Royal Victoria

LFA2026 Neighbourhood

Royal Victoria

At the Docks

Curator Pick

1 - 30 June
Everyone

At the Docks

Installation Performance Free Open 24 Hours Royal Docks Team

At the Docks 2026 offers inclusive culture, sport and waterfront activities, inviting everyone to belong, explore and enjoy the docks

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Explore the Royal Docks: Tours and Trails
1 - 30 June
Everyone

Explore the Royal Docks: Tours and Trails

Tour Free Royal Docks Team

Discover the Royal Docks at your own pace through local voices, art and music

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Millennium Mills: Exploring Retrofit Futures in the Royal Docks

Curator Pick

WED 3 JUNE
Built environment professionals Local residents

Millennium Mills: Exploring Retrofit Futures in the Royal Docks

Talk Free University of East London

A panel discussion at London City Hall exploring the past, present and future of Millennium Mills in the Royal Docks,…

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We Flow: Royal Victoria Art Trail

Preview Activities

SAT 6 JUNE
Everyone

We Flow: Royal Victoria Art Trail

Tour Free Royal Docks Team

The Line’s Youth Guides lead tours of vibrant artworks in Royal Victoria, featuring Yinka Ilori, Laura Ford and Graphic Rewilding

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Connecting to Culture: Iron Works Tour

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SAT 6 JUNE
Built environment professionals College and university students

Connecting to Culture: Iron Works Tour

Tour Free Royal Docks Team

Join us for a tour of Iron Works, the latest cultural space in The Royal Docks.

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Stepping back to explore dockland’s communities
TUE 9 JUNE
Everyone

Stepping back to explore dockland’s communities

Tour Free Eastside Community Heritage

Guided heritage walk around Silvertown and Royal Victoria, Newham

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Royal Docks Unscaled: 3D Model Tour
THU 11 JUNE
Everyone

Royal Docks Unscaled: 3D Model Tour

Talk Royal Docks Team

Join us for a journey through the Royal Docks in miniature; where we are, where we’ve been and what next?

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Explore Your City Hall

Preview Activities

12 - 19 JUNE
Everyone

Explore Your City Hall

Tour Royal Docks Team

Look inside City Hall, showcasing pioneering sustainable design, striking architecture and the history surrounding its move to the Royal Docks

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Cardboard machines
SAT 20 JUNE
Families Young people aged 0-10

Cardboard machines

Workshop Free Royal Docks Team

Cardboard construction for all ages! Make machines, buildings and boats using cardboard cutting machines and child friendly industrial style fixingS

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The Resilient Map
SAT 20 JUNE
Everyone

The Resilient Map

Workshop Free Dr. Catalina Pollak Williamson (University of East London)

A pilot community mapping project to build a richer picture of North Woolwich from the ground up.

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Belonging at Royal Albert Wharf
TUE 30 JUNE
Built environment professionals College and university students Local residents

Belonging at Royal Albert Wharf

Talk Free Royal Docks Team

Explore Royal Albert Wharf’s development through resident insights, architecture, and photography, examining belonging, community, and success in creating inclusive neighbourhoods.

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About Royal Victoria

As Royal Victoria grows, there is a strong ambition to ensure its future is shaped with communities at its heart — creating a waterfront that feels open, shared and welcoming. Through LFA2026, Royal Victoria will explore how heritage, icons and emerging businesses, public space and cultural activity can support belonging, ownership and identity in a rapidly evolving urban landscape.

Set within the Royal Docks, Royal Victoria is a place defined by movement, collaboration and connection — shaped by its maritime history and continually reimagined by the people who live, work and create here today. New homes, pop-ups and street art sit alongside City Hall, the Cable Car and Excel. Festivals like At the Docks and Royal Docks Originals bring vibrancy against a backdrop of historic landmarks, waterways and thriving community hubs. Responding to the theme of belonging means connecting continuity with change: creating moments that invite people to see themselves reflected in the area, feel confident using shared spaces, and build meaningful connections with the evolution of the waterfront and place of Royal Victoria.

 

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