Canary Wharf

Canary Wharf

Canary Wharf contains around 16,000,000 square feet (1,500,000 m) of office and retail space, of which around 7,900,000 square feet (730,000 m) (about 49%) 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, JPMorgan Chase, KPMG, MetLife, Moody’s, Morgan Stanley, RBC, Deutsche Bank, S&P Global, Skadden, State Street, The Economist Group and Thomson Reuters,. Until 2018 Canary Wharf also hosted two European Union agencies, European Medicines Agency and European Banking Authority, that moved to Amsterdam and Paris respectively due to Brexit. Canary Wharf is the secondary central business district of London on the Isle of Dogs in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. One of the main financial centres in the United Kingdom and the world, containing many high-rise buildings including the third-tallest in the UK, One Canada Square.

Address: 3 South Quay, London E14 9RU
Phone: 020 7531 0300
London borough: London Borough of Tower Hamlets
UK parliament constituency: Poplar and Limehouse
London Assembly: City and East
Postcode district: E14

Canary Wharf is 97 acres (39 hectares) and contains around 16,000,000 square feet (1,500,000 m) of office and retail space. It comprises many open areas, including Canada Square, Cabot Square and Westferry Circus. Together with Heron Quays and Wood Wharf, it forms the Canary Wharf Estate.