Bow Creek

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Bow Creek is the tidal lower reach of the River Lea in East London, forming part of the Lea’s confluence with the River Thames in a historically industrial docklands area.

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Bow Creek canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature
tidal river reach
waterway
adjacentTo Lea Mouth industrial area
former shipyards and wharves
historic East London docklands
confluenceWith River Thames
linked to: Thames
connectedTo Bow Back Rivers
Lee Navigation system
country England
United Kingdom
environmentalContext urban estuarine environment
flowsInto River Thames at Leamouth
flowsNear Blackwall
Bow
Bromley-by-Bow
flowsThrough Canning Town area
Leamouth
forms lower tidal reach of the River Lea
hasBridge A13 road bridge at Canning Town
Bow Creek Railway Bridge
Lower Lea Crossing
hasFeature intertidal habitats
meandering channel
tidal mudflats
historicalAssociation East London docks
linked to: London Docks

Port of London
historicalPeriod Victorian industrialisation
historicalUse docklands access channel
industrial waterway
locatedIn East End of London
East London
Greater London
London Borough of Newham
London Borough of Tower Hamlets
mouthOfWatercourse River Thames
linked to: Thames
nearLandmark Bow Creek Ecology Park
City Island development
Leamouth Peninsula
Trinity Buoy Wharf
nearTransport Canning Town station
East India DLR station
Star Lane DLR station
partOf River Lea
River Lea catchment
Thames river system
linked to: Thames
watercourseType tidal creek
tidal reach of a river

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