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A large regeneration project is proposed here, called Silvertown Quays. The development will include 5,000 new homes (including over 1,300 affordable units), 7,800 sq m of office space, 7,600 sq m of flexible workspace, 8,000 sq m of community facilities, 5,570 sq m of restaurants and bars and 18,925 sq m of leisure facilities including the aquarium project known as Biota! which is being developed by KUD International with the Zoological Society of London (ZSL). The planning agreement with the London Borough of Newham provides for the Biota! project and a contribution of £25 million towards the cost of infrastructure and local community benefits including a multi-use community centre, a modern library, a major new health centre and a primary school with nursery facilities. There will also be new public open spaces and landscaping, better pedestrian, bus and cycle routes and a new pedestrian bridge across the North Woolwich Road to the new Docklands Light Railway station, which will be subject to an early architectural competition.There will also be high quality restaurants and retail units in what will become a "lively town centre". Over £1m has been committed for training local people. It is expected that upwards of 2,000 jobs will be created with 25 per cent earmarked for Newham residents along with 25 percent of the construction jobs. Ten per cent of the construction jobs will be apprenticeships. The developers have secured a £119m loan facility from the Bank of Scotland which will be used to finance the development.

Across the Royal Victoria Dock are the Double Tree Hotel (left) and new blocks of flats. Linking them is the DLR between Prince Regent and Royal Albert.

A relic of the past, this giant derelict mill dominates the brownfield site between Royal Victoria Dock and North Woolwich Road. Here is a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Mills to the wikipedia article about the mills.

Looking west from North Woolwich Roundabout.

This has not been here long, and is almost assured a busy future if the Silvertown Quays development goes ahead as planned. Storage facilities like this were almost unknown in the UK 30 years ago but a trend towards smaller houses and flats with less space, at the same time as society accumulates more goods, has led to a boom in such facilities.

Beside the Docklands Light Railway line.

Looking east from outside Pontoon Dock DLR station.

This was a bitterly cold day as the sun set - the coldest day since the previous winter. This view is from Pontoon Dock station on the Docklands Light Railway. The next station in this direction is City Airport and the spire of St Mark's, Silvertown can be seen in the distance - see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4799508 North Woolwich Road is on the left here. Most of this section of the DLR is on a viaduct all the way from Canning Town to King George V. The extension of the Docklands Light Railway from Canning Town to King George V opened on 2nd December 2005 at the same time as Pontoon Dock station. On 12th January 2009, the extension under the Thames to Woolwich Arsenal was opened.

There was a man on the ledge inside this billboard at Connaught Bridge, possibly changing the advert.

Crossing the Royal Victoria Dock