LONDON CITY ISLAND
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LONDON’S MOST CONNECTED LOCATION, WITH FAST ACCESS TO CANARY WHARF, THE WEST END, THE CITY & BEYOND. GET FROM YOUR FRONT DOOR TO BOND STREET IN 20 MINUTES. Excellent transport links mean London City Island is very much part of the wider metropolis, with some of London’s best places to shop, work and play within easy reach. Major hub station Canning Town, located just minutes away across the new Island Bridge, offers speedy access to central London and the Square Mile. City Airport serves international destinations as well as European. This connectivity is powering London City Island’s evolution into a magnetic destination for the capital, a maritime setting infused with the energy of London’s key cultural quarters. These links will soon be further enhanced by Crossrail - the high-speed rail link connecting East London and the West at nearby Custom House.
It’s a short trip to the vibrant nightlife and shopping of Shoreditch and Dalston, now home to several cinemas and countless galleries in all shapes and sizes. There are iconic and historic markets such as those at Spitalfields, Columbia Rd and London Fields. There’s Stratford, with the Olympic Park and Westfield shopping centre, offering almost two million square feet of shops and eateries plus a 17-screen Vue cinema and a casino. And there’s Whitechapel with one of London’s finest galleries as well as world-famous curry houses like Tayyab’s and Lahore. Not to mention the beguiling walkways and ornate riverboats to be explored along the middle sections of the River Lea itself, or the remarkable views of the Thames to be witnessed further east at the awardwinning Thames Barrier Park.
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Right across the water, the Greenwich Peninsula (reachable by the spectacular Emirates Cable Car or just one stop on the Jubilee Line) houses the vast entertainment complex of the O2 Arena as well as Ravensbourne College, the Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park and public art that includes a 30-metre-high sculpture by Antony Gormley. The nearby Excel Centre is host to a constant stream of visitors who come for an event programme exploring everything from fine wine to fine boats.