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This is a list of about 680 former or extant wharves,
dock A dock (from Dutch ''dok'') is the area of water between or next to one or a group of human-made structures that are involved in the handling of boats or ships (usually on or near a shore) or such structures themselves. The exact meaning vari ...
s,
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s, terminals, etc. of the
Port of London The Port of London is that part of the River Thames in England lying between Teddington Lock and the defined boundary (since 1968, a line drawn from Foulness Point in Essex via Gunfleet Old Lighthouse to Warden Point in Kent) with the North ...
, the majority of which lie on the
Tideway The Tideway is a part of the River Thames in England which is subject to tides. This stretch of water is downstream from Teddington Lock. The Tideway comprises the upper Thames Estuary including the Pool of London. Tidal activity Depending on ...
of the
River Thames The River Thames ( ), known alternatively in parts as the The Isis, River Isis, is a river that flows through southern England including London. At , it is the longest river entirely in England and the Longest rivers of the United Kingdom, se ...
, listed from upstream to downstream. Many of the docks closed after the mass uptake of
containerisation Containerization is a system of intermodal freight transport using intermodal containers (also called shipping containers and ISO containers). Containerization is also referred as "Container Stuffing" or "Container Loading", which is the p ...
changed the face of the industry and bringing about an end to an era, and a demise to the occupation of the docker as it then was. Those marked with a † have at present the status of a
safeguarded wharf Safeguarded wharves are those wharves in London which have been given special status by the Mayor of London and the Port of London Authority (PLA) which ensures they are retained as working wharves and are protected from redevelopment into non ...
. Those in ''italics'' are no longer used for port or river transit related activities. Further remarks are made in brackets, including in some cases the present operator or cargo handled. It is estimated that in 1937, at the height of London's trade, there were around 1,700 wharves between
Brentford Brentford is a suburban town in West London, England and part of the London Borough of Hounslow. It lies at the confluence of the River Brent and the Thames, west of Charing Cross. Its economy has diverse company headquarters buildings wh ...
and
Gravesend Gravesend is a town in northwest Kent, England, situated 21 miles (35 km) east-southeast of Charing Cross (central London) on the south bank of the River Thames and opposite Tilbury in Essex. Located in the diocese of Rochester, it is ...
. Today there are around 70 active terminals, each generally handling much greater volumes. Much of the cargo and commodities handling by the Port of London takes place in the downstream stretches of the Thames beyond
Greater London Greater may refer to: *Greatness Greatness is a concept of a state of superiority affecting a person or object in a particular place or area. Greatness can also be attributed to individuals who possess a natural ability to be better than al ...
, on the banks of south
Essex Essex () is a Ceremonial counties of England, county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the Riv ...
(
Thurrock Thurrock () is a unitary authority area with borough status and unparished area in the ceremonial county of Essex, England. It is part of the London commuter belt and an area of regeneration within the Thames Gateway redevelopment zone. The ...
) and north
Kent Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...
. The
Port of London Authority The Port of London Authority (PLA) is a self-funding public trust established on 31 March 1909 in accordance with the Port of London Act 1908 to govern the Port of London. Its responsibility extends over the Tideway of the River Thames and its ...
controls operations from its base in
Gravesend Gravesend is a town in northwest Kent, England, situated 21 miles (35 km) east-southeast of Charing Cross (central London) on the south bank of the River Thames and opposite Tilbury in Essex. Located in the diocese of Rochester, it is ...
. The main
container A container is any receptacle or enclosure for holding a product used in storage, packaging, and transportation, including shipping. Things kept inside of a container are protected on several sides by being inside of its structure. The term ...
terminal is currently at
Tilbury Tilbury is a port town in the borough of Thurrock, Essex, England. The present town was established as separate settlement in the late 19th century, on land that was mainly part of Chadwell St Mary. It contains a 16th century fort and an anc ...
, though in 2008 construction began on the
London Gateway DP World London Gateway is a port within the wider Port of London, United Kingdom. Opened in November 2013, the site is a fully integrated logistics facility, comprising a semi-automated deep-sea container terminal on the same site as the UK ...
project, which will become the largest single component of the Port of London when completed.


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Kew

* Kew Gardens Pier


Mortlake Mortlake is a suburban district of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames on the south bank of the River Thames between Kew and Barnes. Historically it was part of Surrey and until 1965 was in the Municipal Borough of Barnes. For many cen ...
and Barnes

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Chiswick Bridge Chiswick Bridge is a reinforced concrete deck arch bridge over the River Thames in West London. It is one of three bridges opened in 1933 as part of an ambitious scheme to relieve traffic congestion west of London. The structure carries the A31 ...
) * ''Stag Brewery'' * ''St Mary's Wharf'' * site of ''Mortlake Power Station'' * ''Mortlake Wharf'' ( Barnes Railway Bridge) * Small Profits Draw Dock (
Hammersmith Bridge Hammersmith Bridge is a suspension bridge that crosses the River Thames in west London. It links the southern part of Hammersmith in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, on the north side of the river, and Barnes in the London Borough ...
) * ''Harrod's Wharf''


Putney Putney () is a district of southwest London, England, in the London Borough of Wandsworth, southwest of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London. History Putney is an ancient paris ...

*
Putney Pier Putney Pier is a pier on the River Thames at Putney, in the London Borough of Wandsworth. Location The pier is 24.94m long and is located off Putney Embankment near the Star & Garter pub and Thai Square restaurant, west of Putney Bridge on th ...
( TfL river service) (
Putney Bridge Putney Bridge is a Grade II listed bridge over the River Thames in west London, linking Putney on the south side with Fulham to the north. The bridge has medieval parish churches beside its abutments: St Mary's Church, Putney is built on the so ...
) * ''Putney Wharf'' * ''Douglas Wharf'' * ''Spaldings Wharf'' ( Fulham Railway Bridge)


Wandsworth Wandsworth Town () is a district of south London, within the London Borough of Wandsworth southwest of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London. Toponymy Wandsworth takes its nam ...

*
River Wandle The River Wandle is a right-bank tributary of the River Thames in south London, England. With a total length of about , the river passes through the London boroughs of Croydon, Sutton, Merton and Wandsworth, where it reaches the Thames. A sho ...
* ''Feathers Wharf'' * Western Riverside (solid waste transfer station) † * Wandsworth Riverside Quarter Pier (TfL river service) * Pier Wharf † (
Wandsworth Bridge Wandsworth Bridge crosses the River Thames in west London. It carries the A217 road between the area of Battersea, near Wandsworth Town Station, in the London Borough of Wandsworth on the south of the river, and the areas of Sands End and Par ...
)


Battersea Battersea is a large district in south London, part of the London Borough of Wandsworth, England. It is centred southwest of Charing Cross and extends along the south bank of the River Thames. It includes the Battersea Park. History Batt ...

