Parking and Transport

Parking at Canary Wharf:
Canary Wharf offers 6,000 parking spaces, with over 2,000 in public car parks. All car parks have a height restriction of 2.0m and hold Park Access and Park Mark Awards.
 
Accessible Parking:
Accessible bays are available in all our car parks. Please display a valid blue badge clearly in your windscreen to avoid a Parking Charge Notice.
 
Parent and Child Bays:
Parent and child bays are available in Canada, Cabot, and Jubilee car parks. Please ensure you are accompanied by a child aged 12 years or younger when parking to avoid a Parking Charge Notice.
 
Cashless Payments:
Our car parks do not accept cash payments. Please use a debit/credit card or contactless method to pay for your parking session.
 
 
Car Park Directions: 
 
Address: Canada Square Car Park, London, E14 5EW
Directions: Enter via Montgomery Street. Open 24/7 with a height restriction of 2.0m. Directly connected to Canada Place, Churchill Place, and Crossrail Place shopping malls.
 
Address: Cooks Close, Cabot Square Car Park, London
Directions: Access via the Lower Westferry roundabout and follow signs to Cabot Square car park within the roundabout. Open 24/7 with a height restriction of 2.0m. Directly      connected to Cabot Place shopping mall.
 
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Sat Nav: Use E14 4HD
Address: Westferry Circus Car Park, London
Directions: Access via West India Avenue and take the first left when exiting the roundabout. Open 24/7 with a height restriction of 2.0m. Conveniently located close to Canary Wharf Pier and Uber Boats.
 
 
Additional Facilities:

The Canary Wharf Jubilee line station provides swift connections with travel times of:

  • London Bridge, 7 minutes
  • Waterloo, 11 minutes
  • Westminster, 13 minutes
  • Green Park, 15 minutes
  • Bond Street, 17 minutes
  • Baker Street, 20 minutes

The Jubilee Line has interchanges with all other London Underground lines.

It also connects with mainline railways at Canada Water (London Overground), West Hampstead (Thameslink), Waterloo (South West Trains, Great Western Railway), London Bridge (Southern, Southeastern and Thameslink), West Ham (c2c), Stratford (Eurostar, Greater Anglia, and London Overground).

For 24 hour travel information, contact London Transport on 020 7222 1234 or visit www

Formerly known as Crossrail, the Elizabeth line is now open.

The Canary Wharf Elizabeth line station provides swift connections with travel times of:

  • Whitechapel 3 minutes
  • Liverpool St 6 minutes
  • Farringdon 9 minutes
  • Tottenham Court Road 12 minutes
  • Paddington 17 minutes
  • London Heathrow in  45 minutes

For 24 hour travel information, contact London Transport on 020 7222 1234 or visit www.tfl.gov.uk

Click here for further information about London Underground

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Click here for further information about London Underground

Formerly known as Crossrail, the Elizabeth line is now open.

The Canary Wharf Elizabeth line station provides swift connections with travel times of:

  • Whitechapel 3 minutes
  • Liverpool St 6 minutes
  • Farringdon 9 minutes
  • Tottenham Court Road 12 minutes
  • Paddington 17 minutes
  • London Heathrow in  45 minutes

For 24 hour travel information, contact London Transport on 020 7222 1234 or visit www.tfl.gov.uk

Click here for further information about London Underground

There are two Docklands Light Railway (DLR) stations on the Estate; Canary Wharf and Heron Quays.

The DLR network runs from the Canary Wharf, Heron Quays, West India Quay and South Quay to Bank in the heart of the City of London, Tower Gateway, Stratford, Beckton, Woolwich Arsenal and Lewisham.  

Travel times:

  • Bank, 11 minutes
  • Tower Gateway, 11 minutes
  • Stratford, 12 minutes

For 24 hour travel information, contact London Transport on 020 7222 1234 or visit www.tfl.gov.uk

Click here for further information about the DLR

Six bus routes pass through Canary Wharf:

D3 Bethnal Green to Isle of Dogs, Asda
D7 Mile End to All Saints
D8 Stratford to Isle of Dogs, Asda
135 Moorfields to Mudchute
277 Highbury and Islington to Leamouth
N550 Trafalgar Square to Canning Town (Night Bus)

Coach services connect Canary Wharf with London Victoria, North Kent, Snodland, Vigo Village, New Ash Green, New Covent Garden and Maidstone.

Road closures may affect your journey. Click here for details of planned road closures

Bus routes during road closures are the responsibility of Transport for London. For 24 hour travel information you can contact them on: 020 7222 1234 or visit www.tfl.gov.uk.

Click here for further information about London Bus services

PLANNED ROUTE ALTERATIONS:

From Saturday 11 November, until further notice, bus routes D7, 135 & 277 will not be stopping at the bus stop immediately outside of 8 Canada Square (the HSBC building). The nearest next stop, Bus Stop J, is just 75 yards from the HSBC stop, and is easily accessible. Alterantively, you can use bus stops F or G.

Bus routes D3, D8 and N550, and all coach routes are unaffected.

On Saturday 28 September 5am until 9pm the road between West India Avenue entry and Upper Bank Street will be closed. This includes North Colonnade and Cabot Square areas. TfL will be amending their bus route accordingly. 

Thames Clippers operates four peak services per hour to Canary Wharf pier from central London (Waterloo) in the west and Woolwich in the east.

It takes 30 minutes from Waterloo to Canary Wharf and 29 minutes from Woolwich to Canary Wharf.

