mixed use
Unknown, 1877
Thameside Industrial Estate, 33 Factory Rd, London E16 2HB, E16 2HB
Royal Docks Originals, the first edition of a new festival showcasing the Royal Docks as London’s newest cultural engine, will run from 15th Sep to 4th Oct 2025. The first of the 3 festival weekends will take place around Pontoon Dock and Silvertown; as part of that weekend’s programme, we will work with Projekt to open up one of their flagship creative workspaces to visitors.: The Factory.
London City Airport, Pontoon Dock
147, 241, 300, 324
Guided tour
13:00–13:45
The Factory: Opening Up is a guided tour, showcasing the spaces and creative work of the tenants in this prominent workspace.
How to book
Please create a free visitor account to book your festival tickets.
Guided tour
14:00–14:45
The Factory: Opening Up is a guided tour, showcasing the spaces and creative work of the tenants of this prominent workspace.
How to book
Please create a free visitor account to book your festival tickets.
Guided tour
15:00–15:45
The Factory: Opening Up is a guided tour, showcasing the spaces and creative work of the tenants of this prominent workspace.
How to book
Please create a free visitor account to book your festival tickets.
Factory E16—also known as The Factory Project—is a fascinating example of industrial heritage being reimagined as a creative hub in London’s Royal Docks. The site originally belonged to the Tate & Lyle sugar refinery, founded in the late 19th century by Sir Henry Tate—famous for the sugar cube—and later joined by Abram Lyle in 1921.
The Factory: Opening Up will involve 3 timed walking tours and present a unique opportunity for visitors to glimpse behind the closed doors of one of the most prominent creative workspaces in the area.
Starting from the Factory Cafe, this tour will lead visitors through a series of interconnected spaces, where the work of specific creative tenants will be highlighted.
One of these spaces will be ignited by performance from East London Youth Dance Company, involving the best young dancers from all across East London aged 9-19. Penguin Media, a creative production company and a key tenant of The Factory, will “pause and play” this performance as they explain how they use lighting, sound, staging and film to bring creative work to the stage.
