Ideally located between the City and Canary Wharf, Limehouse is a riverside neighbourhood in east London which is popular with financial types looking to walk or cycle to work. The riverside neighbourhood of Limehouse has really improved over the years. It is now a well-established, clean, residential quarter of east London, but its past tells a different story.

Limehouse’s history was always interlinked with the sea, as a thriving docklands community of the good, the bad and some very dodgy dealers who made their money in imaginative ways. When the docks closed it suffered, and was viewed as a remote, alien place where you roamed at your peril.

With the rise of Canary Wharf came the chance of revival and within 25 years Limehouse was transformed into a upmarket enclave of riverside homes for bankers and City types.

Property scene

Limehouse has a handful of fine Georgian houses, most north of the historic Narrow Street. The York Square conservation area has streets of pretty, flat-fronted, early Victorian cottages.

There are characterful warehouse conversions and many new-build flats clustered around Limehouse Basin and overlooking Limehouse Cut, London’s oldest canal.

Lifestyle

Limehouse offers residents a number of different coffee shops including Husk Coffee & Creative Space, Vesuvio café and Verde to name a few. There is an Italian restaurant along Narrow Street and local supermarkets are located close to Limehouse station.

The area has two famous riverside pubs, both in Narrow Street the historic Grapes owned by Sir Ian McKellen, and The Narrow gastropub, owned by celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay.

The Thames path allows a joyful walk along the River and provides quick and easy access into Canary Wharf and Wapping.

Open space

Ropemakers Field is a landscaped park between Limehouse Basin and Narrow Street. Mile End Park is a linear park which stretches from Southwater Close in Limehouse to Victoria Park and has an ecology park, arts centre, café, athletics track, skate park, climbing wall and go kart track. There are walks along the Limehouse Cut and Limehouse Canal.

Schools

Primary school: Sir William Burrough / Cyril Jackson / Cayley / Stepney Greencoat / Marion Richardson.

Comprehensive: Sir John Cass / Bishop Challoner RC / Bishop Challoner RC boys school / Stepney Green.

Travel

Limehouse station is on the DLR and is only two stops from Bank. There are a number of different bus routes towards Canary Wharf and towards Aldgate and Wapping.

Postcode

Limehouse falls under the E14 postcode and is part of the borough of Tower Hamlets.