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The Royal Docks comprise three docks in east London - the Royal Albert Dock, the Royal Victoria Dock and the King George V Dock. The three docks collectively formed the largest enclosed docks in the world, with a water area of nearly 250 acres (1 km²) and an overall estate of 1100 acres (4 km²). (This is equivalent to the whole of central London from Hyde Park to Tower Bridge. London (pronounced ) is the capital city of the United Kingdom and the largest city of England (strangely, England has no constitutional existence within the United Kingdom, and therefore cannot be said to have a capital). ...
The Royal Albert Dock is one of three docks in the Royal Docks of east London, now part of the redeveloped Docklands. ...
The Royal Victoria Dock is the largest of three docks in the Royal Docks of east London, now part of the redeveloped Docklands. ...
The King George V Dock is one of three docks in the Royal Docks of east London, now part of the redeveloped Docklands. ...
The Serpentine, viewed from the eastern end Hyde Park is one of the largest parks in central London and one of the Royal Parks of London. ...
Tower Bridge is a bascule bridge in London, England over the River Thames. ...
History
The three docks were built between 1880 and 1921 on riverside marshes in the London borough of Newham. They were constructed to provide berths for large vessels that could not be accommodated further upriver. They were a great commercial success, becoming London's principal docks during the first half of the 20th century. They specialised particularly in the import and unloading of foodstuffs, with rows of giant granaries and refrigerated warehouses being sited alongside the quays. The docks' great size and indented shape gave them a collective span of over 12 miles (19 km) of quaysides, serving hundreds of cargo and passenger ships at a time. 1880 (MDCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
The London Borough of Newham is a London borough in East London. ...
(19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999...
The General Strike of 1926 hit the Royal Docks hard, with 750,000 frozen carcasses threatened by the docks' electrical supply being cut off. Fortunately for the dock owners, the Royal Navy was able to save the day by connecting the generators of two submarines to power the warehouses' refrigerators. A general strike is a strike action by an entire labour force in a city, region or country. ...
Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar). ...
The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore the Senior Service). ...
Although the Royal Docks suffered severe damage from German bombing in World War II, they recovered after the war but suffered a steady decline from the 1960s onwards, following the adoption of containerization. Nonetheless, they survived longer than any of the other London docks, finally closing to commercial traffic only in 1981. The docks' closure lead to high levels of unemployment and social deprivation in the surrounding communities of North Woolwich and Silvertown. Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead...
The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ...
Shipping containers at a terminal in Port Elizabeth, New Jersey. ...
1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
North Woolwich consists of two tracts of land, totalling 412 acres (1. ...
Silvertown is an industrialised suburb in the London Borough of Newham dominated by the Tate & Lyle sugar factory and transformed since 1970 by the construction of the Thames Barrier, an adjacent park, new housing areas and the London City Airport. ...
Redevelopment Because of their relative remoteness from central London and poor transport links, the redevelopment of London's Docklands has proceeded more slowly in the Royals than in the other former docks. The London Docklands Development Corporation undertook much work during the 1980s and 1990s to improve local transport and promote new residential and commercial developments in the area. Thousands of new homes were built at Beckton, just north of the Royal Docks, and an extension of the Docklands Light Railway opened in 1994 to provide direct links to the City of London and Canary Wharf. The Millennium Dome and Canary Wharf from the Royal Victoria Dock. ...
The London Docklands Development Corporation (LDDC) was a quango set up in 1981 to regenerate the Docklands area of east London. ...
The 1980s refers to the years of 1980 to 1989. ...
See also 1990s, the band Germans dancing on the Berlin Wall in late 1989, the symbol of the cold war divide falls down as the world unites in the 1990s. ...
Beckton is a place in the London Borough of Newham, located 8 miles (12. ...
Tube Portal The Docklands Light Railway (DLR) is a light rail public transport metro serving the redeveloped Docklands area of east London, England. ...
1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ...
Coat of arms The City of London is a small area in Greater London. ...
HSBC Tower (left), One Canada Square (centre), Citigroup Centre (right) Canary Wharf in Tower Hamlets, London, England, is a large business development on the Isle of Dogs, centred on the old West India Docks in the London Docklands. ...
Several other major projects have been proposed or implemented since then. Many residential complexes have been built; most notably the architecturally progressive Eastern Quay on the south side of Royal Victoria Dock, Capital East on the north side of the dock and the large complex of Gallion's Reach in the extreme east of the Royal Docks. A series of major developments have seen the construction of a new university campus (for the University of East London) and the ExCeL Exhibition Centre, among much else. The Royal Docks have also seen the development of London City Airport (code LCY), opened in 1988 on the quay between the Royal Albert Dock and the King George V dock. While the docks themselves have been preserved largely intact, little remains of the old infrastructure, although some historic warehouses and cranes have been preserved. Eastern Quay Apartments, Royal Victoria Dock, London Eastern Quay exterior Constructed between April 2002 and November 2003, Eastern Quay Apartments were built at a cost of £10. ...
The University of East London (UEL) is a university in East London. ...
The ExCeL Exhibition Centre is a large purpose built exhibition centre situated in the Royal Docks area of Londons redeveloped Docklands. ...
London City Airport (IATA: LCY, ICAO: EGLC) is a single-runway airport, intended for use by STOL (Short Take Off and Landing) airliners, and principally serving the financial districts of London. ...
1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Transport for London is continuing to develop the transport infrastructure of the Royal Docks with further extensions of the Docklands Light Railway under construction from North Woolwich to Woolwich Arsenal, and possibly from Gallions Reach to Dagenham, as well as a proposed four-lane tolled bridge providing a road link between the Royal Docks area and Thamesmead on the south bank. It is also proposed that a branch of the Crossrail trans-London line will pass beneath the Royal Docks between Custom House and Plumstead. That expensive project continues to undergo close scrutiny by a parliamentary committee. A public inquiry about the need for the Thames Gateway Bridge closed in May 2006, it being particularly contentious in the residential neighbourhoods between Plumstead and the Danson Interchange (a junction on the A2). Transport for London (TfL) is a local government body responsible for the transport system throughout the City of London and Greater London in England. ...
North Woolwich consists of two tracts of land, totalling 412 acres (1. ...
The Woolwich Arsenal was an armaments manufacturing facility on the south bank of the River Thames in Woolwich in south-east London. ...
Dagenham is a town within the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. ...
Thamesmead is a new town, more realistically a new suburb, in London built on the southern bank of the River Thames, 9. ...
For the similar scheme in Glasgow, see Glasgow Crossrail Crossrail is a project to build a new east-west railway connection under central London, with one connection to the west and two to the east. ...
Custom House is an area of the London Borough of Newham. ...
Plumstead (founded circa 980) is a district in the London Borough of Greenwich, with the eastern end of the site of the former Royal Arsenal at its northern boundary and Shooters Hill to the south. ...
Navigation Whilst the docks are now closed for commercial shipping, most of the water area of the docks still exists and is still navigable by craft of all sizes up to and including sizable ships. Whilst the principle usage is for watersports, the docks do see occasional visits by naval and merchant vessels, especially during the annual London Boat Show which is held at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre. The management of the water areas of the Royal Docks, including locks and bridges is now the responsibility of Royal Docks Management Authority Limited (RoDMA), which is owned and funded by the owners of the surrounding development land. Power boats at the London Boat Show. ...
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