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  London Docklands Hotels - Luxury/Discount/Budget/Cheap Hotels in Docklands
The Crowne Plaza London Docklands Hotel is situated in the heart of Londons dynamic Docklands area, overlooking Royal Victoria Dock, close to the ExCeL center.
The Travelodge London Docklands Hotel is located just off the A13 at the East India Dock road.
The Express by Holiday Inn London Royal Docks Hotel Docklands is perfectly situated in the heart of Londons dynamic Docklands area and is only minutes away from Canary Wharf and the Excel Exhibition Centre.
www.discounted-hotels-london.co.uk /Hotels/uk-hotels/england-hotels/london-hotels/docklands-hotels   (235 words)

  
  Regenerating London Docklands - Communities and Local Government
The London Docklands Urban Development Area (UDA) borders the City of London at its western end and includes what in 1981 were some of the most derelict and deprived areas of London situated within the three London boroughs of Tower Hamlets, Southwark and Newham.
London Docklands is a classic example of a disadvantaged urban area in which output/outcome indicators change radically from the baseline position within the lifetime of the regeneration scheme.
Although the Docklands UDA was immediately adjacent to one of the most prosperous and dynamic local economies of Central London, it had acquired the image of being highly inaccessible in 1981.
www.communities.gov.uk /index.asp?id=1128647   (3545 words)

  
 London Choice - Information About Docklands
London Docklands are situated to the east of the City, stretching from the Tower Bridge in the west all the way past the Isle of Dogs.
This is due to London's industrial heritage and the fact that for many years London was one of the busiest and most important ports in the world.
The Docklands were seen as a golden opportunity to create a new, fashionable district aimed at the wealthy 'yuppie' class.
www.londonchoice.com /neighbourhood_view.asp?id=12   (643 words)

  
 PlanetPapers - London Docklands
With the competition a problem, the London Docks now had to battle through the decline of traditional trade that was associated with Europe and the docks.
The LDDC had four aims that they wanted to achieve in the Docklands, they were basically to improve the economic, social and physical aspects of the area.
The Docklands, had a feeling of racial tension and despair, the LDDC had to improve the public facilities and leisure facilities to ease these problems.
www.planetpapers.com /Assets/1927.php   (1764 words)

  
 Guides to London Walks; Docklands; Extracts
by Gustav Doré from London: A Pilgrimage (1872)
In the 19th century London was the largest and richest city in the world, its wealth largely based on overseas trade.
The Canary Wharf complex was built among the remnants of the docks from 1990 onwards, part of a major drive to regenerate the area.
www.dickens-and-london.com /Dockland.htm   (431 words)

  
 London Docklands Visitor Centre. Tourism, real estate, property investment and visitor attractions, England, London
Docklands, the destination of the new Millennium, covers 55 miles of waterfront, starting where the City of London ends.
Today Docklands is a go-ahead, thriving city port where the trade is electronic, via a forest of earth station satellite dishes, where the jobs are for dealers in commodities and money, and where the results of £11 billion ($16.5 billion) worth of inward investment can be seen throughout the area.
He has written one million words on London Docklands and his Expertise is in demand from developers and inward investors, anxious to discover where The Property Gold is buried.
www.london-docklands.co.uk /tours/toursindex.htm   (380 words)

  
 Hilton London Docklands
Hilton London Docklands is situated right on the south bank of the River Thames, directly opposite Canary Wharf and perfectly placed for business in the Docklands or the City.
Hilton London Docklands provides rooms with a private bathroom and all are air-conditioned and furnished with a desk, internet access and telephone facilities.
Central London is well-served by public transport such as the DLR trains and Greenwiich is a 10-min walk across the river.
www.londonhotelsite.com /hotel_london/Hilton_London_Docklands.htm   (281 words)

  
 Docklands London Hotels, Docklands bed & breakfast B&B, budget Docklands accommodation
Crowne Plaza London Docklands is a unique hotel offering contemporary accommodation, style & attention-to-detail This contemporary hotel, formerly Holiday Inn, has recently been upgraded to offer even better style and service.
The International Hotel is situated in the heart of London's Docklands and near the heart of the busy commercial area.
Novotel London Greenwich has a prime location in the town centre, adjacent to the railway & DLR stations.
www.docklands-london-hotels.co.uk   (808 words)

  
 London Docklands Online-prime insider source for real estate and property in London Docklands, England
Hand over the Euros equivalent of £128K in the Costa Blanca and you get a super three bed villa with private dip pool and sea view rooftop solarium, 200 metres from lovely Torre de la Horadada beach, This is a specia loffer on two last remaioning villas that gives £13K off previous sellinmg price.
Spain, however, may be poised to wrest the long-held crown of Europe's fastest growing live/work area from Docklands.
Scores of people with budgets of £150-250K, below the new entry point for water view homes in Docklands, are switching to the Costas where they can buy more property for their money and rent out when they get bored with the sunshine, sangria and sea views.
www.london-docklands.co.uk   (588 words)

