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The Embankment Pier is a departure point for the Thames River Sightseeing cruise, which operates between Westminster Pier and Greenwich Pier. Boat services go east (downriver) to Tower Bridge Quay for exploring the Tower of London , Tower Bridge and St Katharine Docks before continuing to Greenwich Pier and then returning.
Greenwich Pier is a major stop for a number of river operators including: Uber Boat by Thames Clippers, which operates a commuter catamaran service between Greenwich and Central London, via Embankment, Tower Millennium Pier and Canary Wharf. This service also extends down river to The O 2 and Barking Riverside Pier.
Westminster – St Katharine's Hop-on, Hop-off circular service; Westminster – Waterloo – Tower – Greenwich; Westminster Pier – High Speed RIB Tours (Operated By Thames Jet) Westminster Pier – Tower Bridge Quay – Greenwich Pier – Thames Flood Barrier (Barrier Gardens Pier) (Operated by Thames River Services)
A view from Westminster Pier on the River Thames. The development of Westminster Millennium Pier was funded by the Millennium Commission as part of the Thames project, and it was one of five new piers opened in 2000 by the Commission on the Thames (the others being Blackfriars Millennium Pier, London Eye Pier, Tower Millennium Pier and Millbank Millennium Pier).
Scheduled services depart daily from Westminster Pier and travel east along the Thames to Greenwich Pier before returning. In the summer, the boats also circle around the Thames Barrier. [4] [5] Westbound trips also call at Tower Bridge Quay, next to Tower Bridge.
The pier is served by various services including: Commuter boat services between Battersea Power Station and Barking Riverside and between Putney and Royal Wharf during off peak hours in the eastbound direction only (Uber Boat by Thames Clippers) Summer leisure cruises between Westminster and Greenwich (City Cruises)
Sean Collins co-founded Thames Clippers in 1999 with partner Alan Woods as Collins River Enterprises. Thames Clippers was then taken over in September 2006 by the Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG), [1] who promised substantial investment into the company to upgrade the services and to provide a more frequent "hop-on-hop-off" between Central London and The O 2, also owned by AEG.
The Docklands in 1882 - a time of great expansion for the Port of London. Much of the Port's operations have now moved further downstream. This is a list of about 680 former or extant wharves, docks, piers, terminals, etc. of the Port of London, the majority of which lie on the Tideway of the River Thames, listed from upstream to downstream.