* ''Sherwood Wharf'' * ''Plantation Wharf'', site of Manbre & Gartons works (sugars) * site of original
Price's Candles Price's Patent Candles, founded in 1830, is an importer and retailer of candles. The firm is headquartered in Bedford in England, and holds the Royal Warrant for the supply of candles. It is today the largest candle supplier in the United Kin ...
works * ''Shell Wharf'' * ''Bridges Wharf'' * ''Oyster Wharf'' * site of jetty for Lombard Road Power Station * ''Regent Wharf'' (
Battersea Railway Bridge The Battersea Railway Bridge (originally called the Cremorne Bridge, after the riverside public Cremorne Gardens in Chelsea, and formerly commonly referred to as the Battersea New Bridge) is a bridge across the River Thames in London, between ...
) * site of original Morgan Crucible Company works (
Battersea Bridge Battersea Bridge is a five-span arch bridge with cast-iron girders and granite piers crossing the River Thames in London, England. It is situated on a sharp bend in the river, and links Battersea south of the river with Chelsea to the north. Th ...
) * site of C & J Fields candle works * Ransomes Dock * site of Albert Bridge flour mills ( Albert Bridge)
(
Chelsea Bridge Chelsea Bridge is a bridge over the River Thames in west London, connecting Chelsea on the north bank to Battersea on the south bank, and split between the City of Westminster, the London Borough of Wandsworth and the Royal Borough of Kens ...
) * ''Chelsea Bridge Wharf'' * ''Battersea Wharf'' (
Grosvenor Bridge Grosvenor Bridge, originally known as, and alternatively called Victoria Railway Bridge, is a railway bridge over the River Thames in London, between Vauxhall Bridge and Chelsea Bridge. Originally constructed in 1860, and widened in 1865 and 1 ...
) * former ''
Battersea Power Station Battersea Power Station is a decommissioned Grade II* listed coal-fired power station, located on the south bank of the River Thames, in Nine Elms, Battersea, in the London Borough of Wandsworth. It was built by the London Power Company (LPC) ...
'' * The Battersea Barge * Cringle Dock † * Metro Greenham (RMC Battersea) †


Vauxhall Vauxhall ( ) is a district in South West London, part of the London Borough of Lambeth, England. Vauxhall was part of Surrey until 1889 when the County of London was created. Named after a medieval manor, "Fox Hall", it became well known for ...
and
Lambeth Lambeth () is a district in South London, England, in the London Borough of Lambeth, historically in the County of Surrey. It is situated south of Charing Cross. The population of the London Borough of Lambeth was 303,086 in 2011. The area e ...

* Middle Wharf (Cemex Vauxhall) † * ''Prescot Wharf'' * ''Bourne Valley Wharf'' * '' St George Wharf'' (
Vauxhall Bridge Vauxhall Bridge is a Grade II* listed steel and granite deck arch bridge in central London. It crosses the River Thames in a southeast–northwest direction between Vauxhall on the south bank and Pimlico on the north bank. Opened in 1906, i ...
) * Tamesis Dock * '' White Hart Draw Dock'' (river access under the Albert Embankment) * site of
Royal Doulton Royal Doulton is an English ceramic and home accessories manufacturer that was founded in 1815. Operating originally in Vauxhall, London, and later moving to Lambeth, in 1882 it opened a factory in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, in the centre of Engl ...
pottery * Lambeth River fire station * Lambeth Pier (
Lambeth Bridge Lambeth Bridge is a road traffic and footbridge crossing the River Thames in an east–west direction in central London. The river flows north at the crossing point. Downstream, the next bridge is Westminster Bridge; upstream, the next bridge i ...
)
(
Westminster Bridge Westminster Bridge is a road-and-foot-traffic bridge over the River Thames in London, linking Westminster on the west side and Lambeth on the east side. The bridge is painted predominantly green, the same colour as the leather seats in the H ...
) * ''Acre Wharf'' (now County Hall) *
Waterloo Millennium Pier The London Eye Pier is directly in front of the London Eye Ferris wheel on the South Bank of the River Thames in Central London, England. It was opened as the Waterloo Millennium Pier in 2000. It is served by various river transport and cruis ...
(TfL river service) * ''College Wharf'' * ''India Store Depot'' * ''Bangor Wharf'' (
Hungerford Bridge The Hungerford Bridge crosses the River Thames in London, and lies between Waterloo Bridge and Westminster Bridge. Owned by Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd (who use its official name of Charing Cross Bridge) it is a steel truss railway bridge ...
)


Southwark Southwark ( ) is a district of Central London situated on the south bank of the River Thames, forming the north-western part of the wider modern London Borough of Southwark. The district, which is the oldest part of South London, developed ...

