Poplar: facts

At a glance

• Country: United Kingdom
• Region: England
• Administrative status: seat of a third-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA3)
• Population: approximately 8,069
• Coordinates: 51.5111° N, 0.0157° W
• Time zone: Europe/London (UTC+00:00 standard, UTC+01:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Pound (GBP)
• Distance to the capital, London: 7.6 km (4.7 mi), straight line

Getting there

• London City Airport (LCY): 5.0 km (3.1 mi), straight line
• London Heathrow Airport (LHR): 31 km (19 mi), straight line
• London Gatwick Airport (LGW): 42 km (26 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Stepney: 2.0 km (1.3 mi)
• Canning Town: 2.4 km (1.5 mi)
• Stratford: 2.7 km (1.7 mi)
• West Ham: 3.3 km (2.1 mi)
• Hackney: 4.9 km (3.1 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Islington, 6.7 km (4.1 mi)