Royal Victoria Dock
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Royal Victoria Dock by Stephen McKay as part of the Geograph project.
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Royal Victoria Dock
Image: © Stephen McKay Taken: 26 May 2022
The line of heavy duty cranes is a visual reminder that this was once an industrial dock where the quaysides would have bustled with dockers and goods unloaded from ships that had arrived from all over the world. Today it is a residential area, developed in the 1990s, known either by its old name, West Silvertown, or as Britannia Village. Although very much part of the docklands, it feels curiously disconnected from the rest of east London; one of the main means of access is by means of the very high footbridge from which this photograph was taken. The Emirates Air Line (cable car) can be seen in the background.
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Image Location
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51.505497
Longitude
0.024595