Cable Street

The site is on Cable Street in Shadwell, around 2.5 miles east of the City of London via Cable Street and Royal Mint Street. Shadwell DLR Station is 0.2 miles to the east of the site, and the A13 is 0.3 miles to the north.

The surrounding area is mainly residential, with shops and amenities just north of the site on Cannon Street Road. Buildings to the south of the site are between 5 to 9 storeys. Cable Street is one-way with a Cycle Superhighway route.

The site is covered in grass with areas of concrete hardstanding and a concrete path running east west. There is a line of mature trees along Cable Street. An area of DLR land to the east of the site will be retained for operational use as a DLR crane lifting point and compound. There is a metal palisade fence around the site and the retained DLR land. There is a service road along the northern boundary of the site that provides access to brick railway arches under the DLR and Network Rail lines. Birchman Close meets the site’s western boundary and provides access to the service road.