Shadwell Basin View Central London Great Britain Editorial Photo

Shadwell Basin was part of the London Docks at Wapping, London, England and part of the wider docks of the Port of London. Today Shadwell Basin is one the most significant bodies of water surviving from the historical London Docks. It is now a maritime square used for recreational purposes and is surrounded on three sides by a waterside housing development.The residential buildings are four and five storeys with façades of alternating open arches and enclosed structure, echoing the scale of traditional 19th century dockside warehouses, with a colonnade at quayside. Shadwell Basin is a popular public route for cyclists, joggers and pedestrians with a walkway alongside the water as part of the linked open spaces and canals between the river and Hermitage Basin near St Katharine Docks to the west.Photo taken on August 13th 2016,London UK