  
 UK Hotels | London City Docklands Hotels
The International Hotel is situated on the water's edge in the heart of London Docklands, three minutes walk to South Quay on the Docklands Light Railway and Canary Wharf on the Jubilee Line.
Situated in the vibrant east end of London, the hotel is a 7 minute walk from Stratford rail and bus terminal which gives direct access to the heart of the West End, central London and the surrounding area.
Novotel London Tower Bridge is situated right in the heart of the city, overlooking the Tower of London and Tower Bridge.
www.bluedoghotels.co.uk /uk_resort_london_city_docklands.htm   (1834 words)

  
 Ramada London Docklands: Docklands & Canary Wharf
The 'E' in the East London postcode is fast becoming more desirable, proof of the increasing growth and 'chic' factor attached to London Docklands and the surrounding area.
Ramada Hotel and Suites is the nearest hotel to London City Airport and less than a 4 minute walk to Prince Regent DLR stop and the ExCel Exhibition Centre (click here for a map and directions to the Ramada Hotel & Suites).
With Canary Wharf at its heart, the Docklands is set to become the commercial capital of Europe.
www.ramadadocklands.co.uk /Default.asp?page=21   (153 words)

  
 Docklands Information - London Discount Hotel
The futuristic London's Docklands is situated to the east of the city across the Thames from Greenwich.
The Docklands area is well served by the Docklands Light Railway, a driverless monorail train powered by computer and is also linked by the Jubilee Line to the centre of London.
As the Docklands is near the River Thames, the majority of river cruises either start or end here and this is one of the most pleasant ways of travelling down through London and seeing the city from a different perspective.
www.london-discount-hotel.com /Docklands_information   (261 words)

  
 London docks, a photo study of London's docklands in 1980
London's been a major port since Roman times, growing in importance after the Industrial Revolution and the development of the Empire.
The docks have helped London become one of the greatest trading cities in the world, and created its cosmopolitan nature with waves of Jewish immigrants arriving in 1653, French Protestant Huguenot silk weavers in 1685, followed by Jewish settlers from Poland, Romania and Russia between 1870 and 1914.
The establishment of the London Docklands Development Corporation - fiercely opposed by local boroughs, Tower Hamlets, Newham and South - in 1981 kick-started an immense program of regeneration in the area.
www.urban75.org /london/docks.html   (543 words)

  
 Ramada Hotel and Suites, London, Docklands
Built in a dramatic riverside location in the rejuvenated London Docklands, the Ramada Hotel and Suites provides outstanding guest care and facilities in a stunning new contemporary development.
This leading London location is easily accessed from Stansted Airport just along the M11, with great connections to the A12 and A13.
Ramada Hotel and Suites London Docklands can be booked in exactly the same way as a hotel: simply complete and submit the secure online booking form.
www.central-london-apartments.com /ramada-hotel-and-suites-london-docklands.htm   (918 words)

  
 Docklands Light Railway - London 2012 - Docklands Light Railway
Mayor of London Ken Livingstone and Transport Minister Karen Buck were also on hand at the latest extension to the DLR.
Lord Coe, Chairman of London 2012, said: "Having only last week agreed with the International Olympic Committee the key transport milestones towards 2012, this is timely and impressive evidence of London's ability to deliver on its promises.
The next stage of the DLR expansion will be the 2.5km extension from King George V under the Thames to Woolwich Arsenal, proposed venue for the 2012 shooting events.
www.london-2012.co.uk /Docklands-Light-Railway   (438 words)

  
 Serviced Offices Docklands - London Office Space
This Commercial Property offers self-contained furnished offices in a variety of sizes from 495sq.ft. to 1,200sq.ft. The space on offer is flexible and the office units can be combined to provide larger office suites where required.
This pleasant open plan office is situated in Victorian Docklands Wharf.
Offering high quality unfurnished managed office space on licenses from 1 year which are tastefully decorated and benefit from a manned reception, meet and greet service, telephone answering, secretarial support and break out areas.
www.londonofficespace.com /docklands   (567 words)

  
 London's Docklands: Modern, Exciting and Cheap(er) | Frommers.com
Most visitors to London spend the vast majority of their time in the West End and the City, where the history, pageantry, art and architecture of England, and of Britain, is centered.
Now the area foretells the London of the future, with masses of gleaming skyscrapers (many occupied by banks and insurance companies), Britain's tallest building (One Canada Place), acres of underground malls, a tangle of new highways, roads and rail lines, and the beginnings of a cultural life of its own.
The fascinating story of London's docks is traced through the museum's three floors, from the late 18th century through the imperial period, World War II and to the present.
www.frommers.com /rss/articles/4006.html   (1537 words)

  
 Docklands, London
To the east of the City lies the largest redevelopment area in London, the disused "upstream" docks of Wapping, Limehouse and Poplar, Surrey Docks, Isle of Dogs and Royal Docks.
A bridge spanning to the shore of Docklands in London.
Guided tours of Docklands are available from the Visitor Centre, focusing both on the history and future of the area.
www.planetware.com /london/docklands-eng-l-do.htm   (228 words)

