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Tower Hamlets
The London Borough of Tower Hamlets is a London borough to the east of the City of London, England, west of the borough of Newham and north of the River Thames in East London. It includes much of the redeveloped Docklands region of London, including West India Docks and Canary Wharf. Many of the tallest buildings in London are located on the Isle of Dogs in the south of the borough.
Tower Hamlets is one of five London boroughs which have been designated host boroughs for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
History
The name "Tower Hamlets" was historically applied to the Tower division of the county of Middlesex, covering not only the present borough, but also part of the present-day London Borough of Hackney. The Constable of the Tower of London had special jurisdiction over the area from the 16th century until 1889. Inhabitants of Tower Hamlets were originally required to provide yeomen for the Tower of London. Later the Constable became Lord Lieutenant of the area, raising and organising the local militia. Under the Reform Act 1832 the area became a parliamentary borough. The name continued to be used for constituencies until 1918.
The borough was formed in 1965, and took this historic name, through amalgamation of the former metropolitan boroughs of Bethnal Green, Poplar and Stepney. These boroughs were the heart of the East End of London.
Areas
- Bethnal Green
- Blackwall
- Bow
- Bromley-by-Bow
- Cambridge Heath
- Cubitt Town
- Globe Town
- Isle of Dogs
- Limehouse
- Mile End
- Millwall
- Old Ford
- Poplar
- Ratcliff
- Shadwell
- Spitalfields
- Stepney
- Wapping
- Whitechapel
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| Canary Wharf, seen from a high-level walkway on Tower Bridge | |
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Landmarks
- Tower of London
- site of two historic Royal Mints
- Hawksmoor's Christ Church, Spitalfields
- Victoria Park
- Cable Street - site of the Battle of Cable Street
Modern landmarks:
The Canary Wharf complex, within Docklands, on the Isle of Dogs forms a group of some of the tallest buildings in Europe. One Canada Square was the first to be constructed, and remains the tallest. Nearby are the HSBC Tower, Citigroup Centres and One Churchill Place, headquarters of Barclays Bank. Within the same complex are the Heron Quays offices.
The unusual Green Bridge, constructed in 2000, links sections of Mile End Park, that are divided by the Mile End Road. The bridge contains gardens, water features and trees around the path.
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