The British Concession or Settlement was a foreign enclave (a "concession") in Shanghai within the Qing Empire which existed from around 1845 until its unification with the American area, located directly north of it across the Soochow Creek to form the Shanghai International Settlement in 1863. The settlement was bordered at north by the right bank of the Soochow Creek before it flows into the Huangpu, at east by the Huangpu, and at south by a channel, the Yang-King-Pang which will be the future boundary with the French concession.