Stops include Westminster, Embankment, Blackfriars, Bankside, London Bridge and Tower piers to the west and Greenland (Surrey Quays) Pier, Masthouse Terrace and Greenwich.  A shuttle service from London Bridge to Canary Wharf (13 minutes) operates every 10 minutes in the peak hours.

In addition to the regular services a cross-river shuttle operates between Greenland (Surrey Quays) Pier and Canary Wharf. Oyster cards are now accepted for Pay-As-You-Go payments on river bus services.

The Canary Wharf pier is located a few minutes’ walk from the centre of the Canary Wharf Estate, close to Westferry Circus.

For 24 hour travel information, contact London Transport on 020 7222 1234 or visit www.tfl.gov.uk

Click here for further information about River Services

Canary Wharf is a few minutes’ walk from the Thames Path, a public right of way that runs the whole length of the river. Greenwich/Cutty Sark, through the foot tunnel, is 2.2 miles away or 45 minutes on foot.

There is a footbridge from the West Wintergarden to South Quay, and Upper Bank Street Bridge provides a route to Poplar DLR Station in the north.

There are several cycle routes that provide access to Canary Wharf for cyclists. The London Cycle Network also follows a signed route along the river to Canary Riverside and Riverside South. Liverpool Street Station, in the heart of the City of London, is 3.3 miles or 19 minutes away by bike.

Canary Wharf provides extensive cycle parking, with more than 1,300 free cycle parking spaces located across the Canary Wharf Estate. There are an additional 405 secure cycle parking spaces for public use for which a charge is applied and a further 3,715 private cycle parking spaces within individual building car parks.

Access to our Secure Bicycle Compound in Canada Square Car Park, £12 per calendar month. There are a limited number of available spaces and electric bikes or scooters storage is not permitted. For more information please call 020 7418 2752 or email carparks@canarywharf.com

Click here to download the current map showing cycle parking at Canary Wharf

There are 273 Santander Cycle docking stations on the Canary Wharf estate. Those planning to use the scheme can find their closest docking station on the TfL website, where they can also sign up for free cycle training and find out more about the scheme.

Docking stations can be found in the following six locations on the Canary Wharf estate.

  • Jubilee Plaza
  • Fishermans Walk
  • Heron Quay, DLR Concourse
  • South Dock Walk
  • Upper Bank Street
  • Westferry Circus

Transport for London’s Cycle Hire Users’ Code of Conduct suggest some of the following tips for staying safe on your bike:

  • Be careful around lorries, which have numerous blind spots, and never pass them on the left just before, or at, traffic lights
  • Don’t get too close to parked cars
  • Watch out for other vehicles and pedestrians and give clear hand signals to show your intentions
  • Make yourself seen at night by wearing reflective or fluorescent clothing

It costs as little as £2 a day to use Santander Cycles, and the scheme accepts all major credit and debit cards. It does not accept cash or Oyster.

Road closures may affect your journey. Click here for details of planned road closures

Please note that there are no Lime bike docking stations on the Canary Wharf estate.

Eurostar

Eurostar services from Paris and Brussels, among other destinations, stop at Stratford International. It is an additional 8 minutes to Canary Wharf on the Jubilee Line.

Stratford

Passengers travelling to Canary Wharf can avoid central London by travelling from Kings Cross St Pancras to Stratford. The journey takes 7 minutes.

High-speed national rail services run to and from Ashford in Kent, Folkestone and the Medway Towns. The journey time from Ashford to Stratford is 35 minutes.

National Rail

Mainlines from Kings Cross St Pancras and nearby Euston and Kings Cross stations connect to the north of England and Scotland. There are direct services to cities including Glasgow, Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester and Newcastle.

Waterloo and Paddington stations serve Wales and the west of England: Cardiff, Bristol, Southampton and Plymouth.

Mainlines within easy reach of Canary Wharf connect suburbs and commuter towns all around London. There are direct services into Stratford from Stansted Airport, Hertford East and the Bishops Stortford line.

Thameslink

Thameslink services from locations north and south of London, including Gatwick Airport, Luton Airport Parkway, Bedford and Brighton run into London Bridge and Kings Cross St Pancras.

For details visit  www.nationalrail.co.uk

London City

London City Airport is less than 3 miles from Canary Wharf with flights to 50 destinations worldwide. British Airways operates Business Class flights to New York (JFK). Check-in time is 20 minutes.

The Docklands Light Railway runs to London City Airport in 14 minutes from Canary Wharf by public transport and 10 minutes by taxi. A private jet centre is also available at London City Airport.

Heathrow

The journey to Heathrow Airport takes 55 minutes though the Elizabeth line (Crossrail) will reduce the travel time to 44 minutes. National Express has introduced the Dot2Dot service, providing a luxury mini-coach service to Heathrow Airport aimed at business travellers. A pick-up service operates within Canary Wharf.

Gatwick

Gatwick Airport can be reached via London Bridge on Thameslink services and on Gatwick Express services from Victoria. The quickest route is about 45 minutes.

Stansted

Stansted Airport can be accessed by using the Stansted Express from Liverpool Street Station or services from Stratford with a travel time of approximately one hour. An express bus service also operates from Stratford.

Opening Hours

Canary Wharf is open….however please check individual retailer pages for their opening hours. Many of our cafes, restaurants and bars have longer opening hours.

Monday – Friday 10am–8pm
Saturday 10am–7pm
Sunday 12noon–6pm
Bank Holidays 11am-6pm

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