Langdon Park

Langdon Park is a DLR station in Poplar which opened in 2007.

Langdon Park was originally proposed to be called Carmen Street, but later took the name of the adjacent park.

Construction took just over a year at a cost of £10.5 million. The Mayor of London presided over its opening ceremony on 10 December 2007.
The station features three art installations by British artist Kate Davis.

Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence

Click here to explore another London street
We now have 612 completed street histories and 46888 partial histories
Find streets or residential blocks within the M25 by clicking STREETS

CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LOCALITY

colin Passfield Dora Street, E14 Added: 1 Jan 2021 15:28 GMT	Dora Street, E14 My grandmother was born in 1904 at 34 Dora Street Reply
Giraud Street, E14 Added: 16 Feb 2021 13:41 GMT	Giraud Street I lived in Giraud St in 1938/1939. I lived with my Mother May Lillian Allen & my brother James Allen (Known as Lenny) My name is Tom Allen and was evacuated to Surrey from Giraud St. I am now 90 years of age. Reply

LATEST LONDON-WIDE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROJECT

Loraine Brocklehurst Holcombe Road, N17 Added: 24 May 2023 14:00 GMT	Holcombe Road, N17 I lived at 23Holcombe Rd. with my parents, Grandfather , Aunt and Uncle in 1954. My Aunt and Uncle lived there until it was demolished. I’m not sure what year that was as we emigrated to Canada. Reply
Jen Williams Corfield Street, E2 Added: 20 May 2023 17:27 GMT	Corfield Street, E2 My mother was born in 193 Corfield Street in 1920.Her father was a policeman. Reply
sofia East Acton Added: 19 May 2023 08:57 GMT	43 MELLITUS STREET 43 MELLITUS STREET Reply
Milson Road, W14 Added: 17 May 2023 11:50 GMT	Milson Road (1908 - 1954) My grandparents and great grandparents and great great grandparents the Manley family lived at 33 Milson Road from 1908 to 1935. My grandad was born at 33 Milson Road. His parents George and Grace had all four of their chidren there. When his father Edward died his mother moved to 67 Milson in 1935 Road and lived there until 1954 (records found so far, it may be longer). Before that they lived in the Porten Road. I wonder if there is anyone that used to know them? My grandad was Charles ’Ted’ Manley, his parents were called George and Grace and George’s parents were called Edward and Bessie. George worked in a garage and Edward was a hairdresser. Reply
Rendlesham Road, E5 Added: 16 Apr 2023 15:55 GMT	Rendlesham Road, E5 I lived at 14 Rendlesham Road in the 1940s and 50s. The house belonged to my grandfather James Grosvenor who bought it in the 1920s for £200.I had a brother who lived in property until 1956 when he married. Local families were the paisleys, the Jenners and the family of Christopher Gable. Reply
Sandra Field Masons Place, EC1V Added: 15 Apr 2023 16:15 GMT	Removal Order Removal order from Shoreditch to Holborn, Jane Emma Hall, Single, 21 Pregnant. Born about 21 years since in Masons place in the parish of St Lukes. Source: Sign up Reply
Sue Germain Southwood Road, SE9 Added: 10 Apr 2023 08:35 GMT	Southwood Road, SE9 My great great grandfather lived in Time Villa, Southwood Rd around 1901. He owned several coffee houses in Whitechapel and in South London, including New Time Coffee House so either his house was named after the coffee house or vice versa. Reply
David Gleeson Campbell Road, N4 Added: 7 Apr 2023 22:19 GMT	MBE from Campbell Bunk (1897 - 1971) Walter Smith born at 43 Campbell Bunk was awarded the MBE in january honours list in 1971. A local councillor for services to the public. Reply

NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE

Chrisp Street Market Chrisp Street Market is the central marketplace and town centre of Poplar.

Chrisp Street Market

Church of St Michael and All Angels The Church of St Michael and All Angels, Poplar is a Grade II listed 19th-century brick-built church.

Church of St Michael and All Angels

Langdon Park Langdon Park is a DLR station in Poplar which opened in 2007.

Langdon Park

THE STREETS OF LANGDON PARK

Bright Street, E14 Bright Street is a road in the E14 postcode area

Bright Street, E14

Burcham Street, E14 Burcham Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area.

Burcham Street, E14

Byron Street, E14 Byron Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area.

Byron Street, E14

Chadbourn Street, E14 Chadbourn Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area.

Chadbourn Street, E14

Chorley Court, E14 Chorley Court can be found on Madeira Street.

Chorley Court, E14

Clutton Street, E14 This is a street in the E14 postcode area

Clutton Street, E14

Cobden Street, E14 Cobden Street was cleared in the 1950s to make way for Langdon Park.

Cobden Street, E14

Colmans Wharf, E14 Colmans Wharf is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area.

Colmans Wharf, E14

Cording Street, E14 Cording Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area.

Cording Street, E14

Daniel Bolt Close, E14 Daniel Bolt Close is a road in the E14 postcode area

Daniel Bolt Close, E14

Foundry House, E14 Foundry House is a building on Morris Road.

Foundry House, E14

Glenkerry House, E14 Glenkerry House is a housing block on the Brownfield Estate designed by the studio of the Brutalist architect Ernő Goldfinger.

Glenkerry House, E14

Hay Currie Street, E14 Hay Currie Street is a road in the E14 postcode area

Hay Currie Street, E14

Passfield Drive, E14 A street within the E14 postcode

Passfield Drive, E14

Patent House, E14 Patent House is a building on Morris Road.

Patent House, E14

Radford House, E14 Radford House is located on St Leonard’s Road.

Radford House, E14

Radial Avenue, E14 Radial Avenue is a location in London.

Radial Avenue, E14

Spratt’s Complex, E14 Spratt’s Complex is a housing development in Poplar.

