The term Winkman’s Warehouse covers multiple locations used within the TV series to represent the place where the bone glass is auctioned off. For most Lockwood & Co fans, the most prominent of the locations is the external shot next to the Thames where Lockwood and Lucy jump from the top of a warehouse into the River Thames – at night! Other important scenes include the rooftop fight with the Golden Blade and the internal staircase scenes as Lucy and Lockwood flee Winkman’s men. These were shot at the Truman Brewery much further inland, near Shoreditch.

As mentioned on the previous location page for Winkman’s Warehouse, the external shots of the warehouse are filmed at King Henry’s Wharf in Wapping. This iconic warehouse building is worth a look both from the comfort of a passing river boat, and in person if you are in the Wapping area. Whilst you can’t go inside, the area is a historic gem, and you will get a view of a bonus Lockwood & Co location in the form of Flo’s cafe, where Lockwood butters the toast for Lucy – and Jonathan plays his cameo!

Out in the Thames, home to ne’er-do-wells and relic hunters (and with Jonathan himself as its proprietor), the Barge Cafe serves a mean slice of toast but isn’t a place for the unwary. In reality, the cafe is Wapping Pier, a jetty used by the Thames river boat company Woods’ Silver Fleet, and only ever occupied by company employees.
It serves as the landing place where Lucy and Lockwood disembark from Matilda and run ashore along the catwalk that leads to it. (Sadly the pier is private and the catwalk can’t be accessed: you can stand at the end and look along it, though).
The catwalk comes ashore at King’s Henry’s Stairs. These are a typical set of Wapping “stairs” (ie steps leading straight down to the river) that are part of the area’s maritime trading history. There are several along Wapping High Street, and they can be quite an experience at high tide: you walk down a dark, narrow alley between the warehouses to the sound of waves slapping and banging angrily at the end, to find a stairway leading straight into the water a few feet below, in some cases with no gate or safety barrier! In this case, the alley leading to the stairs, at the corner of King Henry’s Wharves, also leads to the elevated jetty out to the pier.

The locations in Wapping are important for readers of the Lockwood and Co books, as well as the TV series. Whilst Winkman’s Warehouse is described as being further west in the books, this area of Wapping is mentioned specifically elsewhere in the book series. It’s also worth noting that Execution Dock, Wapping is the most likely source of the infamous mummified pirate hand. As the name suggests, Execution Dock, like Tyburn was the location of a set of gallows, specifically used for anyone found guilty of a crime at sea where the punishment was death. The punishment was required to fit the crime, and therefore enacted “at sea”. And so, the gallows were located right on the shoreline.
One of the most common crimes punished at the dock was that of piracy. So keen were the authorities of the day to prevent other sailors being drawn into piracy, the act of hanging for piracy was particularly harsh. (Although prisoners were allowed their final pint of beer nearby, just like at Tyburn). Unlike traditional land-based hangings, the rope length prolonged the act and the bodies were also left to the elements for some considerable time – at least until three tides had washed over them – meaning whilst they were not exactly “mummified”, they were, indeed, “sun-dried”!
Hence we end up with a “sun-dried pirate hand” from Execution Dock!

The whole waterfront at Wapping is intricately linked to the general history of London and its docks. Flo’s Cafe is on The Tunnel Pier, located in front of King Henry’s Wharves. This pier was named after the first “Sub-aqueous” tunnel in the world which was located a little further along. The tunnel was completed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s dad in 1843 and is still in use today as part of the modern London Overground. (The Brunel family tomb is in Kensal Green Cemetery).
The wharves themselves were used for storing sugar and coffee, and then later were used as “bonded” warehouses. This is a warehouse where taxable goods were unloaded before being brought into the country.

From 1986 until 2008, Wapping moved away from shipping and was known for the production of newspapers, particularly those owned and operated by News International. Previously, the papers had been produced at Fleet Street.

If you decide to visit the area, there are two examples of ancient London pubs in the area. They are the “Captain Kidd” and “The Prospect of Whitby”. The latter is next to Execution Dock.