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Canary Wharf

Canary Wharf
Canary Wharf Skyline 2, London UK - Oct 2012.jpg
Skyline of Canary Wharf, viewed from the west
Canary Wharf is located in Greater London
Canary Wharf
Canary Wharf
Canary Wharf shown within Greater London
Population 73,390 (Millwall, Blackwall and Cubitt Town, East India and Lansbury and Limehouse wards 2011 Census)
OS grid reference TQ375802
London borough
Ceremonial county Greater London
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Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town LONDON
Postcode district E14
Dialling code 020
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Fire London
Ambulance London
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LondonCoordinates: 51°30′13″N 0°01′06″W / 51.503611°N 0.018333°W / 51.503611; -0.018333

Canary Wharf is a major business district located in Tower Hamlets, East London. It is one of the United Kingdom's two main financial centres – along with the traditional City of London – and contains many of Europe's tallest buildings, including the second-tallest in the UK, One Canada Square.

Canary Wharf contains around 16,000,000 square feet (1,500,000 m2) of office and retail space, of which around 7,900,000 square feet (730,000 m2) is owned by Canary Wharf Group. Around 105,000 people work in Canary Wharf and it is home to the world or European headquarters of numerous major banks, professional services firms and media organisations including Barclays, Citigroup, Clifford Chance, Credit Suisse, EY, Fitch Ratings, HSBC, Infosys, J.P. Morgan, KPMG, MetLife, Moody's, Morgan Stanley, RBC, S&P Global, Skadden, State Street and Thomson Reuters.

Canary Wharf is located on the West India Docks on the Isle of Dogs.


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