Trinity Buoy Wharf

London's only lighthouse, built for Michael Faraday in 1863, is located at this brown field site about a mile northeast of Canary Wharf. Also here is the unusual Container City, a community of artists' studios made from brightly painted shipping containers, stacked side by side and one on top of the other. The web designers, architects and other creative tenants even have their own balconies.

Also here is the much loved American-style Fat Boy's Diner (tel: 7987 4334; 09:30-16:30 Mon-Sat).

The wharf is open to the public daily and is clearly signposted from the East India DLR station; along the 20-minute walk you'll pass a bird sanctuary at East India Dock Basin.