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The Docklands Sailing & Watersports Centre, opened in 1989, with £1.2 million funding from the London Docklands Development Corporation and the Sports Council, has access to 25 acres of sheltered water. This westerly end of Millwall Dock gives city people the chance to get out on the open water. Located at the outer dock, the centre also has direct access to the River Thames. The dock's East, West aspect takes advantage of the prevailing wind and provides good, safe sailing conditions, even for beginners. They have a selection of fleets of boats to suit all abilities including Wayfarer Dinghies and Omegas. Regular sailing races take place Sunday daytime and Monday evenings. A variety of other watersports on offer include dragon boating, rowing, canoeing and power boating.
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London > Hotels > Budget Chain Hotel
Silvertown Way, E16 | 2 miles from Docklands Sailing & Watersports Centre
The shimmering business parks of the Docklands are a tribute to the spirit of modernity, and this clean, efficient hotel, with air conditioning and Wi-Fi throughout ... More
London > Hotels > Mid-Range Chain Hotel
5 Cavell Street, E1 | 2 miles from Docklands Sailing & Watersports Centre
Perfectly located in the heart of the East End, this new generation Holiday Inn offers a quiet retreat away from the hustle and bustle of the ... More
London > Hotels > Mid-Range Chain Hotel
Royal Victoria Dock, E161FA | 2.1 miles from Docklands Sailing & Watersports Centre
Providing work for those who have previously struggled, the Good Hotel has earned its name. The striking hotel, which can be found floating at the historic ... More
Alternative Sports Facilities nearest Docklands Sailing & Watersports Centre

London > Leisure > Sports Facilities
5-15 Old Ford Road, Tower Hamlets, London E2 | 2.8 miles from Docklands Sailing & Watersports Centre
York Hall Leisure Centre in Bethnal Green includes a gym, day spa, 33-metre swimming pool, Turkish bath and offers a wide range of exercise classes but ... More

London > Leisure > Sports Facilities
Hornfair Park, Shooters Hill Road, SE18 | 3.1 miles from Docklands Sailing & Watersports Centre
With the help of an Olympic Legacy investment of over �4 million, Charlton Lido has been given a major upgrade. Part of the ... More

London > Leisure > Sports Facilities
Norman Street, Clerkenwell, London EC1V | 3.8 miles from Docklands Sailing & Watersports Centre
Excellent fencing courses for beginners with highly trained coaches, good facilities and years of experience teaching this ancient, noble sport. Fencing is very good fun and ... More
Leisure near Docklands Sailing & Watersports Centre

London > Leisure > Parks and Gardens
West India Quay, Tower Hamlets, London E14 | 15 minutes from Docklands Sailing & Watersports Centre
With its semi open-air timber lattice roof the Crossrail Place Roof Garden on top of the Crossrail station in Canary Wharf provides a welcoming public space, ... More

London > Leisure >
1 Crossrail Place, Level Minus 2, E14 | 15 minutes from Docklands Sailing & Watersports Centre
Set up by LA based celebrity trainer Barry Jay in 1998, Barry's Bootcamp is a one-stop cardio and ... More

London > Leisure > Activities
Unit 4, Wood Wharf, Preston Road, Canary Wharf, Tower Hamlets, London E14 | 15 minutes from Docklands Sailing & Watersports Centre
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Entertainment near Docklands Sailing & Watersports Centre

London > Entertainment > Live Music
269 Westferry Road, Tower Hamlets, London E14 | 3 minutes from Docklands Sailing & Watersports Centre
It's not all music hall these days down in the East End. This multi-arts centre on the Isle of Dogs gives the locals a chance to ... More

London > Entertainment > Cinemas
Crossrail Place Level 2, Tower Hamlets, London E14 | 15 minutes from Docklands Sailing & Watersports Centre
The Everyman Cinema on level 2 of Crossrail Place - the brand's fifth cinema in the capital - sits within the six storey Canary Wharf Crossrail ... More

