of London) was an English joint stock company established by royal charter by James I on April 10, 1606 with the purpose of establishing colonial settlements in North America. ...

Blackwall is also the location of a fictitious fire-station featured in the London Weekend Television series London's Burning. London Weekend Television (LWT) was (and for legal formalities still is; see below) the ITV contractor for London and the South East, Friday 7:00pm (1968-1982)/5:15pm (1982-2002) to Monday, 5:59am. ... Londons Burning was a television programme produced by London Weekend Television. ...