*
Festival Pier Festival Pier is a stop for river boat services on the River Thames, London, UK. It is immediately in front of the Royal Festival Hall and National Film Theatre, and serves the South Bank complex. The pier is owned and operated by London Riv ...
(TfL river service) (
Waterloo Bridge Waterloo Bridge () is a road and foot traffic bridge crossing the River Thames in London, between Blackfriars Bridge and Hungerford Bridge and Golden Jubilee Bridges. Its name commemorates the victory of the British, Dutch and Prussians at the ...
) * ''Old Shot Tower Wharf'' * ''Commercial Wharf'' * ''Waterloo Dock'' * ''New Barge House Wharf'' * ''Old Jamaica Wharf'' * ''Old Bull Stairs Wharf'' * ''Greystone Lane Wharf'' * ''Jamaica Wharf'' * ''Blackfriars Bridge Wharf'' (
Blackfriars Bridge Blackfriars Bridge is a road and foot traffic bridge over the River Thames in London, between Waterloo Bridge and Blackfriars Railway Bridge, carrying the A201 road. The north end is in the City of London near the Inns of Court and Temple Ch ...
)
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Blackfriars Railway Bridge Blackfriars Railway Bridge is a railway bridge crossing the River Thames in London, between Blackfriars Bridge and the Millennium Bridge. First bridge There have been two structures with the name. The first bridge was opened in 1864 and was de ...
) * ''Foundry Wharf'' * Falcon Draw Dock * ''Holland Wharf'' * ''Iron Wharf'' * ''Honduras Wharf'' * ''Willow Wharf'' * ''Royal George Wharf'' * former
Bankside Power Station Bankside Power Station is a decommissioned electricity generating station located on the south bank of the River Thames, in the Bankside area of the Borough of Southwark, London. It generated electricity from 1891 to 1981. It was also used as ...
* ''Travers & Crown Wharf'' * ''Queen's Wharf'' * ''Phoenix Wharf'' (
Millennium Bridge Several bridges are known as the Millennium Bridge: * in the United Kingdom **Gateshead Millennium Bridge ** Lune Millennium Bridge, Lancaster ** Millennium Bridge, Glasgow ** Millennium Bridge, London ** Millennium Bridge (Salford Quays) ** Teesqua ...
) * ''Devonshire Wharf'' * ''Globe Wharf'' * ''British Lion Wharf'' * ''Greenmoor Wharf'' * ''Stone Wharf'' *
Bankside Pier Bankside Pier is a stop for river services in London. It is located on the south bank of the river Thames, close to Tate Modern museum. Three services call at the pier: the river bus routes RB1 (between Embankment and Woolwich Arsenal) and RB2 ...
/Jetty (TfL river service) * ''Emmerson Wharf'' * ''Windsor Wharf'' * ''Benbow Wharf'' * ''Sturtivant Wharf'' * ''Bear Wharf'' * ''Bear Garden Wharf'' * ''St Helen's Wharf'' * ''Cast Iron Wharf'' * ''Scott's Wharf'' * ''Universal Wharf'' (
Southwark Bridge Southwark Bridge ( ) is an arch bridge in London, for traffic linking the district of Southwark and the City across the River Thames. Besides when others are closed for temporary repairs, it has the least traffic of the Thames bridges in Londo ...
) * ''Imperial Wharf'' * ''Southwark Wharf'' * ''Bridge Wharf'' * ''Ceylon Wharf'' * ''Red Lion Wharf'' * ''Lion Wharf'' * ''Carey's Wharf'' * ''Barclay's Brewery'' * ''Bank End Wharf'' (
Cannon Street Railway Bridge Cannon Street station, also known as London Cannon Street, is a central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station in Travelcard zone 1 located on Cannon Street in the City of London and managed by Network Rail. It is on ...
) * ''South Eastern Wharf'' * ''Horseshoe Wharf'' * ''Clink Wharf'' * ''Winchester Wharf'' * ''Phoenix Wharf'' * ''
Pickfords Pickfords is a moving company based in the United Kingdom, part of Pickfords Move Management Ltd. The business is believed to have been founded in the 17th century, making it one of the UK's oldest functioning companies, although the similar ...
Wharf'' * St Mary Overie Dock * ''West Kent Wharf'' * '' Hibernia Wharf''


Upper Pool

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London Bridge Several bridges named London Bridge have spanned the River Thames between the City of London and Southwark, in central London. The current crossing, which opened to traffic in 1973, is a box girder bridge built from concrete and steel. It r ...
) * ''Fenning's Wharf'' * ''Sun Wharf'' * ''Topping's Wharf'' * ''St Olaf House'' (Hay's Wharf offices) * ''Chamberlain's Wharf'' * ''Cotton's Wharf'' * ''Humphery's Wharf'' *
London Bridge City Pier London Bridge City Pier (also known as London Bridge Pier and City Pier) is situated on the south bank of the River Thames in London, UK, close to London Bridge. It serves as the main pier for the City of London and City Hall, former headqua ...
/Hays Wharf Pier (TfL river service) * ''Hay's Dock and Wharf'' * ''Wilson's Wharf'' * ''Griffin's Wharf'' * ''South Thames Wharf'' * ''Gun & Shot Wharves'' * ''Symon's Wharf'' * ''Stanton's Wharf'' * ''St Olave's Wharf'' * ''Pickle Herring Wharf'' * ''Mark Brown's Wharf'' * ''Tower Bridge Wharf'' (
Tower Bridge Tower Bridge is a Listed building#Grade I, Grade I listed combined Bascule bridge, bascule and Suspended-deck suspension bridge, suspension bridge in London, built between 1886 and 1894, designed by Horace Jones (architect), Horace Jones and e ...
)


Bermondsey Bermondsey () is a district in southeast London, part of the London Borough of Southwark, England, southeast of Charing Cross. To the west of Bermondsey lies Southwark, to the east Rotherhithe and Deptford, to the south Walworth and Peckham, a ...

* ''Burtt's Portland Wharf'' * '' Anchor Brewhouse'' * ''
Butler's Wharf Butler's Wharf is an England, English historic building at Shad Thames on the south bank of the River Thames, just east of London's Tower Bridge, now housing luxury flats and restaurants. Lying between Shad Thames and the Thames Path, it overlo ...
'' * ''Horselydown Wharf'' * ''Coventry's Wharf'' * ''Cole's Upper and Lower Wharves'' * ''Newell's Wharf'' *
Shad Thames Shad Thames is a historic riverside street next to Tower Bridge in Bermondsey, London, England, and is also an informal name for the surrounding area. In the 19th century, the area included the largest warehouse complex in London. Location Th ...
*
St Saviour's Dock St Saviour's Dock is an inlet-style dock in London, England, on the south bank of the River Thames, 420 metres east of Tower Bridge. It forms the eastern end of the Shad Thames embankment that starts at Tower Bridge. The east side of the Dock ...
* ''St Andrew's Wharf'' * ''Meriton's Wharf'', later ''New Concordia Wharf'' * ''Reed's Wharf'' * ''Uveco Wharf'' * ''Deverell's Wharf'' * ''Downing's Wharf'' * ''Reed's Lower Wharf'' * ''Redman's Wharf'' * ''Springall's Wharf'' * ''Adlard's Wharf'' * ''Brunswick Wharf'', later ''Sterling Wharf'' * ''Seaborne Coal Wharf'' * ''London Grist Mills'' * ''East Lane Wharf'' * ''Chamber's Wharves'' * ''Bond's Wharf'' * ''Fountain Dock'' * ''Darnell's Wharf'' * ''Fountain Stairs Wharf'' * ''Powell's Wharf'' * ''Farrand's Wharf'' * ''Cherry Garden Wharf'' * Cherry Garden Pier * ''Lucas and Spencer's Wharf''


Rotherhithe Rotherhithe () is a district of south-east London, England, and part of the London Borough of Southwark. It is on a peninsula on the south bank of the Thames, facing Wapping, Shadwell and Limehouse on the north bank, as well as the Isle of Dogs ...

