2011

TQ4280 : Royal Albert Dock and London City Airport

taken 13 years ago, near to London City Airport, Newham, England

Royal Albert Dock and London City Airport
Royal Albert Dock and London City Airport
The vast body of water is the former Royal Albert Dock. The airport is on the right. It would have been amazing to see the royal docks in use.
Royal Docks :: TQ4080

The Royal Docks are three large docks in East London, known as the Royal Victoria Dock (opened 1855), the Royal Albert Dock (opened 1880), and the King George V Dock (opened 1921).

During their heyday most of imported goods to London came through the Royal Docks which were the largest enclosed docks in the world. They were closed in the 1980's, and now form part of a redeveloped Docklands.

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London City Airport :: TQ4380

Opened in 1987, the airport is situated by the Royal Docks in the Borough of Newham. It has a single 1500m long runway, running between Royal Albert Dock and King George V dock.
In December 2005 the Docklands Light Railway was extended to the airport.
In 2011 almost 3.0 million passengers used the airport.

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Geographical Context: Air transport Docks, Harbours City: London Airport: London CIty Primary Subject: Dock other tags: Former Dock Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
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TQ4280, 300 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Chris Allen   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 21 August, 2011   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 19 June, 2022
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 4216 8064 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:30.4090N 0:2.8194E
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OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 4167 8061
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