Poplar, London

Poplar is an area of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in East London. It is about 5.5 miles (8.9 km) east of Charing Cross. Poplar gets its name from the black poplar tree, a large and locally rare species. 

History
Mordern Poplar is some distance from the City of London and was originally known as the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar in 1900, composed of the former Poplar, Bow and Bromley-by-Bow parishes. In 1965, it merged with the Metropolitan Boroughs of Stepney and Bethnal Green to form the new London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Transport
Poplar is served by Poplar DLR station on the Docklands Light Railway.

For the tree, see Populus.

Category:Areas of London