* '' Corbett's Wharf'' * ''National Wharf'' * ''Platform Wharf'' * ''Platform Sufferance Wharf'' * ''Braithwaite & Dean's Wharf'' Ellmers & Werner, p. 132 * ''Pace's Wharf'' * ''Pocock's Barge Yard'' * ''Cochin Wharf'' * ''Yardley's Wharf'' * ''Matthew's Wharf'' * ''Rotherhithe Wharf'' * ''Cannon Wharf'' * ''Abbot's Wharf'' * ''Gordon's Wharf'' * ''Prince's Wharf'' * ''Carr's Wharf'' * ''Beard's Wharf'' * ''East India Wharf'' * ''Bombay Wharf'' * ''Hope Wharf'' * ''Thames Tunnel Mills'' * ''Grice's Wharf'' * ''Claydon's Wharf'' * ''Genisi's Wharf'' Ellmers & Werner, p. 124 * ''Brandram's Wharf'' * ''Charles Hay's Barge Yard'' Ellmers & Werner, p. 124 * ''Fisher's Sufferance Wharf'' * ''Cumberland Wharf'' * ''Carolina Wharf'' * ''Ransome's Wharf'' * ''Norway Wharf'' * ''Clarence Wharf'' (
Rotherhithe Tunnel The Rotherhithe Tunnel, designated the A101, is a road tunnel under the River Thames in East London, connecting Limehouse in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets north of the river to Rotherhithe in the London Borough of Southwark south of the ...
) * ''Dinorwic Wharf'' *
Surrey Commercial Docks The Surrey Commercial Docks were a large group of docks in Rotherhithe, South East London, located on the south bank (the Surrey side) of the River Thames. The docks operated in one form or another from 1696 to 1969. Most were subsequently fi ...
* ''Surrey Commercial Wharf'' * ''Bull Head Wharf'' * ''King and Queen Wharf'' * ''Bellamy's Wharf'' * ''Prince's Wharf'' * ''Lower King and Queen Wharf'' * ''Upper Globe Wharf'' (rice); once ''Upper Globe Dock Shipyard'' * ''Normandy Wharf'' * ''Crown Lead Works'' * ''Horseferry Wharf'' * ''Grand Surrey Wharf'' * ''Lavender Dock shipyard'', later ''Lavender Wharf'' (
Castrol Castrol is a British oil company that markets industrial and automotive lubricants, offering a wide range of oil, greases and similar products for most lubrication applications. The name ''Castrol'' was originally just the brand name for com ...
) * Lavender Lock entrance to
Lavender Pond Lavender Pond is a 2.5 acre local nature reserve in Rotherhithe in the London Borough of Southwark. It is owned by Southwark Council and managed by The Conservation Volunteers. The nature reserve has an area of woodland as well as the pond. Hi ...
* ''Pageant Wharf'' * ''Upper Ordnance Wharf'' (Enthoven Lead Works) * ''Sunderland Wharf'' *
Cuckold's Point Cuckold's Point is part of a sharp bend on the River Thames on the Rotherhithe peninsula, south-east London, opposite the West India Docks and to the north of Columbia Wharf. The name comes from a post surmounted by a pair of horns that used t ...
, once site of Limehouse Hole ferry * ''Canada Wharf'', later '' Columbia Wharf'', * Nelson Dock Pier * ''Nelson Dry Dock'' * ''Danzig Wharf'' * ''Albion Wharf'' * ''Somerset Wharf'' * ''Lawrence's Wharf'' * ''Durand's Wharf'' * ''Trinity Wharf'' * ''Acorn Wharf'', later ''South Wharf'' * ''Barnard's Wharf'', later '' Odessa Wharf'' * ''Commercial Dock Pier'' later ''Commercial Pier Wharf'' * ''Atkin's Wharf'', ''Redriff Wharf'', later '' New Caledonian Wharf'' *
Greenland Dock Greenland Dock is the oldest of London's riverside wet docks, located in Rotherhithe in the area of the city now known as Docklands. It used to be part of the Surrey Commercial Docks, most of which have by now been filled in. Greenland Doc ...
Ellmers & Werner, p. 102 *
Greenland Dock Pier Greenland (Surrey Quays) Pier is a pier on the River Thames in London, United Kingdom. It is situated at the eastern end of Greenland Dock in the London Borough of Southwark, and is a stop on the Thames commuter catamaran service. Services Gre ...
* South Dock Marina * ''St George's Wharf'' later site of ''Manganese Bronze and Brass works''


Deptford Deptford is an area on the south bank of the River Thames in southeast London, within the London Borough of Lewisham. It is named after a ford of the River Ravensbourne. From the mid 16th century to the late 19th it was home to Deptford Dock ...
and Deptford Creek

* ''Deadman's Dock'', later ''Deadman's Wharf'', later ''
Deptford Wharf Deptford Wharf in London, UK is situated on the Thames Path southeast of South Dock Marina, across the culverted mouth of the Earl's Sluice and north of Aragon Tower. In the late 18th and early 19th century this area was used for shipbuild ...
'' * site of ''Royal Victoria Victualling Yard'' * site of ''Deptford Supply Reserve Depot'', part of the Deptford Dockyard Ellmers & Werner, p. 92 later the ''Foreign Cattle Market'', later '' Convoy's Wharf'' † * ''Palmer's Wharf'' * Watergate Stairs, site of ''Deptford Ferry'' * site of ''Payne's Paper Wharf'' * site of '' Borthwick's Cold Stores'' * site of ''
Deptford Power Station Three distinct coal-fired power stations were built at Deptford on the south bank of the River Thames, the first of which is regarded as the first central high-voltage power station in the world. History Deptford East (Low Pressure) One of the ...
'' * site of ''The Stowage'',
East India Company The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (the Indian subcontinent and Southea ...
shipyard, later General Steam Navigation Co's ''Deptford Green Dockyard'' * Deptford CreekEllmers & Werner, p. 88 * Brewery Wharf (active aggregate wharf)


Greenwich Greenwich ( , ,) is a town in south-east London, England, within the ceremonial county of Greater London. It is situated east-southeast of Charing Cross. Greenwich is notable for its maritime history and for giving its name to the Greenwich ...

