Limehouse Quay: maps and further information

A new commercial area of waterspace in the NW corner of London’s Limehouse Basin, Limehouse Quay will become home to a range of floating businesses which could include water buses, trip boats, galleries and restaurants. The intention is to bring much needed activity, footfall and beneficial uses to a currently under-used area, complementing and enhancing the existing high quality commercial offer in the area and linking to the nearby DLR station.

Old Ford Locks
Old Ford Locks on the River Lee Navigation lie at the edge of the Olympic Park near the western spectator entrance. The area is currently undergoing construction in preparation for the 2012 Olympic Games, but the navigation remains open, allowing access in to and out of London. The area is within walking distance of:

Forman's restaurant and its brand new corporate event and party venue as well as galleries and artists’ studios of Hackney Wick & Fish Island.

The View Tube on the Greenway near Pudding Mill Lane DLR will provide café, bike hire and educational facilities overlooking the Olympic Park.

Three Mills
Home to the world’s largest surviving historic tidal mill and a hidden local gem, the conservation area of Three Mills with its cobbled streets and pretty buildings offers a welcome relief from the hustle and bustle of nearby Bromley-by-Bow. The location of a thriving film studio, Three Mills is at the cross roads to the ‘Lea River Park’, a proposed continuous walking route along the tidal Bow Creek to East India Dock on the Thames.

Limehouse Cut
The historic connection between London’s major commercial waterways - the River Thames and River Lee Navigation – the Limehouse Cut offers emerging opportunities to open up access and new waterside facilities at places such as Bartlett Park. The area also offers the chance to observe some of London’s remnant industrial archaeology and heritage.

Limehouse Basin
Formerly the Regent’s Canal Dock, Limehouse Basin has now been transformed from a working dock environment into an attractive marina destination, surrounded by new waterside residential development. It forms the gateway from the River Thames to the canal network of England and Wales, linking directly with the Regent’s Canal to the north and Limehouse Cut to the east.