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Cruise Operators

Bateaux London/
Catamaran Cruisers
Tel 020 7695 1800.
∑ bateauxlondon.com
City Cruises
Tel 020 7740 0400.
∑ citycruises.com
Crown River Cruises
The Thames Barrier
Completed in 1982, the world’s second largest movable flood Tel 020 7936 2033.
barrier protects London from rising water levels. The massive ∑ crownrivercruise.co.uk
steel gates have been raised over 100 times.
MBNA Thames Clippers
Riverside pubs Tel 020 7001 2200
Beautifully preserved pubs, such ∑ thamesclippers.com
as the Prospect of Whitby in
Wapping, hug the river’s banks. Thames River Services
Tel 020 7930 4097.
∑ thamesriverservices.
co.uk
Turks Launches
Rotherhithe Blackwall Tel 020 8546 2434.
Tunnel Tunnel
Canary North ∑ turks.co.uk
Wharf Pier
Hilton Greenwich Pier
Docklands
Lambeth Pier
Bridge Thames WPSA (Westminster
Hammersmith Millbank Millennium Pier Masthouse
Kew Bridge Greenland Terrace Pier Thames Barrier Passenger Service
Pier
Bridge Kew Pier Chelsea See pp68–9 Barrier Gardens Pier
Bridge
Cadogan Pier See pp66–7 Association [Upriver] Ltd)
Greenwich
Battersea Bridge Vauxhall Foot Tunnel Greenwich
Kew Rail Grosvenor Bridge Pier Tel 020 7930 2062.
Bridge Thames Albert
Chelsea Harbour Pier Bridge Rail Bridge ∑ wpsa.co.uk
Barnes
Chiswick Rail Bridge Putney
Bridge Bridge
Putney Pier
Richmond Putney Rail Bridge Wandsworth
Twickenham Bridge St Helena Pier Wandsworth Bridge
Twickenham Rail Bridge Richmond Riverside Quarter Pier
Richmond Bridge Landing Stage Cruise Highlights Greenwich (see pp240–47) Kew (see pp266–7) A cruise to
Frequent services to Greenwich Kew leaves the city behind
Most regular services run from make a visit to this World Heritage after passing the Battersea
April to September, with some Site, steeped in maritime history, Power Station.
routes having winter schedules. an absolute must. Operator: WPSA (upriver only).
During the summer, sailings Operators: Bateaux London/
are frequent from Westminster Catamaran Cruisers, City Cruises, Piers: Westminster.
Duration: 1.5 hrs (Westminster).
Teddington and Embankment to Greenwich. Thames River Services.
Foot Bridge The main commuter service, the Piers: Westminster, Waterloo, Hampton Court (see pp260–63)
Thames Clipper, runs regular Embankment, Bankside, Tower. Arrive at the Tudor bolthole
services from Canary Wharf and Duration: 1 hr (Westminster). Hampton Court in regal style,
Kingston but be aware that the round trip
Kingston Turks Pier Chelsea Harbour to the city’s Thames Barrier (see p253) Sail
Bridge main termini (the latter Monday between the nine massive from Westminster can take up
Kingston to eight hours. Consider sailing
Town End to Friday only), as well as daily piers that raise the steel gates.
Pier from one of the piers upriver.
Hampton trips from the London Eye to Cruises to the barrier also pass
Bridge Greenwich. You can travel with the O2 Arena, formerly the Operator: WPSA (upriver only),
Hampton an Oyster card (see p374) and Millennium Dome. Turks Launches.
Court Pier
most other services give a third Operator: Thames River Services. Piers: Kew, all Richmond and
off the ticket price to Travelcard Piers: Westminster, Greenwich. Kingston piers.
holders (see p374). Duration: 30 mins (Greenwich). Duration: 2 hrs (Kew).
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