* ''Phoenix Wharf'' (Phoenix Gas Light & Coke Co), later ''Granophast Wharf'' * ''Dreadnought Yard'' (originally J & G Rennie's shipyard) * ''Victoria & Norway Wharf'' * site of ''Greenwich Vehicular Ferry'' * ''Talbot's Wharf'' * ''Billingsgate Dock'' * ''Dodd's Wharf'' (
Greenwich foot tunnel The Greenwich Foot Tunnel crosses beneath the River Thames in East London, linking Greenwich (Royal Borough of Greenwich) on the south bank with Millwall (London Borough of Tower Hamlets) on the north. Approximately 4,000 people use the tunne ...
) * Greenwich Pier (TfL river service) * former Dreadnought Seamen's Hospital (now part of University of Greenwich) * former Royal Naval College, Greenwich, Royal Naval College, now National Maritime Museum * ''High Bridge Wharf'' * Greenwich Power Station * ''Crowley's Wharf'' * ''Port of London Wharf'' * ''Union Wharf'' * ''Greenwich Wharf'' * ''Lovell’s Wharf'' (status as a safeguarded wharf now lost) * ''Granite Wharf '' (status as a safeguarded wharf now lost) * ''Badcock's Wharves'' * ''Piper's Wharf'', Thames craft dry docking


Greenwich Peninsula

* Enderby's Wharf (originally the rope works of a whaling company, subsequently a Submarine communications cable, submarine cable works owned by a succession of firms from Glass Elliot (1857) including Standard Telephones and Cables, STC, currently Alcatel-Lucent, Alcatel) * Tunnel Glucose † (formerly Thames Soap and Candle Works) * Morden Wharf * Primrose Wharf * Bay Wharf (site of Henry Maudslay, Maudslay Son & Field shipyard) * Victoria Deep Water Terminal (Hanson plc, Hanson Aggregates; originally Henry Bessemer, Bessemer's steel works; Victoria linoleum; container terminal until the 1990s) † * Imperial Wharf * Sussex Wharf * ''Delta/Blackwall Wharf''(originally Delta Metals brass, bronze etc. works) (major aggregates wharf now lost - redeveloped as part of the Greenwich Peninsula masterplan) * Draw dock * Ordnance Wharf (originally Blakely's Ordnance Works making heavy guns) (Blackwall Tunnel) * site of ''Blackwall Point dry dock'' * Blackwall Point * site of South Metropolitan Gas Co's ''East Greenwich Gas Works'' * QEII Pier, Queen Elizabeth II Pier (TfL river service) on site of ''gas works coaling jetty'' * ''Phoenix Wharf'' * site of ''Blackwall Point Power Station''


New Charlton

* ''Peartree Wharf'' * Angerstein Wharf † (aggregates wharf with rail head) * Murphy's Wharf (Tarmac Limited, Tarmac, major existing aggregates terminal)† * Cory Environmental, Cory's Barge Works * ''Charlton Parish Wharf'' * ''Durham Coal Wharf'' * ''Charlton Wharf'' * ''Charlton Ballast Wharf'' * Riverside Wharf † (Tarmac) * ''Telegraph Wharf'' * Barrier Gardens Pier (
Port of London Authority The Port of London Authority (PLA) is a self-funding public trust established on 31 March 1909 in accordance with the Port of London Act 1908 to govern the Port of London. Its responsibility extends over the Tideway of the River Thames and its ...
) * Thames Barrier


Woolwich

* ''Warspite Wharf'' (site of Siemens Brothers telegraph works) * ''Long's Wharf'' * ''Trinity Wharf'' * site of ''Woolwich Dockyard'' * ''Royal Dockyard Wharf'' * ''Parish Wharf'' * Woolwich Free Ferry southern landing stage * site of ''Woolwich Power Station'' * Woolwich Arsenal Pier (TfL river service) * site of ''Royal Arsenal, Woolwich Arsenal'' * Margaret or Tripcock Ness * Cross Ness *Crown Wharf (off Globe Lane)


Belvedere, Kent, Belvedere, Erith and Crayford, Crayford Ness

* Belvedere Incinerator * site of ''Belvedere Power Station'' * Borax Wharf/Manor Wharf † * Mulberry Wharf † * Jenningtree Point * Pioneer Wharf † * Albion Wharf † (includes numerous jetties and landing stages) * RMC Erith (jetty and landing stages) † * site of ''British Insulated Callender's Cables, BICC cable works'' * Archer Daniels Midland, ADM Erith * ''Ballast Wharf'' * ''Chalk Farm Wharf'' * ''Erith Pier'' (formerly in commercial use, now rebuilt for leisure) * ''Garden Wharf'' * Railway Wharf (RMC) † * Standard Wharf † * European Metal Recycling * Crayford Ness


Dartford, Greenhithe and Swanscombe

* River Darent * Littlebrook Power Station (Dartford Crossing) * Thames Europort * CdMR Dartford (roll-on/roll-off, ro-ro ferry terminal). * Johnson's Wharf (aggregates) * ''Globe Wharf'' * Bell Wharf


Northfleet and

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* Broadness * Northfleet Wharf * Britannia Terminal * Seacon Terminals Tower Wharf (steel, forest products) * Robin's Wharf * Brett Aggregates * Bevan's Wharf * Northfleet Terminal (Kimberly-Clark) * Red Lion Wharf * Bowater's Wharf * ''Fletchers Wharf'', Gravesend * ''Baltic Wharf'' * ''West Street Pier'' * ''Commercial Wharf'' * ''Town Wharf'', Gravesend * Gravesend–Tilbury Ferry landing stages * ''Town Pier'', Gravesend * Royal Terrace Pier and landing stage, Gravesend (headquarters of the
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) * Custom House Pier, Gravesend * Thames and Medway Canal, Gravesend Canal Basin * Denton Wharf and Jetty, Gravesend (owned by the
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and main base for PLA vessels) * Jetty (Metropolitan Police training centre) * Clubb's Marine Terminal (sea-dredged aggregates)


Cliffe, Kent, Cliffe

* North Sea Terminal (sea-dredged aggregates) * Lower Hope Point * London Stone (riparian)#Yantlet Creek, Yantlet Creek Below here lie the Medway ports including Thamesport, a container port on the site of BP's Kent oil refinery on the Isle of Grain and Sheerness on the Isle of Sheppey. These are not part of the Port of London.


