The Chain & Buoy Store
The handsome building adjoining the Experimental Lighthouse is the former Chain and Buoy Store, the largest surviving Victorian structure here. The group was designed by Sir James Douglass. It originally stored iron mooring chains for buoys and lightships, as well as large iron buoys.
The roof space has a specially strengthened floor, put in at the request of Michael Faraday to take the weight of his experimental equipment.
Now beautifully restored by the LDC, the Chain Store has been reborn as an attractive and different venue for all manner of receptions and parties, musical and theatrical events and art exhibitions.
Located between Canary Wharf and London City Airport, The Chainstore commands superb views of the Thames, the Millennium Dome and the City beyond. It was the chosen location for the opening scenes of the James Bond movie, The World Is Not Enough. Past uses include the Launch of David Beckham's Football Academy, Filming of 'The World is not enough', 'Streetwise Opera's Time Flows', Secret gig by 'The Streets', Trinity College of Music's 'Isle of Dogs Music Festival', and various corporate events and art exhibitions.
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