King George V DLR and London City Airport surrounding areas

[spacegrey335]

Hi guys, considering moving to the above areas.

Anyone local, can comment on the area with regards to crime, safety and local facilities etc

[Yanto]

Try Limehouse - bit nearer to town and better adjancy to city and airport, more bars, restaurants etc

[spacegrey335]

cheers mate!

[996c2]

Huge difference in price between Limehouse and King George V surely?

There is a smelly sewage works in Beckton (not too far from King George V) and of course plenty of noise from London city airport.

[anonymous-user]

996c2 said:

Huge difference in price between Limehouse and King George V surely?

There is a smelly sewage works in Beckton (not too far from King George V) and of course plenty of noise from London city airport.

Yup big price diff....but also big diff in quality of accommodation! All depends on budget. South of the airport down to the river is ok, nothing special, terraced housing in the main. There's a big 24/7 Tesco at Beckton and normal retail park not too far past it.

Western end of the Royal docks area is much newer build on both sides of the docks, low rise new build to south of the dock and high rise to the north.

It is gonna be pretty noisy though, the prevailing wind means most flight take off towards Canary Wharf and over that western dock area.

Have you thought of Woolwich, one stop more on the DLR? Royal Arsenal and Royal Artillery Quays developments both right on the river and neither particularly pricey.

I live in the Royal Artillery Quays development, and only smell the sewage works on very rare occasions, has to be pretty much a east north east/easterly wind for it to blown that way, and that's pretty rare. Even in the recent easterly wind conditions I've not smelt it once.

Edited by djstevec on Monday 20th February 11:07

[spacegrey335]

Thanks for the input guys.

I will look into Royal Arsenal. Never been, but seen some adverts for the new build. I've had a few viewings in the Fishguard development and they are not too bad.

[princeperch]

my missus brother lived in a development within spitting distance of King G V DLR stn (cant remember what it was called but it was opposite a pub just outside the station) I didnt like going there and he didnt like living there. It was like a one horse town and the horse was dead.

unless you need to live there or can get a bargain you cant miss, i'd be wanting to live elsewhere tbh

[Bo_apex]

spacegrey335 said:

Thanks for the input guys.

I will look into Royal Arsenal. Never been, but seen some adverts for the new build. I've had a few viewings in the Fishguard development and they are not too bad.

that’ll be Galleons Lock. Found it the most mellow riverside development east of Cinnebar Wharf and bought a couple of the penthouses. Rent one of them out to a couple from Menton and they love its tranquility, yes, in East London! It's marina and Excel are both handy and C Wharf is literally 4mins away in a V8 or something larger

[eastsider]

I live in Bow/Mile End and before that Bethnal Green and work in Canary Wharf. East London 10 years. What are your requirements and budget - size/type of place etc?

[spacegrey335]

Yes, it is Galleons Lock!

Budget is about £175k. 1 bed. Secure parking a must. Modern and secure development.

[davebeast]

I live in Beckton, it's fine during the cooler months, but when hot with certain wind conditions it smells.
Also, Gallions Reach retail park smells like a thousand horses had vindaloo for supper the night before.