Shadwell Basin
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Shadwell Basin
Image: © Des Blenkinsopp Taken: 17 Oct 2013
By comparison with nearby Limehouse Basin and St Katharine Docks, both similar dockland basins still very much alive with boats, this is the quiet one. I like boats, and to me this place seems a bit bleak with nothing going on any more, but I'm sure the residents appreciate the tranquility.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.508256
Longitude
-0.053388