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  • noun An area of a town or city which contains, or used to contain, an industrial port.

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Examples

  • The Global Peace Festival, at the Excel Centre in the London docklands, is expected to attract thousands of activists from across Europe and features addresses from Preston Moon, the third son of the church’s founder, and Tom Brake, the Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman.

    Moonies peace group to hold biggest UK event 2008

  • In the newest docklands, which is man-made land, you can even find orchids.

    Redefining Urban Spaces J. S. Marcus 2009

  • Artist at work … A woman adds to her collection of tattoos, watched by one of the 20,000 enthusiasts expected to join the London ­Tattoo Convention in ­Wapping docklands this weekend.

    Tattoos: Eyecatching – but are they art? 2011

  • In 1974, the Greater London council GLC and the local boroughs had created a Docklands Joint Committee, which produced a plan to redevelop the docklands area, including public sector reinvestment in traditional activities such as warehousing, ship repairs and engineering.

    Reg Ward obituary 2011

  • Malaysia's sole casino operator, which recently acquired 44 U.K. casino properties from Genting Singapore in a £ 340 million ($534 million) deal, said it intends to operate a new "large" casino in the docklands area of Newham if granted a license.

    Business Watch 2010

  • Soon enough I reach the North Wall, and meander my way out through the docklands.

    Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Thablue’s Review Forum 2009

  • He also championed the construction of London City Airport and convinced house builders to attempt speculative developments in unpromising parts of docklands.

    Reg Ward obituary 2011

  • Conall Morrison directs the first play in a season that also sees the 30th anniversary revival of Martin Lynch's Dockers, about the Belfast docklands in the 1960s, and two new musicals: Neil Duffield and Conor Mitchell's The Jungle Book and Nicholas Lloyd Webber and James D Reid's The Little Prince.

    This week's new theatre 2011

  • Ironically, the Reichmanns not only imposed a detailed planning regime on their estate within the "planning-lite" docklands, but also convinced Margaret Thatcher to spend large sums of public money on the Jubilee Line extension and a major new road at Limehouse.

    Reg Ward obituary 2011

  • The mix of residential, office and retail space as well as the new university campus, about 70% completed, will take over much of the old docklands, and is where the new Philharmonic Hall now juts out of the Elbe River in the vague shape of a ship.

    New Look for Hamburg's Reeperbahn Laura Stevens 2011

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