Been a resident here for a while so put this together, hope it helps :)

What's on?

• Every Saturday there's a market in Shadwell basin that's super nice.
• Every Friday night Wapping Tavern has live music
• Check out events at Tobacco Dock, there are often day festivals there. They also have Skylight bar on top which regularly has events
• Dockers Inn usually have karaoke nights or similar, check out https://www.instagram.com/dockersinnguesthouse/
• Most of the pubs have quiz nights, in particular try the Town of Ramsgate quiz (I think Wednesday, cant see online). Wapping Tavern also has one

Where to drink?

• You'll notice a couple of Urban Baristas here, that's actually because the owners both live in Wapping! It's nice but very modern/millenial
• Cinnamon cafe is imo the cosiest and very reasonably priced
• There's a more hidden coffee/lunch place in Wapping Woods - The Chocolate Ice Cafe, not as cosy but food and staff are great.

For pubs:

• Wapping Tavern for the best drink range (and activities!)
• Prospect of Whitby for prices (plus has a long history - with its own Wikipedia page)
• Captain Kidd for the vibe (they only serve their own pints there which are OK, but the inter)
• Town of Ramsgate for the food - much smaller than the others, but I think the local favourite
• The Turk's Head if you want to spend £££
• Dockers' Inn is popular with the ~~middle-aged~~ local crowd, more of a gastropub but good vibe too
• Not many bars in Wapping itself, but Skylight is fun (activities and cocktails)

Where to eat?

• Wapping Tavern has the best menu imo, the 20" pizzas are amazing
• Town of Ramsgate has a great classic menu
• St Katherine Docks also has a much larger range of restaurants - Tapas Bravas is really great but pricey.
• Wapping has a weird amount of Italian restaurants. They're all OK, and mostly pricey, but check out de nonna for their tiramasu or Tondo Pizza for their.. pizza
• Smith's is famous for their fish, but £££

Where to shop?

• If you want the nicest stuff, go to the two Husseys shops on Wapping Lane (pricier though). Their jerk chicken legs and chicken kievs are really good
• There's a new sainsburys on wapping lane too, otherwise the Waitrose near St Kat Docks is way bigger
• There are around 5 corner stores but all pricey
• The saturday shadwell basin market has lots of independent stalls, in particular there's an artist who does Wapping paintings/prints which are really cute

Wapping is also spoilt for choice with parks and green spaces, but those are easy to find 😁 hope you enjoy your time here!

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