Spratt’s Complex, E14

Uamvar Street, E14 Uamvar Street is a road in the E14 postcode area

Uamvar Street, E14

Ullin Street, E14 A street within the E14 postcode

Ullin Street, E14

Wellington Street, E14 Wellington Street, later Woodin Street, disappeared from the map in the 1950s. .

Wellington Street, E14

Click here to explore another London street
We now have 584 completed street histories and 46916 partial histories

LOCAL PHOTOS

Click here to see map view of nearby Creative Commons images
Click here to see Creative Commons images near to this postcode

Poplar (1910) TUM image id: 1556886600 Licence:	Poplar Baths (2005) Credit: Gordon Joly TUM image id: 1582639714 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Bow Locks, with Bow Creek, beyond, at low tide (2006) Limehouse Cut begins to the right of the locks. Credit: Wiki Commons/Gordon Joly TUM image id: 1642165114 Licence: CC BY 2.0	1 Cabot Square Credit: Jack8080 TUM image id: 1481482264 Licence: CC BY 2.0	’Old Clo’ Women on Chrisp Street: Ashkenazi Jewish women working with shoddy and other old cloth ply their trade in Poplar Credit: ’KY’ (unknown early twentieth century photographer) TUM image id: 1682603883 Licence:
East India Road, Poplar It takes it name from the former East India Docks and its route was constructed between 1806 and 1812 as a branch of the Commercial Road. The road begins in the west at Burdett Road and continues to the River Lea bridge in the east in Canning Town. Old London postcard TUM image id: 1562851965 Licence:	Pennyfields, Poplar (around 1900) TUM image id: 1605021763 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Air raid damage at Athol Street bus garage, Poplar View of the damage caused to the garage roof. It can be seen that several of the roofing panels are missing, whilst others are damaged. A line-up of seven STL-type buses can be seen on the left. Credit: Topical Press/London Transport Collection TUM image id: 1665500763 Licence:	Lochnagar Street, looking east towards Islay Wharf Before the coming of the Blackwall Tunnel approach road, there was a road called Brunswick Road from which Lochnagar Street ran and from which this photo was taken. This area of Poplar contains a large number of streets with Scottish names because they were built on an estate which had been bought by the McIntosh family in 1823. The initial letters of local street names were chosen alphabetically - Aberfeldy Street, Ailsa Street, Blair Street, Culloden Street, Dee Street, Ettrick Street, Findhorn Street, Leven Road, Oban Street, Portree Street, Spey Street, Teviot Street, Wyvis Street and Zetland Street. TUM image id: 1562852551 Licence:	The original Canary Wharf in London’s Docklands, just before its redevelopment to become the financial centre. It was situated on the site of today’s Cabot Square. Credit: In Pictures Ltd/Corbis TUM image id: 1685110625 Licence:
Rook Street, Poplar decorated with flags, shrines and a banner in preparation for a Catholic procession, September 1914. TUM image id: 1660580248 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Pennyfields together with Limehouse Causeway, was where London’s thousand or so Chinese community lived, and the only place where a Chinese restaurant could be found in London. (c.1920). TUM image id: 1685033375 Licence:	A line of Vauxhall cars in front of an old masonry warehouse awaiting export shipment at West India Dock on 12 June 1935. TUM image id: 1620309913 Licence:	East India Dock Gates and the entrance to Blackwall Tunnel (1929). The photograph is taken from the corner of Woolmore Street and Robin Hood Lane. In the background is the Poplar Hospital for Accidents TUM image id: 1620309368 Licence:	In the 1880s, London’s first Chinatown was established around Limehouse, where the sailors had returned to get away from their cramped shared lodging. Restaurants like this one, in 1946, became more common, and a few streets in the East End acquired Chinese names. Credit: Mirrorpix TUM image id: 1685033845 Licence:

In the neighbourhood...

Click an image below for a better view...

Poplar Baths (2005)
Credit: Gordon Joly
Licence: CC BY 2.0

’Old Clo’ Women on Chrisp Street: Ashkenazi Jewish women working with shoddy and other old cloth ply their trade in Poplar
Credit: ’KY’ (unknown early twentieth century photographer)
Licence:

East India Road, Poplar It takes it name from the former East India Docks and its route was constructed between 1806 and 1812 as a branch of the Commercial Road. The road begins in the west at Burdett Road and continues to the River Lea bridge in the east in Canning Town.
Old London postcard
Licence:

Lochnagar Street, looking east towards Islay Wharf Before the coming of the Blackwall Tunnel approach road, there was a road called Brunswick Road from which Lochnagar Street ran and from which this photo was taken. This area of Poplar contains a large number of streets with Scottish names because they were built on an estate which had been bought by the McIntosh family in 1823. The initial letters of local street names were chosen alphabetically - Aberfeldy Street, Ailsa Street, Blair Street, Culloden Street, Dee Street, Ettrick Street, Findhorn Street, Leven Road, Oban Street, Portree Street, Spey Street, Teviot Street, Wyvis Street and Zetland Street.
Licence:

Rook Street, Poplar decorated with flags, shrines and a banner in preparation for a Catholic procession, September 1914.
Licence: CC BY 2.0

East India Dock Gates and the entrance to Blackwall Tunnel (1929). The photograph is taken from the corner of Woolmore Street and Robin Hood Lane. In the background is the Poplar Hospital for Accidents
Licence:

MAP YEAR:	1750	1800	1810	1820	1830	1860	1900	1950	2023	Show map without markers
ZOOM:	14 15 16 17	14 15 16 17	14 15 16 17	14 15 16 17	14 15 16 17	14 15 16 17	14 15 16 17 18	14 15 16 17	14 15 16 17 18
	TIP: Use the zoom controls (top left) to zoom in and out of a particular map