Editing Wapping (section)

{{Short description|District of East London, England}}
{{about|the district in East London|other articles associated with the name|Wapping (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2013}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country                  = England
| region                   = London
| official_name            = Wapping
| static_image_name        = Wapping Old Stairs and the Town of Ramsgate-geograph-2486369.jpg
| static_image_caption     = The Town of Ramsgate pub, between Wapping High Street and the River Thames. 
| coordinates              = {{coord|51.5073|-0.0610|display=inline,title}}
| os_grid_reference        = TQ345805
| population               = 12,411
| population_ref           = (2011 Census.St. Katharine's and Wapping Ward)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13689092&c=Wapping&d=14&e=62&g=6338272&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1476696773303&enc=1|title=Tower Hamlets Ward population 2011|access-date=17 October 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021060317/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13689092&c=Wapping&d=14&e=62&g=6338272&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1476696773303&enc=1|archive-date=21 October 2016}}</ref>
| post_town                = LONDON
| postcode_area            = E
| postcode_district        = E1W
| london_borough           = Tower Hamlets
| dial_code                = 020
| constituency_westminster = [[Poplar and Limehouse]]
}}
'''Wapping''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|w|ɒ|p|ɪ|ŋ}}) is an area in the borough of [[Tower Hamlets]] in London, England. It is in [[East London]] and part of the [[East End]]. Wapping is on the north bank of the [[River Thames]] between [[St Katharine Docks]] to the west, and [[Shadwell]] to the east. This position gives the district a strong maritime character.

The area was historically composed of two parishes, [[St George in the East (parish)|St George in the East]], and the much smaller [[St John's Church, Wapping|St John's]]. Urbanisation of the shoreline began in earnest after the draining of Wapping marsh, and the consolidation of the river wall in the late 16th century. Many of the original buildings were demolished during the construction of the [[London Docks]] and Wapping was further seriously damaged during [[the Blitz]]. As the [[London Docklands]] declined after the [[Second World War]], the area became run down, with the great warehouses left empty. Some were demolished, but others such as [[Tobacco Dock]] survive. The area underwent further change during the 1980s when warehouses started to be converted into luxury flats.

[[Rupert Murdoch]] moved his [[News International]] printing and publishing works into Wapping in 1986, resulting in a trade union dispute that became known as the "[[Battle of Wapping]]".