St Katharine's Dock

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Lonely Planet review

With its cafés and restaurants, St Katharine's Dock makes an ideal spot to pause for a brief rest after a morning's sightseeing at Tower Bridge or the Tower of London. There's a row of twee shops and a popular pub called the Dickens Inn but it's more entertaining just admiring some of the opulent luxury yachts in the marina.

Sadly, the dock's history is rather less appealing than its appearance. Some 1250 'insanitary' houses and a brewery were razed and 11,300 people made homeless to make way for its creation in 1828. Its current incarnation, which happened after the docks closed, dates from the 1980s.