L'area ha dato il nome al "Limehouse Reach", una porzione del Tamigi che va da Shadwell, attraverso Ratcliff e poi Limehouse a Millwall. ###>Limehouse stretches from Limehouse Basin in the west to the edge of the former Chinatown in Pennyfields in the east; and from the Thames in the south to the Victory Bridge at the junction of Ben Jonson Road and Rhodeswell Road in the north.