North bank


Isleworth

* ''Lion Wharf'' * ''Town Wharf'' * ''Bridge Wharf''


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and Strand-on-the-Green

* Brentford Dock (formerly a major trans-shipment point between the river and the Great Western Railway) * River Brent and Grand Union Canal entrance * site of Thames Soap Works * ''Point Wharf'' * ''Goat Wharf'' (Kew Bridge) * ''Ball's Wharf'' * ''Magnolia Wharf'' (Kew Railway Bridge)


Chiswick

(
Chiswick Bridge Chiswick Bridge is a reinforced concrete deck arch bridge over the River Thames in West London. It is one of three bridges opened in 1933 as part of an ambitious scheme to relieve traffic congestion west of London. The structure carries the A31 ...
)
( Barnes Railway Bridge) * ''Lep Wharf'' * Chiswick Pier * ''River Wharf'' * ''Church Wharf'', site of John I. Thornycroft & Company, Thornycroft's first torpedo boat yard, later Cherry Blossom shoe polish * ''Chiswick Wharf'' * ''Fuller's Brewery, Fuller's Griffin Brewery'' * Chiswick Draw Dock * ''Durham Wharf'' * ''St Peter's Wharf''


Hammersmith

* ''Albert Wharf'' * ''Atlanta Wharf'' * ''Beckett's Wharf'' * ''Hope Wharf'' (
Hammersmith Bridge Hammersmith Bridge is a suspension bridge that crosses the River Thames in west London. It links the southern part of Hammersmith in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, on the north side of the river, and Barnes in the London Borough ...
) * ''Queen's Wharf'' * Gwynnes Limited, ''Gwynne's Wharf'' * ''Chancellor's Wharf''


Fulham and Sands End

* ''Distillery Wharf'' (site of Haig (whisky), Haig distillery) * site of ''Manbre's sugar works'' (later Manbre & Garton) * ''Duckham's Wharf'' (formerly Duckham's Motor Oil works) * ''Thames Wharf Studios, Thames Wharf'' * ''Dorset Wharf'' (formerly Anglo-American Oil Company) * ''Tea Rose Jetty and Wharf'' * ''Greyhound Wharf'' * ''Palace Wharf'' * ''Crabree Wharf'' * Crabtree Draw Dock * ''Wheatsheaf Wharf'' * ''Rosebank Wharf'' * ''Redline Wharf'' * ''Blakes Wharves'' * ''National Benzole Wharf'' * ''Eternit Wharf'' * ''Stevenage Wharf'' (
Putney Bridge Putney Bridge is a Grade II listed bridge over the River Thames in west London, linking Putney on the south side with Fulham to the north. The bridge has medieval parish churches beside its abutments: St Mary's Church, Putney is built on the so ...
) * ''Swan Wharf'' * ''Carrara Wharf'' * ''Willowbank Wharf'' ( Fulham Railway Bridge) * ''Broomhouse Draw Dock'' * ''Petrofina Wharf'' * ''Whiffin Wharf'' * Hurlingham Wharf † * ''Trinidad Wharf'' (former asphalt wharf) (
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) * ''Albert Wharf'' * Swedish Wharf † * Comley's Wharf (RMC Fulham) † * Fulham Wharf * site of ''Fulham Power Station'' * ''Shell Wharf'' * ''Lensbury Wharf'' * site of ''Imperial Gas Works'' pier * ''Nacovia Wharf'' (
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) * Chelsea Harbour Pier (TfL river service) * Chelsea Harbour marina (formerly Chelsea Basin)


Chelsea, London, Chelsea

* Counter's Creek * former ''Lots Road Power Station'' * Cremorne Wharf † * ''Chelsea Wharf'' * ''Durham Wharf'' ( Albert Bridge) * Cadogan Pier (TfL river service)


Westminster and City of London

(
Chelsea Bridge Chelsea Bridge is a bridge over the River Thames in west London, connecting Chelsea on the north bank to Battersea on the south bank, and split between the City of Westminster, the London Borough of Wandsworth and the Royal Borough of Kens ...
) * Grosvenor Canal (
Grosvenor Bridge Grosvenor Bridge, originally known as, and alternatively called Victoria Railway Bridge, is a railway bridge over the River Thames in London, between Vauxhall Bridge and Chelsea Bridge. Originally constructed in 1860, and widened in 1865 and 1 ...
) * Dinorvic Wharf, now Westminster Boating Base * St George's Wharf * Somerset Wharf * Chester Wharf * Eagle Wharf (
Vauxhall Bridge Vauxhall Bridge is a Grade II* listed steel and granite deck arch bridge in central London. It crosses the River Thames in a southeast–northwest direction between Vauxhall on the south bank and Pimlico on the north bank. Opened in 1906, i ...
) * Baltic Wharf, site of Castle's Shipbreaking Company * Millbank Millennium Pier (TfL river service) (
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)
(
Westminster Bridge Westminster Bridge is a road-and-foot-traffic bridge over the River Thames in London, linking Westminster on the west side and Lambeth on the east side. The bridge is painted predominantly green, the same colour as the leather seats in the H ...
) * Westminster Millennium Pier (TfL river service) * PS Tattershall Castle, PS ''Tattershall Castle'' * MV Maid of Ashton, RS ''Hispaniola'' (
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) * Embankment Pier (TfL river service) * Savoy Pier * TS Queen Mary, TS ''Queen Mary'' (
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) * Temple Pier * The Yacht (formerly Port of London Authority, PLA yacht St Katherine) * HMS President (1918), HMS ''President'' * Blackfriars Millennium Pier (TfL river service) (
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)
(
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) * ''Puddle Dock'' * ''Wheatsheaf Wharf'' * ''England Wharf'' * ''Crown Wharf'' * ''Horseshoe Wharf'' * ''Anchor Wharf'' * ''Castle Baynard Dock'' * ''Lion Wharf'' * ''Paul's Wharf'' (
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) * ''Trig Wharf'' * ''Broken Wharf'' * ''Brook's Wharf'' *''Stew Lane Stairs'' * ''Maidstone Wharf'' * Queenhithe, ''Queenhithe Dock'' *''Queenhithe Stairs'' * ''Kennet Wharf'' *Southwark Bridge Stairs (
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) * ''Bell Wharf'' * Dowgate, ''Dowgate Dock'' * ''Kennet Wharf'' * Walbrook Wharf (waste transfer station) † *Cousin Lane Stairs (
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) * ''Allhallows Lane Stairs'' leading to ''Allhallows Pier'' * ''Red Bull Wharf'' * Worshipful Company of Dyers, ''Dyers' Hall Wharf'' * ''Commercial Wharf'' * ''Old Swan Stairs'' leading to ''Old Swan Pier''/Dolphin Pontoon * ''Old Swan Wharf'' * ''City Pier'' and ''Fishmongers Hall Wharf''


Upper Pool

(
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) * ''London Bridge Wharf'' *''(Site of London Bridge, Old London Bridge)'' * ''Fresh Wharf'' * ''Cox and Hammond's Wharf'' *''Botolph Wharf'' * ''Nicholson's Wharf'' *''Somers Quay Stairs'' * ''Grant's Quay Wharf'' * ''Old Billingsgate Market, Billingsgate Market'' *''Custom House Stairs West'' * ''Custom House, City of London, Custom House Wharf'' *Custom House Stairs East'''' * ''Custom House, City of London, Custom House and Wool Quays'' * ''Galley Dock and Quay'' * ''Chester Quay'' * ''Brewer's Quay'' * ''Tower Dock'' *Tower Stairs * Tower Millennium Pier (TfL river service) (
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Wapping and Shadwell

