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6 unusual facts about London Docklands


Docklands Light Railway rolling stock

Docklands Light Railway rolling stock is the passenger trains and service vehicles (collectively known as 'rolling stock') used on the Docklands Light Railway (DLR), which serves the London Docklands area in the east of London.

G. Ware Travelstead

While head of First Boston Real Estate, a subsidiary of Credit Suisse First Boston, Travelstead was the original designer and promoter of the Canary Wharf estate in London Docklands.

Ken MacKinnon

Ken MacKinnon was born in the London Docklands in 1933 to parents whose families came from the Scottish Isle of Arran and Northern Ireland.

London Motorexpo

Located in Canary Wharf in the London Docklands, it was designed to allow office workers a chance to see new cars without having to take time off to visit a traditional motor show.

Project Twilight

The Sixth Doctor and Evelyn try to find out what connects "Project: Twilight", a secret government initiative, to a seedy casino in London Docklands.

The Art of Sound

Studio Two was opened in late 1983 in the London Docklands and again became a success, being fully booked for months in advance, right from the day it opened.


Destination Docklands

Destination Docklands was an event consisting of two concerts by musician Jean Michel Jarre on the Royal Victoria Docks, Docklands, London on Saturday 8th and Sunday 9 October 1988, to coincide with the release of Jarre's new album Revolutions.

Royal Victoria Dock Bridge

The Royal Victoria Dock Bridge is a signature high-level footbridge crossing the Royal Victoria Dock in the Docklands area of east London designed by London-based architects and designers Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands.

Trondheim Toll Scheme

But part of the reason for this traffic is that Trondheim Port is located on an artificial island only accessible via the city centre and Trondheim has yet to do like most cities and move its port out of the city centre, like the London Docklands and Fjordbyen in Oslo.


see also

London Docklands Development Corporation

The London Docklands Development Corporation was established by the then Secretary of State for the Environment, Michael Heseltine, under section 136 of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980.

St Anne's Limehouse

With the redevelopment of the East London Docklands in the late 20th Century, over 100,000 people work in the Canary Wharf area, and a large part of this centre of business and finance lies within the parish of St Anne's Church.

Telehouse Europe

In 2012, Telehouse built their own primary substation, at 50MVA and two 132kVA power lines directly connected to the National Grid for the London Docklands site.