China Shanghai Municipality

Thames Town

Shanghai Municipality · China
Thames Town, China
Photo: Huai-Chun Hsu CC BY 2.0 source

Thames Town is a Shanghai satellite development built to resemble a British market town, with cobbled streets, Victorian terraces, corner shops, and red telephone boxes. Completed in 2006 in Songjiang District, it drew early attention as a curiosity of themed architecture but high house prices left it largely empty for years, earning it a reputation as a ghost town. It sits on the water, roughly a half-hour from central Shanghai.

  • Nearest water0.1 km
  • Nearest mountain5.2 km
  • UNESCO within 50 km1

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