The Shadwell Basin is a housing, leisure complex and an disused dock which is named after neighboring district of Shadwell. Today Shadwell Basin is one the most significant bodies of water surviving from the historical London Docks. It is situated on the north side of the river Thames east downstream of the Tower of London and Tower Bridge and west upstream of Limehouse. Unlike some of the London Docks which have been landfilled, Shadwell Basin, the most easterly part of the complex, has been retained. It is now a maritime square of 2.8 hectares used for recreational purposes including sailing, canoeing and fishing and is surrounded on three sides by a waterside housing development. The residential buildings are four and five storeys with façades of alternating open arches and enclosed structure, echoing the scale of traditional 19th century dockside warehouses, with a colonnade at quayside. Shadwell Basin is a popular public route for cyclists, joggers and pedestrians with a walkway alongside the water as part of the linked open spaces and canals between the river and Hermitage Basin near St Katharine Docks to the west.Photo taken on August 13th 2018
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