London City Airport is directly opposite the campus, on the other side of the Royal Albert Dock.
The London Dragon Boat Festival is held annually in June at the London Regatta Centre, Royal Albert Docks.
The 200-year lease on the land for the centre was to the Royal Albert Dock Trust, by the London Docklands Development Corporation.
She then underwent a refit, carried out by Green and Silley Weir, Royal Albert Dock, London, which lasted from September until mid-October.
After repairs and maintenance at Eastern Dock, Shadwell Basin, she was towed to Royal Albert Dock for further work, which lasted until 3 March 1945.
Work on a more modest scale included a railway footbridge that can still be seen at Romford railway station, and the 1879 swing bridges over the Royal Albert Dock.
"Wild Swan " continued escort operations in the North Atlantic until March 1941, when she underwent a much-needed refit at the Royal Albert Dock in London.
In 1901, there were more than 40 Chinese sailors aboard the " Bulysses " at the Royal Albert Docks : 21 were from Thomas Burke and Arthur Henry Ward.
The Royal Docks have also seen the development of London City Airport ( code LCY ), opened in 1988 on the quay between the Royal Albert Dock and the King George V dock.
The campus is adjacent to the Royal Albert Dock, closed to commercial shipping since the 1980s and now largely used as a water sports centre and rowing course, see London Regatta Centre.