London > Entertainment > Theatres
Canada Square Park, Tower Hamlets, London E14 | 15 minutes from Docklands Sailing & Watersports Centre
The Spiegeltent at Canary Wharf comes to Canada Square Park in September for 11 days of comedy, music, kids activities, dance, cabaret, acrobatics and kids theatre. ... More
Sights and Attractions near Docklands Sailing & Watersports Centre

London > Attractions > Attractions for Kids
Rotherhithe Street, Southwark, London SE16 | 10 minutes from Docklands Sailing & Watersports Centre
All the animals on this 2.2 acre city farm on the south bank of the river Thames in Rotherhithe are organically reared. Donkeys, goats and sheep ... More

London > Attractions > Attractions for Kids
Pier Street, Isle of Dogs, Tower Hamlets, London E14 | 13 minutes from Docklands Sailing & Watersports Centre
Located in the middle of the Isle of Dogs, Mudchute Farm and Park is one of the largest of London's city farms, covering a 32 acre ... More

London > Attractions > Parks and Gardens
Canada Square, Tower Hamlets, London E14 | 15 minutes from Docklands Sailing & Watersports Centre
Open space in the centre of Canary Wharf, Canada Square Park is a popular outdoor area for concerts and screenings of sporting events in the ... More


Shopping near Docklands Sailing & Watersports Centre

London > Shopping >
Bank Street, Tower Hamlets, London E14 | 12 minutes from Docklands Sailing & Watersports Centre
Jubilee Place Mall, an underground shopping mall on the south side of Canary Wharf, offers shoppers a choice of fashion, pharmacies, cafes and restaurants. In November ... More

London > Shopping > Food and Drink Shops
Cabot Place West, Tower Hamlets, London E14 | 15 minutes from Docklands Sailing & Watersports Centre
This long-established chocolatier, set up in 1875 at the behest of Edward VII, has been making the finest chocolate in traditional French style for 130 years. ... More

London > Shopping > Markets
Trafalgar Way, Tower Hamlets, London E14 | 18 minutes from Docklands Sailing & Watersports Centre
Originally a general market for corn, coal, iron, wine, salt, pottery, fish and other goods, Billingsgate is now the only London-based market dedicated to fish. From ... More
Restaurants near Docklands Sailing & Watersports Centre

London > Restaurants >
20 Crossharbour Plaza, E14 | 9 minutes from Docklands Sailing & Watersports Centre
High up on the 20th floor of co-working space The Collective Canary Wharf, Mthr is the restaurant and rooftop gathering point for the whole building - ... More

London > Restaurants > Indian/South Asian restaurants
25 Westferry Road, Tower Hamlets, Tower Hamlets, London E14 | 9 minutes from Docklands Sailing & Watersports Centre
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London > Restaurants > Modern European restaurants
Novotel London Canary Wharf, 40 Marsh Wall, E14 | 9 minutes from Docklands Sailing & Watersports Centre
On the 37th, 38th and 39th floors of the Novotel in Canary Wharf, Bokan gives diners panoramic views of London's famous financial district. Aurelie Altemaire, formerly ... More
Education near Docklands Sailing & Watersports Centre

London > Education > Adult Education
121 Roman Road, Tower Hamlets, London E2 | 2.6 miles from Docklands Sailing & Watersports Centre
For 30 years Four Corners has been training, producing and supporting the full range of film and photographic requirements. Services on offer include filmmaking facilities and ... More

London > Education > Universities and Colleges
Maritime Greenwich University Campus, Park Row, SE10 | 22 minutes from Docklands Sailing & Watersports Centre
The main University of Greenwich campus boasts a picturesque setting on a World Heritage Site on the banks of the River Thames within three baroque buildings ... More

