Escorts in City Airport and ExCeL, E16: the trip out from town, agreed in writing
City Airport and ExCeL share E16, the flat, watery stretch of east London a DLR ride beyond Canary Wharf. The exhibition halls, opened in 2000, fill the north side of Royal Victoria Dock; the runway, opened in 1987, lies further east on the long quay between the Royal Albert and King George V docks, so aircraft come in low over water that once took in the grain and the frozen meat that fed the rest of London.
Nobody on the board lives out here, so City Airport and ExCeL escorts travel from town, a longer trip than the central hour with her exact time given in the chat, and nothing is booked until her travel and any minimum have been put to you in writing on WhatsApp and accepted, with every length on the rates. Eating well on the docks takes a little knowing, and the food story here is far older than the halls.
On the ground
City Airport and ExCeL in practice
Nearest stations
Walking timeCustom House, 4 minutes. Royal Victoria, 5 minutes. London City Airport, 2 minutes.
Getting there
E16Outside Zones 1 and 2, so the office confirms the travel and any minimum in writing on WhatsApp before booking. The window is longer than the usual hour, and the chat carries her exact time.
On the board
Out from town to City Airport and ExCeL
Who comes out
On the board for City Airport and ExCeL
Every name on the board lives in town, so whoever is booked for City Airport and ExCeL travels out to you; the six prints above are a first shortlist for tonight. Any of the twenty eight on the who is free page can be asked for by name instead.
Note 02
The docks that fed London
Royal Victoria Dock opened in 1855, and with the two docks built beyond it the Royal Docks became the city's larder: grain for the flour mills along the quays, frozen meat for the cold stores, and at Silvertown on the river the sugar refineries of Henry Tate and Abram Lyle. The docks closed to shipping in 1981, but the food trade left marks that are still there to see. Millennium Mills, the gaunt old flour mill on the south side of the Victoria Dock, still stands over the water, and on the riverfront Tate & Lyle still refines cane sugar, with golden syrup made at Plaistow Wharf close by.
Note 03
Where the docks eat now
Mostly, the Victoria Dock eats where it works. Inside ExCeL, the long covered boulevard running through the building between its two DLR stations is lined with food counters and cafés built for the show crowds, and the hotels along the north quay keep restaurants with the water in front of them. Behind the halls, the older streets of Custom House and Canning Town keep the plainer East End mix of cafés, takeaways and pubs.
For a wider choice, go west. Canary Wharf, a short DLR ride away, has restaurants of every kind around its own docks and under its towers, and the Elizabeth line from Custom House runs on into the City and the West End for anything grander. Royal Docks and ExCeL and London City Airport share this same water.
From The Roundup
Two notes worth reading for City Airport and ExCeL
Asked most often
City Airport and ExCeL, asked and answered
Can we eat inside ExCeL during a show?
What was Millennium Mills?
Can we cross the river for dinner?
Why is there a lion on the golden syrup tin?
One zone either way
Next along from City Airport and ExCeL
escorts in Royal Docks and ExCeL
E16Same ladder, but outside Zones 1 and 2: the office confirms the travel and any minimum in writing on WhatsApp before booking.
London City Airport hotels
E16Same ladder, but outside Zones 1 and 2: the office confirms the travel and any minimum in writing on WhatsApp before booking.
Bank and Monument
EC3, EC4Same ladder, inside Zones 1 and 2, where travel is included and the usual hour applies.
escorts in Canary Wharf
E14Same ladder, inside Zones 1 and 2, where travel is included and the usual hour applies.
Last strip
Say a name and an hour
Write in with the day, the length and the hotel or address in City Airport and ExCeL, and the office replies with a name, a window, and the travel and any minimum in writing before anything is booked.