Docklands

Canary Wharf - Click to expand Half-day visit to DOCKLANDS - the Travelcard is an invaluable means of moving quickly around London. It can be used on trains, tubes, buses and the Docklands Light Railway which starts from Bank underground station.

On Sunday mornings, before boarding the driverless railway, find bargains in the raucous open air market off Petticoat Lane. Older groups should get off at Shadwell and walk down to the oldest riverside pub in London, the Prospect of Whitby. After suitable libations and toasts to the ghosts of former revellers, Dickens and Samuel Pepys, move on to the Isle of Dogs (supposedly called because the Royal Family kept kennels in the area). Relax in Cabot Square in the heart of this world famous complex.

Isle of Dogs - Click to expand Canary Wharf, the second largest building in Europe, dominates the Isle of Dogs. Fortunately, London's soil cannot support skyscrapers without first sinking immense rafts of cement, so London's skyline will never rival New York's!

Walk to the bottom of the Isle, stopping at the Visitor's Centre and cross under the Thames via the foot tunnel to arrive in Greenwich, home of the Royal Observatory, the National Maritime Museum and Cutty Sark, the fastest sailing ship of her time.

Website: www.dlr.co.uk

Nearby attractions: Royal Observatory , National Maritime Museum, Cutty Sark

Docklands Light Railway: Canary Wharf