Welcome to Isle of Dogs and Canary Wharf

The famous 'U' bend in the River Thames borders the Isle of Dogs with the tallest building in Britain, Canary Wharf, marking out this thriving community.

Much of the London docklands area is concentrated around the Isle of Dogs. In the last 10 years it has undergone a massive, landscape-changing redevelopment.

The area comprises a blend of restored warehouses and historic buildings, contemporary housing complexes and office developments, many with award-winning glass and steel designs.

Many international celebrities have taken penthouse apartments on the Isle including Cher and Robert de Niro.

The high rise towers have an impressive, futuristic feel with the beacon of Canary Wharf visible for miles across London. This 244 metre, pyramid-topped building stands on the site of a former dock for exotic goods from the Canary Islands.

After the docks closed, regeneration started here with tentative, small scale steps, some of which you can see in Heron Quays. Then came the big, sweeping vision of today's Canary Wharf. At first, many people derided it .The theory was produced that no city had ever

successfully expanded to the east, a spectacular piece of nonsense. Critics forgot that it takes time for people to get used to big developments - it took ten years after the Empire State Building's completion in New York before the first tenants moved in.