
The Isle of Dogs is an area in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets on a large peninsula on the River Thames. It is locally called the island, and is bounded on three sides (east, south and west) by a large meander in the River Thames. The northern boundary has never been clearly defined but many people accept it to be the (former) line of the West India South Dock. The name Isle of Dogs had no official status until 1987, when Tower Hamlets London Borough Council created the Isle of Dogs Neighbourhood.