  
 London's Docklands: Modern, Exciting and Cheap(er) | Frommers.com
Most visitors to London spend the vast majority of their time in the West End and the City, where the history, pageantry, art and architecture of England, and of Britain, is centered.
Now the area foretells the London of the future, with masses of gleaming skyscrapers (many occupied by banks and insurance companies), Britain's tallest building (One Canada Place), acres of underground malls, a tangle of new highways, roads and rail lines, and the beginnings of a cultural life of its own.
The fascinating story of London's docks is traced through the museum's three floors, from the late 18th century through the imperial period, World War II and to the present.
frommers.com /articles/4006.html   (1562 words)

  
 Docklands Light Railway, London
The Docklands Light Railway (DLR) is a modern urban transport system (the trains are driven solely by computer), which provides the essential communications for the Docklands area.
Between the stations of Gateway and Poplar the line follows the route of the earliest railroad in London, the London and Blackwall, constructed in 1840, which linked the City and the port.
In the other direction one stretch follows the route of the Northern London Railway which was built in the 1850s to provide transport from the East and West India Docks to the industrial areas of the Midlands and the North.
www.planetware.com /london/docklands-light-railway-eng-l-dlr.htm   (208 words)

  
 Crowne Plaza London - Docklands, London, E16 - City Hotels
It is also conveniently situated within five minutes of London City Airport & close to Canary Wharf.
London City Airport (one mile east of Crowne Plaza London - Docklands) is the leading airport in Europe, dedicated to the business traveller.
From London City Airport by car: Exit the airport towards the airport roundabout, then take the 2nd exit to the 2nd roundabout.
www.city-airport-hotels-london.co.uk /crowne_plaza_london_docklands_london.htm   (619 words)

  
 Museum in Docklands - Regeneration
By the late 1960s the effects of the closure of London’s docks were obvious and unemployment was growing in London’s riverside boroughs.
In 1976 the Docklands Joint Committee (formed of representatives of the local authorities and GLC) produced a Strategic Plan to develop the area but it was largely frustrated by political disagreement and lack of money.
In 1981 Margaret Thatcher’s recently elected Conservative Government established the London Docklands Development Corporation (LDDC) to manage the redevelopment of 8.5 square miles, which included 1756 acres of former dock land and 417 acres of dock basins.
www.museumindocklands.org.uk /English/EventsExhibitions/Themes/Regeneration.htm   (629 words)

  
 London Docklands - Regeneration
LONDON City Airport has been, and remains, a key player in the regeneration of London's Docklands.
It was a flagship project for the London Docklands Development Corporation (LDDC), the government agency which took the lead in managing the regeneration of the area between July 1981 and March 1998.
There is, for example, control of the height of buildings to ensure that the airspace used by aircraft in the air is sufficiently free of obstacles to ensure their safety.
www.lcacc.org /regeneration   (349 words)

  
 BBC - London - Entertainment - Docklands and Stratford
The staff are always friendly, they have Adnams and London Pride on draft, a jukebox which is always on and  a courtyard beer garden.
Charting an unfamiliar area of London's history, the Museum in Docklands tells the story of the river, port and its people, from the arrival of the Romans to the rise of Canary Wharf.
This East End Park is often neglected by Londoners from other parts of the city, but locals will agree it's a fantastic spot to spend a summer's day.
www.bbc.co.uk /london/content/articles/2005/08/10/local_docklands_feature.shtml   (4947 words)

  
 London Docklands
From Tower Bridge to the Royal Docks and the Isle of Dogs is one of the oldest areas of London, containing the wharfs, warehouses and ports along the River Thames.
Throughout the Docklands, there are restaurants, shops, apartment and town house developments (with a distinct Canadian flavour) sometimes mingling with some of the oldest streets in London
It used to be a spice warehouse (18th century) but now it's an inn with vaulted ceilings and fairly decent place to eat.
www.travellondon.com /templates/attractions/docklands.html   (310 words)

  
 Flickr: Docklands Light Railway
Last Train To North Woolwich is an attempt to document the last months of the east end of the North London Line.
London groups: The London group contains details of other Flickr groups in the capital.
But there is a group for Canary Wharf and a general Docklands pool, while you should change at Pudding Mill Lane for London 2012.
www.flickr.com /groups/docklandslightrailway   (212 words)

  
 Ramada London Docklands: Home
Built in a dramatic waterfront location in the rejuvenated London Docklands, the Ramada Hotel and Suites provides excellent guest care and facilities in a stunning new contemporary development.
The Docklands are home to London City Airport and ExCeL, London’s premier events venue, whilst also on the doorstep is Canary Wharf.
Easily connected by the A12 and A13 as well as the award winning Docklands Light Rail at Prince Regent station, London's heartland is within easy travelling distance of this Docklands hotel.
www.ramadadocklands.co.uk   (159 words)

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