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Fireworks in Royal Docks 2012

RoyalDocks November 3, 2012 0

Remember Remember the 5th of November!… the 5th is Guy Fawkes Night, a night where the skies all over London are alive with Fireworks. So get yourself some of the action, as this weekend

Tradewinds… the building surounded by water but with no water.

RoyalDocks October 23, 2012 0

Residents at Royal Docks apartment block, Tradewinds, awoke this morning to find themselves without water again for the second time in two weeks. A source close to the problem advised that water, caused by

Newham London Waterfront Festival

RoyalDocks September 29, 2012 0

When: Saturday 29 September, 2-9pm Where: Royal Victoria Dock, Newham The sun is shining in Newham today with the London Waterfront Festival in Royal Victoria Dock from 2pm. Experience a different side to the

Subnitz in Royal Victoria Dock

RoyalDocks August 14, 2012 0

THE MS SUBNITZ in Royal Victoria Dock on 14/08/2012 Spotted in Royal Victoria Dock…the Subnitz, or to give it, it’s full name the “Motorschiff Stubnitz e.V. “was Built in 1964 at the Volkswerft Stralsund,

London Pleasure Gardens

RoyalDocks August 9, 2012 0

London pleasure gardens in Administration Opened on the 30th of June and bust by 3rd August. The adventurous project, which was supposed to be an Olympics party venue, went into administration little over a

The Royal Docks comprise three docks in east London - the Royal Albert Dock the Royal Victoria Dock and the King George V Dock built between 1880 and 1921 on riverside marshes in the London borough of Newham. The three docks collectively formed the largest enclosed docks in the world with a water area of nearly 250 acres and an overall estate of 1100 acres. Constructed to provide berths for large vessels that could not be accommodated further upriver. The Royal Docks were finally closed for shipping in 1981. The closure brought hardship to Silvertown and the local area. The London Development Corporation was placed in charge of the area with responsibility of bring about regeneration. City Airport was constructed in 1986, the runway sited on cleared what were grain warehouses and cranes. With numerous dockside residential and office developments under construction the future looks brighter