Tower Pier is a pier on the River Thames, in Tower Hill, London, England and is located in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is operated by Uber Boat by Thames Clippers and served by various river transport and cruise operators. The pier is close to Tower Bridge and is situated in the immediately adjacent to the southwest corner of the Tower of London.
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| Type | River bus and tourist/leisure services |
|---|---|
| Locale | River Thames, London, England |
| Owner | London River Services |
| Operator | Uber Boat by Thames Clippers |
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| History | |
| Opening date | 14 July 2000 |
| Coordinates | 51°30′27″N 0°04′45″W / 51.507367°N 0.079182°W |
   Tower Pier | |
History
editTower Millennium Pier was opened on 14 July 2000 by London Mayor Ken Livingstone.[1][2] It was funded by the Millennium Commission as part of the Thames 2000 project, and was one of five new piers provided by the Commission on the Thames (the others being Blackfriars Millennium Pier, London Eye Pier, Westminster Millennium Pier and Millbank Millennium Pier).
The pier has at its upstream end a small cruise terminal facility which is used for processing passengers and baggage transferred by boat from cruise ships berthed alongside HMS Belfast. The Tower Pier project was part of an integrated transport and regeneration strategy for the Thames led by London's Cross River Partnership.[3]
Services
editThe pier is used by the river bus route RB1 from Battersea Power Station to Barking Riverside (operated by Uber Boat by Thames Clippers) and Westminster-Greenwich tourist boats (operated by City Cruises).[4] Private-charter entertainment boats also use Tower Pier.[5]
Connections
edit- Tower Hill tube station and Tower Gateway DLR station, Fenchurch Street railway station
- Tower Bridge Quay on the other side of Tower Bridge for Crown River Cruises
- London Buses routes 15 and N15
Lifeboat pier move
editIn 2002 the Royal National Lifeboat Institution's Thames lifeboat service was introduced to the River Thames following the Marchioness disaster, and Tower Pier was initially used as a base for the lifeboat service. In 2006 the RNLI station moved up-river to a new base, the former Waterloo Police Pier on Victoria Embankment next to Waterloo Bridge, which took the name Tower Lifeboat Station.[6]
Images
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Tower Pier with Tower Bridge
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A catamaran arriving at Tower Pier
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The pier entrance
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The pier with the Tower of London on the right
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The pier and Tower Bridge seen from the air
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A catamaran berthed at the pier
Lines
edit| Preceding station | Following station | |||
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| London Bridge City Pier towards Battersea Power Station Pier
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RB1 | Canary Wharf Pier towards Barking Riverside Pier
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| London Bridge City Pier towards Putney Pier
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RB2 | Canary Wharf Pier towards North Greenwich Pier
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| RB6 | Canary Wharf Pier towards Royal Wharf Pier
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| London Eye Pier towards Westminster Millennium Pier
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Westminster to Greenwich Express Service | Greenwich Pier Terminus
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References
edit- ^ Mayor opens new look Tower Millennium Pier Transport for London 14 July 2000
- ^ "Passenger Piers". Port of London Authority. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ "Ken Livingstone Opens New Millennium Commission Funded Pier". The Millennium Commission press release. 13 July 2000. Archived from the original on 9 December 2008. Retrieved 30 March 2008.
- ^ Transport for London. "London River Services timetables". Retrieved 30 March 2008.
- ^ For example "Thames Leisure". 10 August 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
- ^ "Tower Lifeboat Station website". 8 May 2006. Archived from the original on 23 January 2008. Retrieved 13 November 2007.
External links
edit Media related to Tower Millennium Pier at Wikimedia Commons