London > Education > Adult Education
41 Hopewell Square City Island, South Kensington, London E14 | 36 minutes from Docklands Sailing & Watersports Centre
The English National Ballet, founded by Alicia Markova and Anton Dolin in 1950, moved into its current purpose-built East London home on ... More
Leisure near Docklands Sailing & Watersports Centre

London > Leisure > Parks and Gardens
West India Quay, Tower Hamlets, London E14 | 15 minutes from Docklands Sailing & Watersports Centre
With its semi open-air timber lattice roof the Crossrail Place Roof Garden on top of the Crossrail station in Canary Wharf provides a welcoming public space, ... More

London > Leisure >
1 Crossrail Place, Level Minus 2, E14 | 15 minutes from Docklands Sailing & Watersports Centre
Set up by LA based celebrity trainer Barry Jay in 1998, Barry's Bootcamp is a one-stop cardio and ... More

London > Leisure > Activities
Unit 4, Wood Wharf, Preston Road, Canary Wharf, Tower Hamlets, London E14 | 15 minutes from Docklands Sailing & Watersports Centre
This fab game emerged in 1980 and has taken the world by storm. Popular with adrenalin junkies, paintballing is an action-packed, mission-driven past-time that is ... More
Pubs near Docklands Sailing & Watersports Centre

London > Nightlife > Pubs
Greenland Dock, off Rope Street, Southwark, London SE16 | 8 minutes from Docklands Sailing & Watersports Centre
Cute, unpretentious bar housed on a boat docked in the Thames. A world away from the bustling, brash mainstream bars, pubs and clubs of central London, is ... More

London > Restaurants > Gastropub
27 Coldharbour, Docklands, Tower Hamlets, London E14 | 18 minutes from Docklands Sailing & Watersports Centre
This 250-year-old pub was a sailor's favourite, home to smugglers and site of secret trysts between Lord Nelson and Emma Hamilton. Closed down by ... More

London > Nightlife > Pubs
60 Greenwich Church Street, SE10 | 21 minutes from Docklands Sailing & Watersports Centre
in the shadow of the Cutty Sark , the grade I listed pub the Gipsy Moth has a large outdoor seating area, ... More
Nightlife near Docklands Sailing & Watersports Centre

London > Nightlife > Bars
29-35 Mackenzie Walk, Canary Wharf, E14 | 14 minutes from Docklands Sailing & Watersports Centre
A destination bar with a modern edge, No 35 Mackenzie Walk brings all the signature ... More

London > Nightlife > Wine Bars
25 Cabot Square, E14 | 15 minutes from Docklands Sailing & Watersports Centre
A self-serve wine bar, Vagabond first started in Fulham in 2010 and has since gone ... More

London > Nightlife > Wine Bars
31 Fisherman's Walk, Tower Hamlets, London E14 | 16 minutes from Docklands Sailing & Watersports Centre
At ground floor level on Fisherman’s Walk at Canary Wharf, tables, chairs and merry-makers spill out of doors on to the riverside during the summer months. ... More
Meeting venue hire near Docklands Sailing & Watersports Centre

London > Business > Venue Hire
No.1 Warehouse, West India Quay, Hertsmere Road, Tower Hamlets, London E14 | 18 minutes from Docklands Sailing & Watersports Centre
In keeping with its waterside location, the Museum of London Docklands focuses on the history of the East End with particular emphasis on the River Thames ... More

London > Business > Venue Hire
Greenwich Foundation for the Old Royal Naval College, 2, Cutty Sark Gardens, Greenwich, SE10 | 20 minutes from Docklands Sailing & Watersports Centre
The Old Royal Naval College was built on the site of the Tudor Palace in Greenwich in which Henry VIII and Elizabeth I were born. William ... More

London > Business > Venue Hire
Creekside, Deptford, SE8 | 21 minutes from Docklands Sailing & Watersports Centre
Tate Modern architects Herzog & de Meuron went for a shimmering, plastic-clad building when tasked with designing the Laban building, a place where excellence in contemporary ... More
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