Editing Pool of London (section)

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[[File:The Pool of London.jpg|thumb|A view of the Pool of London, [[River Thames]], around 1938]]
[[File:Thames_wharf_map_1905_London_Bridge_to_Limehouse.jpg|thumb|A 1905 Thames wharf map from London Bridge to Limehouse showing the Pool of London. Cherry Garden Pier at centre.]]

The '''Pool of London''' is a stretch of the [[River Thames]] from [[London Bridge]] to below [[Limehouse]].

Part of the [[Tideway]] of the Thames, the Pool was navigable by tall-masted vessels bringing coastal and later overseas goods—the wharves there were the original part of the [[Port of London]]. The Pool of London is divided into two parts, the '''Upper Pool''' and '''Lower Pool'''. The Upper Pool consists of the section between London Bridge, which blocked tall-masts from continuing west, and the Cherry Garden Pier in [[Bermondsey]]. The Lower Pool runs from the Cherry Garden Pier to Limekiln Creek.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Weinreb |first1=Ben |last2=Hibbert |first2=Christopher |date=1983 |title=The London Encyclopaedia |location=London |publisher=Macmillan |page=610 |isbn=0-333-30024-6 }}</ref>