Isle of Dogs

Map showing the Isle of Dogs in 1899

The Isle of Dogs, is a geographic area of London made up of Millwall, Cubitt Town, Canary Wharf and parts of Blackwall, Limehouse and Poplar. It is locally called the island, It is in the East End of London and is bounded on three sides (east, south and west) by a large meander in the River Thames. The northern boundary has never been clearly defined but many people accept it to be the (former) line of the West India South Dock. The name Isle of Dogs had no official status until 1987, when Tower Hamlets London Borough Council created the Isle of Dogs Neighbourhood.

Isle Of Dogs Media

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  Isle of Dogs as shown in John Rocque's Map of London and ten miles around, 1746, showing the area before development

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  Aerial view of the Isle of Dogs in 2015. The O2 Arena can be seen on the Greenwich Peninsula to the right (east) of the Isle of Dogs.

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  The Isle of Dogs was historically part of the Manor, Hamlet and Parish of Poplar.

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  The wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar. The borough comprised Bow, Bromley-by-Bow and Poplar (including the Isle of Dogs).

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  East Ferry Road, Isle of Dogs

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  Heinkel He 111 bomber over the Surrey Commercial Docks in South London and Wapping and the Isle of Dogs in the East End of London on 7 September 1940