Paddle boarding in Canary Wharf - just one of the ways its owners are trying to attract a new crowd Canary Wharf Group
(Picture: Canary Wharf Group)Since its conversion from derelict docklands to a glassy temple to finance in the late Eighties, Canary Wharf has been the day-time dwelling place for Londoners who are slaves to their desk.
When the 120-acre Canary Wharf Estate’s towerblocks are fully occupied, its desks host 120,000 people — the vast majority of whom descend into the Tube or late-night Ubers at the end of each day, leaving the Wharf to more of a ghostly existence.
