The Royal Docks Team

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Help us to make an iconic creative landmark in the Royal Docks. The Royal Docks Team, Hive Curates and Projekt invite applications from artists or creative studios to create a mural launching Spring 2025 on a new work and event space, The Pump House, next to Royal Victoria DLR. Working with local communities, the artist should draw inspiration from the theme of Transformation in the context of the surrounding areas and celebrate the untold stories and diasporic cultures of the Royal Docks. https://lnkd.in/eewUtrSr

Royal Docks Summer Splash is always popular and the perfect place to enjoy the glorious sunshine. Get the dates in your diary so you don’t miss out on the free summer fun. ☀🌴 Check out the full programme for the first week of activities now: https://lnkd.in/e-TScrSq #Atthedocks #RoyalDocks

We are seeking an artist to create a public art commission for Royal Docks Originals 2025! Newham is the beating heart of London’s culture and one of the city’s most diverse boroughs. Home to a vibrant community of artists, dancers, musicians, and production agencies, it is the capital’s newest and fastest-growing cultural destination. Some of the UK’s most ambitious and dynamic cultural regeneration is taking place in this pioneering borough, including the #RoyalDocks, London’s Cultural Engine. Find out more: https://lnkd.in/eecVb82f #RoyalDocksOriginals #RDO25 

Show your support for the Tate Institute’s community retrofit planning application. It takes 5 minutes to log your support for their natural material led retrofit of the much loved but currently derelict building in North Woolwich to bring it back into community use! Comments on the quality of the materials and design are helpful for the application. Check out what they’re planning to do in the before and after! For more: https://lnkd.in/eQK7vqyw

From 27th July until 18th August, why not join us #atthedocks and immerse yourself in a new side of the city. Expect deck chairs, a giant sand pit, food and drink, as well as plenty of entertainment and iconic city views. And did we mention the lido!? https://lnkd.in/e-TScrSq

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Discover a new side of London this summer with the return of #atthedocks, a season of leisure, sports, arts and culture in a unique, inner-city location. At the Docks offers waterside recreation unmatched anywhere else in London and includes a line-up of unmissable outdoor arts and cultural activities, from international artists and local communities alike. The activities have been designed to provide an outdoor space for local communities, young people and particularly those that might not have any access to their own garden or outdoor area and welcomes tens of thousands of people each year. Built over 100 years ago and spanning 12 miles of waterfront and more than 250 acres of open water, the Royal Docks is an important historical area of East London. Located in Newham, London’s youngest and most diverse borough, the Royal Docks makes, commissions, and hosts events and activities inspired by its vibrant communities, rich heritage, and extraordinary landscape. Now in its second year, and just fifteen minutes from central London, At the Docks invites Londoners and tourists alike to this fascinating area of London for a season of dockside summer activities framed by a dramatic urban skyline. https://lnkd.in/eQJrjQyz

Ensemble Festival 2024 is back for a fifth edition this weekend! Presented in partnership with Certain Blacks and Without Walls, this year's festival deliver a programme of national and international work. Royal Docks audiences are set to experience the celebrated feats of NoFit State Circus, one of the UK’s most treasured contemporary circus companies, creating and performing their signature stunts on towering structures built entirely from bamboo. Following a dazzling display last year, Gorilla Circus are back for 2024 with their new show combining acrobatics, street dance and roller skating, performed on a giant moving treadmill. Part of #Atthedocks https://lnkd.in/e-w6Z5KC

Located in the #RoyalDocks, Thames Barrier Park has once again received the prestigious Green Flag Award. The Green Flag Awards scheme recognises and rewards well managed parks and green spaces, setting the benchmark standard for the management of recreational outdoor spaces across the UK and around the world. Independent judges assessed and scored the park based on various criteria including biodiversity, landscape, heritage, community involvement, maintenance and cleanliness. This is the seventh year of success! Opened in November 2000, Thames Barrier Park is managed by the Greater London Authority and is home to blooming gardens, river views, wildlife, a basketball court, children's play areas and idyllic picnic spots. Find out more: https://lnkd.in/dnXJ3bCg