Cubitt Town

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Cubitt Town

Greater London
OS grid reference	TQ385795
London borough	Tower Hamlets
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LONDON
Postcode district	E14
Dial code	020
Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
Ambulance	London
London Assembly	City and East
European Parliament	London
List of places: UK • England • London

Cubitt Town is an area on the Isle of Dogs in Tower Hamlets in London, England. It is on the east of the Isle, facing Greenwich across the River Thames. To the west is Millwall, to the northwest Canary Wharf and to the north, across the Blue Bridge, Blackwall. It is named after William Cubitt, Lord Mayor of London 1860-1861, who was responsible for the development of the housing and amenities of the area in the 1840s and 1850s, mainly to house the growing population of workers in the local docks, shipbuilding yards and factories. Cubitt also created many local businesses employing manual labourers as well as the streets of housing to accommodate them.

It is served by the Docklands Light Railway stations Crossharbour and London Arena, Mudchute and Island Gardens .

Estates in the area include:

New Union Wharf Estate - East Thames Housing
Samuda Estate - Toynbee Island Homes
St Johns Estate - Toynbee Island Homes
Amsterdam Road - Private
Millennium Wharf - Private

The area is a curious mix of old East London working-class communities transplanted into '60s and '70s high-rise estates and the middle-class (in lifestyle if not in cultural or professional senses) workers in the Canary Wharf complex attracted by relatively low prices for riverside living, plus less recent Bangladeshi and East Asian immigrant populations.

Coordinates: 51.49748° N 0.00616° W