Welcome to The Crystal - A highly sustainable events venue and pop-up innovation hub in the Royal Docks. As London's only Enterprise Zone and an Opportunity Area, the Royal Docks is embarking on an exciting new chapter, with over 8bn being invested in the area over the next 20 years.

A new Royal Docks programme at The Crystal tells the evolving story of the Royal Docks as a unique place and growing home for business and culture, situated at the heart of the wider transformation of East London.As part of this programme, a large-scale architectural model illustrates the upcoming developments across the Royal Docks and wider area.

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Alex London

Dec 16, 2021

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Wow architecture! Didn’t even know that London has such an amazing architectural masterpieces before coming here. Super futuristic!

Bogdan Rusu

Dec 12, 2021

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For the moment is close for refurbishment. Next year's on the beginning The Crystal will come the City Hall for all the people living in the capital.

Abhha Sandill

May 20, 2020

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Lovely place, interesting science displays to engage 5-6 yr olds and above..view from cafe lovely looking at the landscaping, the canal, and the airline to O2... food to match the view!

Emma Jeffery

Sep 20, 2019

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Visited the cafe while in the Excel area and would recommend. lovely coffee, tasty cakes and unusual breakfast which was delicious. the 2 female staff were very friendly and very helpful. also nice seating area with view across victoria dock and Emirates line.

Macedonboy

Sep 01, 2019

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Visited this museum/exhibition centre while visiting the sites in the Greenwich area. At £5, this is a very reasonably prices exhibition by London standards. So the exhibition is an educational exhibition of urbanisation and sustainable ways of living with ideas on achieving those goals.
Worth a visit if in the Greenwich area, although it's a bit far from the main Greenwich sites. The Crystal can be easily reached via the Emirates Air Line though

Afolabi Dania

Aug 27, 2019

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Amazing event for the UCEM centenary celebrations. The venue was spectacular and brings to the fore sustainability. The speakers were also brilliant. #UCEMCentenary

Havard Siegel Haukeberg Howie

Aug 01, 2019

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Yes, you will like this place for your event.
We were 200 people during the BETT show and we had a large gathering in the auditorium with two rooms for side meetings. They have a great capacity for spreading out the participants over several rooms.
They have staff on site that assist with any issues and they even rolled inn a spare 50 inch monitor when the projector failed. Well worth it, and so close to the BETT arena.

Stephen Cooke

Jun 09, 2019

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Great location for this building, have been here for a work event. The conference rooms are nice with good screens and placement. Refreshments and lunch was served which was outstanding and had 3 more helpings.
Located 10 min walk from Canning Town tube station or you can get the Emirates Air Line over to Greenwich.

Maura Cole

Aug 16, 2018

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Has lots of interesting things to see, very informative and the cafe is lovely and healthy 🥒🥑🥦🥗

Sam Hesketh

Jul 20, 2018

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I recently visited The Crystal for a class trip with a group of 9-10 year olds. I’d expected it to be quite dry and thought we’d have to work quite hard to keep the children interested, but quite the opposite. The displays are interesting and there are loads of interactive activities. We all really enjoyed our day.

Gosia Malgosia Kwiatkowska

Jun 12, 2018

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The Crystal is a state of art building. Beautiful from the inside and out. The sustainable future and the environmental impact of our lives is well explained through interactive activities and exhibitions. My favourite is the film projected in the whole room. Very immersive experience that sticks in your mind. The entry is free for the local residents.

Oksana Koshel

Jan 04, 2018

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Very cool idea to promote sustainable ebergy solutions and making them understandable for anyone. I wish we'd spent more time in there, but we were in a rush and I could not appreciate all of the feautures.

Cordelle P.

Sep 05, 2013

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A unique exhibitions on explore the future of our cities
It is operated and owed by Siemens

The Crystal has over eight zones of unique exhibition on exploring the future of the world and our cities and also seeks not only to showcase ideas and technology but also to stimulate discovery. Catering to both groups and individuals, the experience can be personalised to meet specific areas of interest.

Through interactive, films, animations and installations you can explore a range of issues including water, transport, city design and management, energy, environment, buildings and lighting, safety