{"id":26498,"date":"2025-08-31T17:37:48","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T16:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/eventbrite-event\/walking-tour-limehouse-a-hamlet-in-docklands\/"},"modified":"2025-08-31T17:37:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T16:37:48","slug":"walking-tour-limehouse-a-hamlet-in-docklands","status":"publish","type":"eventbrite_events","link":"https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/eventbrite-event\/walking-tour-limehouse-a-hamlet-in-docklands\/","title":{"rendered":"Walking Tour &#8211; Limehouse: A Hamlet in Docklands"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Finding the maritime past in modern Docklands: stories of opium dens, Dickens, docks and more, wonderful buildings and stunning river views!<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 20px\">\n<div style=\"margin: 20px 10px;font-size: 15px;line-height: 22px;font-weight: 400;text-align: left\">\n<p><em><em>The roads and riverside of Limehouse reveal evidence of its centuries-long connections with the sea and maritime trades and of its long journey from tiny riverside village \u2013 one of the \u201ctower hamlets\u201d \u2013 to today\u2019s modern docklands district. Sailors passing through made it a truly cosmopolitan area\u2013 home to London\u2019s first Chinatown \u2013 a bustling hive of industry with a dark side which philanthropists sought to address and some writers sought to exploit in sensational stories. Our walk takes us to the sublime St Anne\u2019s church and Narrow Street\u2019s fine 17th century house-fronts, to palatial sailors\u2019 hostels, well- preserved 19th century warehouses and one of the very oldest urban railway viaducts, taking in splendid river views to Canary Wharf and the City along the way.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><em>We meet just outside Westferry DLR station, at the end of Limehouse Causeway, by the Spice Merchant restaurant.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><em>The walk lasts about two hours and ends very near Limehouse DLR station. The walk is largely on flat ground. There are a few flights of stairs <\/em><\/em><em><em>(6-12 steps), but these can be avoided if required.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 20px 0;line-height: 22px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.evbuc.com\/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.evbuc.com%2Fimages%2F825934649%2F27726720881%2F1%2Foriginal.20240813-105935?h=740&amp;w=1200&amp;auto=format%2Ccompress&amp;q=75&amp;sharp=10&amp;s=434fd8091c8bab2bbf8aadc638b8b4df\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%;height: auto\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 20px 0;line-height: 22px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.evbuc.com\/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.evbuc.com%2Fimages%2F825935149%2F27726720881%2F1%2Foriginal.20240813-110000?h=740&amp;w=1200&amp;auto=format%2Ccompress&amp;q=75&amp;sharp=10&amp;rect=339%2C0%2C3201%2C2654&amp;s=7a2c73e5a56396c76f8fd487fea191a5\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%;height: auto\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 20px 0;line-height: 22px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.evbuc.com\/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.evbuc.com%2Fimages%2F825935429%2F27726720881%2F1%2Foriginal.20240813-110122?h=740&amp;w=1200&amp;auto=format%2Ccompress&amp;q=75&amp;sharp=10&amp;s=f1ced0010e51c9bcbe98d8a7dbb2d89b\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%;height: auto\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 20px 0;line-height: 22px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.evbuc.com\/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.evbuc.com%2Fimages%2F825935589%2F27726720881%2F1%2Foriginal.20240813-110148?h=740&amp;w=1200&amp;auto=format%2Ccompress&amp;q=75&amp;sharp=10&amp;s=e8bf06a155346c2c0871abdcb8e31b37\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%;height: auto\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finding the maritime past in modern Docklands: stories of opium dens, Dickens, docks and more, wonderful buildings and stunning river views! 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