Editing London Borough of Tower Hamlets (section)

==Geography==
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[[File:Canary Wharf Skyline 2, London UK - Oct 2012.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|left|[[Canary Wharf]], world headquarters of numerous major banks and professional services firms]]

Tower Hamlets is in East London, north of the [[River Thames]]. The [[City of London]] lies to the west, the [[London Borough of Hackney]] to the north, while the [[River Lea]] forms the boundary with the [[London Borough of Newham]] to the east. The River Lea also forms the boundary between the [[Historic counties of England|historic counties]] of [[Middlesex]] and [[Essex]]. The borough's Thames frontage extends from the [[Tower Dock]] inlet,{{NoteTag|The Tower Dock was the western boundary of the Tower Liberties—see [https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/significant-places/tower-of-london-1597/ map] and more recent OS maps. The Liberties indirectly merged into the London Borough of Tower Hamlets via the Borough of Stepney.}} immediately west of the [[Tower of London]], through several miles of former docklands, including the [[Isle of Dogs]] peninsula, to the confluence of the Thames and Lea at [[Blackwall, London|Blackwall]]. Areas along the Thames and Lea flood plains were historically frequently flooded, but the [[Thames Barrier]], further east, has reduced that risk.

[[Regent's Canal]] enters the borough from Hackney to meet the River Thames at [[Limehouse Basin]]. A stretch of the [[Hertford Union Canal]] leads from the Regent's canal, at a basin in the north of [[Mile End]], to join the River Lea at [[Old Ford]]. A further canal, [[Limehouse Cut]], London's oldest, leads from locks at [[Bromley-by-Bow]] to Limehouse Basin. Most of the canal tow-paths are open to both pedestrians and cyclists.

The borough includes open spaces such as [[Victoria Park, Tower Hamlets|Victoria Park]], [[King Edward Memorial Park]], [[Mile End Park]], [[Island Gardens]] and part of the [[Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park]].

[[File:Tower Hamlets London UK location map.svg|thumb|310px|{{center|Areas, transport, & landmarks<br />in the Borough of Tower Hamlets}}]]

===Districts within the borough===
Areas within the borough include:
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* [[Bethnal Green]] 
* [[Blackwall, London|Blackwall]] 
* [[Bow, London|Bow]] 
* [[Bromley-by-Bow]]
* [[East Smithfield]]
* [[Fish Island, London|Fish Island]]
* [[Isle of Dogs]], including [[Canary Wharf]]
* [[Limehouse]]
* [[Mile End]]
* [[Poplar, London|Poplar]]
* [[Ratcliff]]
* [[Shadwell]]
* [[Spitalfields]]
* [[St George in the East (parish)|St George in the East]]
* [[St Katharine Docks|St Katharine's]]
* [[Stepney]]
* The [[Liberties of the Tower of London|Tower Liberty]], taking in [[Tower Hill]]
* [[Wapping]]
* [[Whitechapel]]
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===Landmarks===
[[File:Canary.wharf.from.thames.arp.jpg|thumb|[[Canary Wharf]], seen from a high-level walkway on [[Tower Bridge]]]]

* [[Brick Lane]]
* [[Cable Street]] - site of the [[Battle of Cable Street]]
* [[Hawksmoor]]'s [[Christ Church, Spitalfields]]
* Site of two historic [[Royal Mint]]s
* [[Tower of London]]
* [[Tower Bridge]]
* [[Victoria Park, East London|Victoria Park]]
* [[Roman Road, London|Roman Road]]
* [[Columbia Road Flower Market|Columbia Road]]
* [[Poplar Baths]]

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The [[Canary Wharf]] district on the [[Isle of Dogs]] in the [[London Docklands|Docklands]] forms a group of some of the tallest buildings in [[Europe]]. [[One Canada Square]] was the first to be constructed and is the third tallest in London. Nearby are the [[HSBC Tower, London|HSBC Tower]], [[Citigroup Centre, London|Citigroup Centre]]s and [[One Churchill Place]], headquarters of [[Barclays Bank]]. Within the same complex are the [[Heron Quays]] offices.

Part of the [[Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park]], developed for the [[London 2012 Olympics]], lies within the borders of Tower Hamlets.

The [[Embassy of China in London]] will move into the former [[Royal Mint Court|Royal Mint building]] in [[East Smithfield]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/mar/19/uyghur-court-hong-kong-road-tower-hamlets-plans-name-changes-in-solidarity|title=Tiananmen Square, Uyghur Court: Tower Hamlets plans name changes in solidarity|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=2021-03-19|accessdate=2021-03-21}}</ref>