Limehouse
Ward in Tower Hamlets, England
| Coordinates: | 51.51, -0.034 |
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| OS grid ref: | TQ 36 80 |
| Dialling code: | 020 (London) |
Limehouse is a waterside ward in Tower Hamlets, in east London, hugging the River Thames around Limehouse Basin where the Regent's Canal meets the river. Historically part of the East End maritime landscape, it still shows a mix of Georgian and Victorian terraces, dockside infrastructure and modern apartment blocks around marinas and the old lime kilns that gave the area its name.
Economically and socially the ward blends long‑standing local businesses and social housing with pressures from Docklands regeneration and its proximity to Canary Wharf and the Isle of Dogs, producing a diverse community with active neighbourhood groups, conservation areas and visible reminders of its seafaring past, even in national moments such as the Limehouse Declaration era of British politics.
Postcode districts covering Limehouse
Most populated places nearby
- Brent 10.4 miles
- Islington 4.1 miles
- City of Westminster 5.6 miles
- Bexley 8.4 miles
- Sutton 12.3 miles
- Croydon 10.5 miles
- Slough 24.6 miles
- Harrow 14.2 miles
- Basildon 21.6 miles
- Watford 19.1 miles
- Harlow 18.9 miles
- Grays 16 miles
Neighbouring places
- Tower Hamlets Built-up area 0.4 miles
- Mile End Ward 0.6 miles
- St. Dunstan's Ward 0.6 miles
- Shadwell Ward 0.7 miles
- Surrey Docks Ward 0.7 miles
- Stepney Green Ward 0.8 miles
- Canary Wharf Ward 0.8 miles
- Poplar Ward 0.9 miles
- Bromley South Ward 1.1 miles
- Lansbury Ward 1.1 miles
- Rotherhithe Ward 1.1 miles
- St. Katharine's & Wapping Ward 1.2 miles
Example postcodes in Limehouse
E14 8HX, E14 8EN, E14 8EH, E14 8AA, E14 8HL, E14 8EU, E14 8AP, E14 8QG, E14 8AJ … See all
Transport links
- London City Airport 3.9 miles
- London Heathrow Airport 18.4 miles
- Limehouse Station 0.3 miles
- Canary Wharf 0.8 miles
- Waterloo Bus Depot 3.3 miles
Hotels near Limehouse Ad
- Pan Pacific London 5 2.1 miles
- Batty Langley's 5 2 miles
- Vintry & Mercer Hotel - Small Luxury Hotels of the World 5 2.6 miles
- Four Seasons Hotel London at Tower Bridge 5 1.9 miles
- Redchurch Townhouse 4 2 miles
- The Rookery 5 3 miles
- Intercontinental London - the O2 5 1.6 miles
- Limehouse Library Hotel 4 0.2 miles
- Tribe London Canary Wharf 4 1 mile
- Ibis London Canning Town 3 1.9 miles
Local points of interest
- Eastminster Abbey Historic site 1.6 miles
- The O2 Stadium 1.7 miles
- The Den Stadium 1.8 miles
- HMS Belfast Museum 2 miles
- Olympic Stadium Stadium 2.1 miles
- Bedlam Historic site 2.1 miles
- Cutty Sark Museum 2.2 miles
- Bermondsey Abbey Historic site 2.2 miles
- Stratford Langthorne Abbey Historic site 2.2 miles
- London Harbour 2.2 miles
- Hayes Galleria Shopping centre 2.2 miles
- Old Royal Naval College Museum 2.2 miles