Poplar, London

GPTKB entity

Statements (45)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:district
gptkbp:adjacentTo gptkb:Canary_Wharf
gptkb:Limehouse
gptkb:Blackwall
shooting
Canning Town
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:dialCode 020
gptkbp:fareZone gptkb:Zone_2
gptkbp:governedBy gptkb:Tower_Hamlets_London_Borough_Council
gptkbp:historicalCounty gptkb:Middlesex
gptkbp:historicalEvent heavily bombed during the Blitz
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Poplar, London
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:London
gptkb:London_Borough_of_Tower_Hamlets
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Poplar_Rates_Rebellion
gptkbp:notableFeature Regeneration after WWII
close to River Thames
part of Docklands redevelopment
site of 1951 Festival of Britain housing exhibition (Lansbury Estate)
gptkbp:notableIndustry docks
engineering
shipbuilding
gptkbp:notableInstitution gptkb:George_Green's_School
gptkb:All_Saints_Church,_Poplar
gptkb:Langdon_Park_School
gptkb:St_Matthias_Old_Church
gptkbp:notableLandmark gptkb:Balfron_Tower
gptkb:Bartlett_Park
gptkb:Lansbury_Estate
gptkb:Poplar_Recreation_Ground
gptkb:Chrisp_Street_Market
gptkb:Trinity_Buoy_Wharf
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Harry_Redknapp
gptkb:Vera_Lynn
Alfred Hitchcock (briefly lived)
gptkbp:osGridReference TQ375805
gptkbp:parliamentaryConstituency gptkb:Poplar_and_Limehouse
gptkbp:population approximately 15,000 (2021 estimate)
gptkbp:postcodeDistrict E14
gptkbp:region gptkb:East_London
gptkbp:servedBy gptkb:All_Saints_DLR_station
gptkb:Poplar_DLR_station
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Call_the_Midwife
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5