Isle of Dogs

Isle of Dogs is also a play by Thomas Nashe and Ben Jonson.

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The Isle of Dogs is a peninsula into the River Thames. It is to be found in the East End of London, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is also considered part of Docklands, an area designated in 1981 by the British Government for redevelopment by the London Docklands Development Corporation (LDDC).

The area could be now considered an island since the West India Docks were developed, but the Isle of Dogs is generally considered to extend north of the docks, covering the whole peninsula.

It was the site of the highest concentration of council housing in England, but now it is also known as the site of the Canary Wharf development built on Poplar Gut. 1 Canada Square, also known as The Canary Wharf Tower, is the tallest building in Britain at 244 metres.

The area includes Millwall, Cubitt Town, and Blackwall. North Greenwich is no longer a name applied to the southern end of the island.

It is an area of social extremes, encompassing some of the most expensive and luxurious housing and offices, while Blackwall is the 81st poorest ward in England out of over 8,000.

Stanley Kubrick's Vietnam war movie Full Metal Jacket was filmed there due to Kubrick's unwillingness to leave Britain.

Nearest places:

• Poplar
• Limehouse
• Rotherhithe
• Stepney
• Deptford
• Greenwich

Tube and DLR stations on the Island are:

• Canary Wharf tube station
• Canary Wharf DLR station
• Crossharbour DLR station
• Heron Quays DLR station
• Island Gardens DLR station
• Mudchute DLR station
• South Quay DLR station
• West India Quay DLR station