Our history
Docklands Centro de Idiomas gets its name from an area of London’s east end known as ‘Docklands’. It was once an area dedicated to shipbuilding and docks. A lot of the old docks are now filled in and have made way for luxurious riverside developments of housing and offices.

At the heart of the dockland’s development is the Canary Wharf Tower currently the highest building in Europe which is full of major city players. Alongside the Canary Wharf Tower you’ll find two other landmarks: the HSBC Tower & the Citicorp Tower which just come up short against their big brother the reason being is that they can be as high but not higher!

Another interesting fact is that the Canary Wharf Tower is situated on the Isle of Dogs, so called because it was King Charles II who made it famous as he used to walk his ‘dogs’ there.It’s an Island because it’s surrounded by water and capped off at either end by two bridges - the ‘blue bridge’ and the now defunct ‘iron bridge’.The ‘blue bridge’is still in working order and lets the occasional tug or small ship pass from the river Thames into the docks on the other side.

Years ago when the docks were still functioning you could be literally ‘marooned’ on the island if both bridges were letting shipping traffic through at the same time!! Ah those were the days!