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London Borough of Tower Hamlets

The London Borough of Tower Hamlets is a borough in London, England.

London Borough of Tower Hamlets
London Borough of Tower Hamlets · Unknown artistUnknown artist (Public domain)
The place

The London Borough of Tower Hamlets is a borough in London, England. Situated on the north bank of the River Thames and immediately east of the City of London, the borough spans the traditional East End of London and much of the regenerated London Docklands area, including Canary Wharf, one of the world's largest central business districts. The 2019 mid-year population for the borough is estimated at 324,745.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to London Borough of Tower Hamlets

Airports
London Heathrow (LHR), 29 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 42 km · London Stansted (STN), 45 km
  • London → London Borough of Tower Hamlets
    6 km · quickest by road, 32 min · £0.5–1
  • London, Essex → London Borough of Tower Hamlets
    6 km · quickest by road, 32 min · £0.5–1
  • Luton, Luton → London Borough of Tower Hamlets
    48 km · quickest by road, 1h 44m · £7–10
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for London Borough of Tower Hamlets

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for London Borough of Tower Hamlets. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Go nextPopularly known as the Garden of England due to its green landscape, the county includes a number of attractions that could be included on day trips outside of the capital.
  • Go nextFrom the Greenwich Peninsula, take the IFS Cloud Cable Car (formerly Emirates Air Line) – the UK's first urban cable car.

From Wikivoyage: London/Greenwich, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    127 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    323 km
  3. 03
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    393 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    563 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    598 km

If you know how people move in London Borough of Tower Hamlets – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

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Next door to London Borough of Tower Hamlets

London Borough of Tower Hamlets is 4 km from Islington, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.