Inside The Skyscraper Forest Of Canary Wharf

Laura Reynolds
By Laura Reynolds Last edited 68 months ago
Inside The Skyscraper Forest Of Canary Wharf
The Traffic Light Tree is a sculpture by French artist Pierre Vivant. It originally sat on a roundabout closer to Canary Wharf but was moved in 2014 to this location outside Billingsgate Market. Photo: Kenny McCartney (2014)

Canary Wharf is the nickname usually given to the pyramid-topped tower which is more correctly called One Canada Square. Canary Wharf is, of course, the name of the whole area, which in recent decades has grown from one solitary skyscraper to a whole forest of them. Take a look:

Cabot Place. Photo: Dan Highton Photography (2018)
Photo: Yaelle (2018)
The DLR whooshes past. Photo: Alan Batham (2018)
Snow inside the Crossrail Place Roof Garden. Photo: Matt Buck (2018)
West India Quay. Photo: Robert Pittman (2018)
A monochrome take on the entrance to Canary Wharf station. Photo: 35mmMan (2018)
The towers of Canary Wharf through the clouds. Photo: Andrew McCarter (2013)
If you look closely at this artwork, Six Public Clocks, you'll see that each clock face has a different number on (each clock is double-sided). Photo: Andy Worthington (2012)
Looking up at One Canada Square. Photo: Ian Macey (2014)
Photo: Andrew McCarter (2014)
Seen from afar. Photo: Rob Emes (2013)
Looking through Cabot Square. Photo: martinbaker76 (2015)
Outside Canary Wharf station. Photo: Theunis Viljoen LRPS (2014)
Photo: Ian Gibson (2014)
Crossrail Place, a roof garden inside Canary Wharf Crossrail station. Photo: Andrew McCarter (2015)
Photo: JAY (2015)
Photo: Ken Mines (2014)
Crossrail Place - the new Crossrail station at CanaryWharf. Photo: Dave Pearce (2015)
Seen from above (note City Airport and the Thames Flood Barrier in the background. Photo: Dave Banbury (2014)
A DLR train pulling into Canary Wharf station. Photo: London in my lens (2014)
Photo: Francesco Camardo (2012)
Photo: Bill Green (2013)
Photo: Gary (2016)
Photo: Andrea Pucci (2014)
Footbridge in the fog. Photo: Che-burashka (2011)
The footbridge next to Cabot Square. Photo: Ash Kapoor Photography (2013)
Smoking break. Photo: Darrell Godliman (2012)

Take a look at the rest of our series for photos of other areas of London.

Last Updated 03 August 2018

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