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A houseboat on Lake Union in Seattle, Washington, US Houseboat Cornelia in Ystad, Sweden, 2018. A houseboat is a boat that has been designed or modified to be used primarily for regular dwelling. Most houseboats are not motorized, as they are usually moored or kept stationary, fixed at a berth, and often tethered to land to provide utilities ...
The West Molesey houseboat is a residential barge moored on the River Thames, in West Molesey.Some locals call it the slumboat. [1]The boat has made press frequently due to legal actions from the Environment Agency, and grievances on its occupants' behaviour and illegal discharges, from locals. [2]
Astoria houseboat from Hurst Park. Astoria is a grand houseboat, built in 1911 for impresario Fred Karno [1] and adapted as a recording studio in the 1980s by its new owner, Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour. It is moored on the River Thames at Hampton in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Gilmour purchased the boat in 1986, because ...
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In 1982, the fish market was relocated to a new 13-acre (53,000 m 2) building complex on the Isle of Dogs in Poplar, close to Canary Wharf and Blackwall.The freehold owner of the site is the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, but the City of London Corporation still runs the market; they pay an annual ground rent stipulated in an agreement between the two councils as "the gift of one fish". [6]
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Borough Market This is a list of markets in London. Greater London is home to a wealth of covered, outdoor and street markets. Many specialise in a particular type of goods or sell different things on different days. Most open very early in the morning and close early or late afternoon. Markets in London have their origins in the Middle Ages and ancient charter; set up to serve the population ...