Canary Wharf Pier
Canary Wharf Pier is a pier on the River Thames near Canary Wharf. This one is within Tower Hamlets’ built-up area. Add Tower of London, 3.3 km away, to a visit; it leads 574 places within 15 km.
Pier in Tower Hamlets
Inside Tower Hamlets
Canary Wharf Pier is inside Tower Hamlets’ built-up area, with 133 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Weather, month by month
In Tower Hamlets, May to September bring the warmest days: highs of 19–24°C.
Canary Wharf Pier
Articles on it exist in 3 languages.
- Type
- Pier
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 3 languages
- Town
- in Tower Hamlets
Canary Wharf Pier at a glance
Orange shows Canary Wharf Pier; numbers mark the places near it.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Tower Hamlets’ built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns a short way from Canary Wharf Pier
The most populous of the 8 is Newham, at 351,065. All of these towns include it on their pages.
Tower Hamlets
Southwark
Lewisham
Greenwich
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Canary Wharf Pier is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tower Hamlets | It’s in town | 311,072 | 430 |
| Southwark | 200 m southwest of it | 307,076 | 471 |
| Lewisham | 1.4 km south of it | 300,764 | 218 |
| Greenwich | 1.9 km southeast of it | 288,117 | 125 |
| Newham | 2.1 km northeast of it | 351,065 | 133 |
| City of London | 3.1 km west of it | 7,820 | 432 |
| Hackney | 3.6 km northwest of it | 258,464 | 407 |
| Islington | 4.3 km northwest of it | 216,309 | 425 |
Next door to Canary Wharf Pier
Within 15 km are 574 places, among them 2 museums, 2 cathedrals and a castle.
Big drawCastleTower of London3.3 km away · 2.7M visitors a year (2016)2
Big drawMuseumBritish Museum7 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)3
Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey6.9 km away4
CathedralSt Paul's Cathedral4.9 km away5
AttractionElizabeth Tower6.7 km away6MuseumMuseumRoyal Observatory Greenwich3.6 km away7
Historic houseBuckingham Palace7.9 km away8
Big drawArt galleryTate Modern4.9 km away · 1.2M visitors a year (2021)Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Planning a visit to Canary Wharf Pier
Where is Canary Wharf Pier?
Canary Wharf Pier is in Tower Hamlets, London, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Canary Wharf Pier?
Pier on the River Thames near Canary Wharf.
When is the best time to visit Canary Wharf Pier?
May to September are the warmest months in Tower Hamlets, with afternoon highs of 19–24°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Canary Wharf Pier?
Within 15 km: Tower of London (3.3 km), British Museum (7 km), Westminster Abbey (6.9 km) and St Paul's Cathedral (4.9 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (8)
- Canary Wharf Pier: mattbuck (category), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tower of London: Bob Collowan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- British Museum: Ham, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Westminster Abbey: Σπάρτακος, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Paul's Cathedral: Mark Fosh, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Tower: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Buckingham Palace: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tate Modern: Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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