World Docks online tour

Explore the collection of filmed stops on the World Docks: the untold stories tour by author, historian and founder of the 500 years of Black London walking tours, Steve Martin. Watch, learn and join the tour, all from the comfort of your own home.

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  Stop 1: Poplar

  Check out the first stop in the opening episode of the series, where we visit West India Quay in Poplar.

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  Stop 2: West India Dock Road

  This week Steve is taking us to West India Dock Road, sharing with us a poem written around 1915/1916 by Thomas Burke, an author and poet known for his writings about the population living in Limehouse at the time.

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  Stop 3: University Schools Trust UST House

  In this episode, the tour stops at University Schools Trust UST House, Limehouse Causeway. Did you know that this area was actually London's original Chinatown and is the oldest in the British Isles outside of Liverpool?

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  Stop 4: St Anne's Church

  Find out how thanks to a record of baptisms, births and deaths held by the church, we're able to get a snapshot view of the forgotten Black mariners who would have lived in this area during the 18th and 19th century.

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  Stop 5: 680 Commercial Road

  The penultimate stop takes us to 680 Commercial Road, the site of a 3 hour battle which took place on 16th May 1919 between local interests and Black and minority sailors.

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  Stop 6: West India House

  Our last stop is West India House. Now flats, this building stands on the site of the "old strangers home for Asiatic, Africans and South Sea Islanders" which was opened specifically to house minority mariners and seamen.

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