Limehouse has been famous for its long-standing Chinese community, and Oscare ilde describes the opium dens here in A Picture of Dorian Gray.
Limehouse basin is the eastern end of the Regent's Canal. You can also walk up to the Lee Navigation from here. The area around the basin has been redeveloped into flats. The station is now DLR and 'c2c' rail.
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St Anne's is a noted Hawksmoor church just off Commercial Rd:
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Nearby is the Limehouse Institute, now also flats:
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(Sorry, this camera is rubbish isn't it?)
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