* ''Irongate Wharf'' * ''St Katharine Wharf'' * St Katharine Docks * Tower Bridge Quay (TfL river service) * ''Harrison's Wharf'' * ''South Devon Wharf'' * ''British and Foreign Wharves'' * HMS President (shore establishment), HMS ''President'', a stone frigate * ''Miller's Wharf'' * ''Carron Wharf'' * ''London and Continental Steam Wharf'' (Hermitage entrance to London Docks) * ''Hermitage Steam Wharf'' * ''Colonial Wharves'' * ''Standard Wharves'' * ''Watson's Wharf'' * ''Black Eagle Wharf'' * ''Brewers Wharf'' * ''Albion Wharf'' * ''Hasties Wharf'' * ''St Helens Wharf'' (Wapping entrance to London Docks) * ''Oliver's Wharf'' * ''Orient Wharf'' * ''Gun Wharf'' * ''St John's Wharf'' * ''Morocco Wharf'' * ''Eagle Sufferance Wharf'' * ''Eagle Wharf'' * ''Baltic Wharf'' * ''Old Aberdeen Wharf'' * Wapping Police Station * ''St John's Wharf'' * ''Sun Wharf'' * ''Swan Wharf'' * Tunnel Pier Ellmers & Werner, p. 25 * ''King Henry's Wharves'' * ''Gibb's Wharf'' * ''Gun Wharves'' * ''Middleton and St Bride's Wharf'' * ''Foundry Wharf'' * ''St Hilda's Wharf'' * ''New Crane Wharves'' * ''Lower Oliver's Wharf'' Ellmers & Werner, p. 28 * ''Lushes Wharf'' * ''Metropolitan Wharf'' * ''Thorpe's and Queen Wharf'' * ''Pelican Wharf'' (Shadwell New Entrance to Shadwell Basin and London Docks)


Stepney (formerly Ratcliff) and Limehouse

* ''Sea-borne Coal Wharf'' * ''Bowle's Wharf'' * ''Free Trade Wharf'' * ''Hubbuck's Wharf'' * '' Ratcliff Cross Wharf'' * ''Lendrum's Wharf'' * ''Phoenix Wharf'' * ''Trinity Ballast Wharf'' Ellmers & Werner, p. 38 * ''Marriage's Wharf'' * ''Roneo Wharf'' * ''London Wharf'' * ''Crown Mill Wharf'' * ''Eagle Wharf'' * ''New Sun Wharf'' * ''Vanes Wharf'' * ''Oporto Wharf'' * ''Old Sun Wharf'' * ''Chinnock's Wharf'' * entrance to Limehouse Basin (formerly Regent's Canal Dock) Ellmers & Werner, p. 41 * ''Victoria Wharf'' * (former entrance to Limehouse Cut) * ''Hough's Wharf'' * ''Dover Wharf'' * ''Blyth Wharf'', site of ''Stepney Power Station'' Ellmers & Werner, p. 45 * ''Broadway Wharf'' * ''Etheridge's Wharf'' * ''Fielder's Wharf'' * ''Lamb's Wharf'' * ''Sparks' Wharf'' * ''Moline Wharf'' * ''Duke Shore Wharf'' * ''Anchor Wharf'' * ''Dunbar Wharf'' * Limekiln Dock * ''Dundee Wharf'' * ''River Plate Wharf'' * Limehouse Pier * ''Buchanan's Wharf'' * ''Aberdeen Wharf''


Millwall

* ''Mallinson's Wharf'' * ''Bridge Wharf'' (site of original West India Docks Limehouse Upper Entrance) * ''Charrington Barge Yard'' * ''Locke's Wharf'' * ''Union Docks'', later ''Union Docks Wharf'' * Canary Wharf Pier (TfL river service) (site of original West India Docks Limehouse Lower Entrance) Ellmers & Werner, p. 54 * ''Morton's Sufferance Wharf'' * West India Dock Pier * ''Batson's & Regents Wharves'' * ''Regent Dry Dock'' Ellmers & Werner, p. 56 * ''Oak Wharf'' * ''London Wharf'' * ''Bullivant Wharf'' later ''Express Wharf'' (Seacon London Steel Terminal, moved to Northfleet late 1990s) * ''Hutching's Wharf'' * ''Ocean Wharf'' * ''Lion Wharf'' * ''Lollar Wharf'' * ''Glengall Wharf'' Ellmers & Werner, p. 62 * site of ''Atlas Chemical Company'', later ''Atlas Wharf'' * ''Timothy's Wharf'' * ''Mellish Wharf'' later ''Arnhem Wharf'' * ''Nathaniel Fenner, Fenner's Wharf'' later '' Klein's Wharf'' (site of original Millwall Dock entrance) * ''Phoenix Wharf'' * ''Snowdon's Wharf'' * ''Winkley's Wharf'' * ''Cyclops Wharf'' (site of Le Bas Tube Co works) * site of ''Millwall Pier'' * ''Victoria Wharf'' (site of Crosse & Blackwell, later Le Bas Tube Co works) * ''Anchor Wharf'' (site of Brown Lenox & Co Ltd, Brown, Lenox & Co chain and anchor works) * ''Cutler's Wharf'' (site of ''Providence Iron Works'', makers of boilers, gas holders etc.) * Masthouse Terrace Pier * site of ''Drunken Dock'', later ''Ferguson's Wharf'', ''Rose's Wharf'' and ''St Andrew's Wharf'' * site of ''Tindall's Dry Dock'', later ''Britannia Dock'' * ''Guelph Wharf'' * site of SS Great Eastern, ''Napier Yard'' and ''Millwall Iron Works'' * ''Venesta Wharf'' * ''Burrells Wharf, Burrell's Wharf'' (site of Burrell's & Co's paint works) * ''Maconochie's Wharf'' * ''Nelson Wharf'' * ''Clyde Wharf'', later ''Langbourn Wharf'', later ''Shaw's Wharf'' * site of Millwall Lead Works, later ''Locke's Wharf'' * ''St David's Wharf'' (site of Manganese, Bronze & Brass Co, propeller makers) * site of ''Antimony Works'', later ''Owen Parry's Wharf'' * site of ''Greenwich Vehicular Ferry'', * ''Port of London Wharf'', later ''Felstead Wharf'' * ''Victoria Wharf'', later ''Millwall Boiler Works'' * ''Livingston Wharf'' * ''Midland Oil Wharf'' * ''Johnson's Draw Dock'' * ''Calder's Wharf'' (Greenwich Foot Tunnel)


