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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 21/06/2026 01:30:00

A great loop of the river Thames almost encircles the Isle of Dogs, a low-lying peninsula in the east of London. Once a place of docks and marshes, it is now best known for the towers of Canary Wharf. The land is not truly an island but a tongue of ground wrapped on three sides by a sweeping bend of the river. Its odd name has been explained in many ways, none certain. For centuries it was open marsh, used for grazing, until great docks were dug here in the 19th century. The docks made it one ...