Limehouse DLR station can be regarded as an extension of Limehouse railway station. The two are adjacent and the DLR station's platform are numbered 3 and 4.

This station was previously known as Stepney Junction station. It lies to the west of the Limehouse Basin. The area it was in used to be known as Ratcliffe.

There is a garden centre underneath the station which is opposite John Scurr House.

Adjacent stations on the DLR network are Shadwell (west) and Westferry (east).