London Borough of Tower Hamlets

The London Borough of Tower Hamlets is a London borough to the east of the City of London and north of the River Thames in East London.

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London borough - City of London - River Thames - East London

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The area has been known as the Tower Hamlets for centuries, originally literally referring to the small hamlets to the east of City of London near the Tower of London. The name derives from the ancient practice that those hamlets were required by law in the 16th century to provide yeomen for the Tower of London.

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Hamlet - City of London - Tower of London - 16th century - Yeomen

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The Borough itself was formed in 1965 out of the former Metropolitan Boroughs of Bethnal Green, Poplar and Stepney which formed the classic East End.

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1965 - Bethnal Green - Poplar - Stepney - East End

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In contrast to the rest of the borough, Tower Hamlets includes much of the redeveloped Docklands region of London, including West India Docks and Canary Wharf. Within this area are many of the tallest buildings in London.

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Docklands - West India Docks - Canary Wharf - Tallest buildings in London

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Tower Hamlets is one of five boroughs to host the London 2012 Summer Olympics and part of the borough is within the boundary of the Thames Gateway.

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2012 Summer Olympics - Thames Gateway

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Areas included in the borough:

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• Bethnal Green
• Bow
• Bromley-by-Bow
• Cambridge Heath
• Cubitt Town
• Isle of Dogs
• Limehouse
• Mile End
• Old Ford
• Poplar
• Shadwell
• Spitalfields
• Stepney
• Wapping
• Whitechapel
 
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