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World Docks online tour | Episode 2: West India Dock Road

This week on the World Docks tour, 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.

Watch more stops on the walk on our World Docks online tour page.

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