Cubitt Town

* ''Honduras Wharf'', later ''Lukach Wharf'' then ''Luralda Wharf'' * ''Invicta Wharf'' * ''Cumberland Mills'' * '' Newcastle Draw Dock'' * ''Grosvenor Wharf'' * ''Alpha Wharf'' * ''Poplar Dry Dock'' later ''Empire Wharf'' * '' Storer's Wharf'' * ''Caledonian Wharf'' * ''Falcon Wharf'' * ''Cubitt Town Wharf'' * '' Plymouth Wharf'' * ''Pyrimont Wharf'' * ''Dudgeon's Wharf'' (formerly shipbuilding yard of J & W Dudgeon) * ''Plough Wharf'', later part of ''Millwall Wharf'' * ''London Yard'' (Westwood, Baillie, Westwood, Baillie & Co shipyard; Yarrow Shipbuilders, Yarrows; Morton's jam factory) * former site of ''Samuda Brothers'' shipyard * ''Elmer's Wharf'' * ''New Union Wharf'' * site of ''Blackwall Iron Works'' later ''Ovex Wharf'' * ''Slipway Wharf'' * '' Canal Dockyard'' * entrance to West India Docks


Blackwall, London, Blackwall and Leamouth

* ''Concordia Wharf'' * ''North Wharf'' * entrance to Poplar Dock and West India Docks via Blackwall Basin * Northumberland Wharf † (now a waste transfer station) * Blackwall Stairs * ''Ashton Wharf'' * site of ''Blackwall Yard'' (part later Midland Railway's Poplar Dock) * ''Brunswick Wharf'' * site of ''Brunswick Wharf Power Station'' * entrance to East India Docks * ''East India Dock Wharf'' * Orchard Wharf † * Trinity Buoy Wharf ( Bow Creek (England), Bow Creek)


Canning Town

* Eastern site of ''Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company'' * Priors Wharf (Lower Lea Valley/Bow Creek (England), Bow Creek) † * Mayer Parry Wharf (EMR Canning Town) (Lower Lea Valley/Bow Creek) † * ''Phoenix Wharf'' * Thames Wharf † (site of original upper entrance to Royal Victoria Dock)


Silvertown

* Odam's Wharf (originally chemical manure works, later ''Fisons'') * ''Clyde Wharf'' (originally ''Duncan, Bell & Scott'' sugar refinery, later ''United Alkali Company'') * Hall's Wharf * Alexandra Wharf (formerly Carlsberg Group, Carlsberg) * Pinchin's Wharf (formerly Nuplex Industries, Nuplex resins (originally ''Pinchin Johnson & Associates'' paints, later AkzoNobel)) * Peruvian Wharf (originally Peruvian Guano Wharf) † * Plaistow Wharf; Tate & Lyle Golden Syrup works (now supplied from main site) * Royal Primrose Wharf, site of ''Royal Primrose soap works'' * Manhattan Wharf † * Mohawk Wharf * Lyle Park * ''Venesta Wharf'' (no longer usable) (formerly ''Venesta'' plywood factory, later Aluminium Foils Ltd) * Deanston Wharf * Sunshine Wharf † * ''Crescent Wharf'' (formerly ''Brunner Mond'', site of Silvertown explosion, later Imperial Chemical Industries, ICI), now Royal Wharf * ''Minoco Wharf'' (''Minoco'', later Gulf Oil, Gulf Lubricants), now Royal Wharf * ''Prince Regent's Wharf'' (originally ''Burt, Boulton & Haywood'' chemical works), now Thames Barrier Park * Thames Barrier northern end * ''Ward's Wharf'' * Thames Road Industrial Estate * Tay Wharf (formerly ''Keiller's marmalade'' factory, later ''Crosse & Blackwell'') * site of Silver's ''India Rubber, Gutta Percha & Telegraph Co'' works (later BTR plc, ''BTR Industries''), now Thameside Industrial Estate * Tate & Lyle Thames Refinery and jetty * Cairn Mills (formerly ''Loders & Nucoline'', later ''Loders Croklaan'' oil seed works)


North Woolwich

* site of ''Western Electric Co's'' cable works (later Standard Telephones and Cables, STC) * site of ''W.T. Henley's'' submarine cable works (later Associated Electrical Industries, AEI) * Woolwich Free Ferry north pier * Woolwich foot tunnel * ''Hoba Wharf'' * Gallions Point * site of Harland & Wolff ship repairers * entrance to Royal Docks (remains in use for boat exhibitioning) * site of filled South Entrance to basin of Royal Albert Dock, London, Royal Albert Dock * North Entrance to basin of Royal Albert Dock, now used for Gallions Point Marina


Beckton

* ''Gallions Jetty'' (formerly Cory Environmental, Cory & Son) * ''New Beckton Wharf'' (formerly BP) * site of ''Beckton Gas Works'' and coaling piers * Beckton Reach Sewerage Works Pier


Barking Creek

The following wharves are located on the lower section of the River Roding, at Creekmouth. * Welbeck Wharf † * Pinns Wharf † * Kierbeck & Steel Wharves † * Debden Wharf (recently improved) † * Rippleway Wharf † * ''Alexander Wharf'' (no longer usable) * Maple Wharf (in use?) * ''Bowen Wharf'' (backland built over; not usable) * ''New Free Trade Wharf'' (backland built over; not usable) * ''Dockland Construction Wharf'' (has been redeveloped into industrial units) * Docklands Wharf † * Victoria Stone Wharf †


Creekmouth

* Lawes Wharf * DePass Wharf † * Barking or False Point * original site of ''Barking Power Station'' * Barking Riverside Recycling Plant


Dagenham Dock

* RMC Roadstone † * No 7 Jetty (ex-Rugby Cement) (currently vacant) * HMS Thunderer (1911), Thunderer Jetty (TDG Limited, TDG Dagenham, now Norbert Dentressangle - petrol, distillates, aviation fuel, biofuels, tallow, ethanol, fertilisers, urea etc.) * Pinnacle Terminal † * White Mountain Roadstone † * Hunts Wharf (Van Dalen) † * Stolthaven Dagenham (fuel and oils) * Hanson plc, Hanson Aggregates † * Ford Dagenham Terminal †


Rainham, London, Rainham

* Phoenix Wharf/Frog Island, London, Frog Island † * site of Murex (company), Murex works * Tilda (food manufacturer), Tilda Rice † * Veolia Environmental Services, Veolia jetty and landfill site * Coldharbour Point


Purfleet

* Mar Dyke * Esso - ExxonMobil (liquid bulks – petroleum products, lubricants and solvents) * CLdN Purfleet (RO-RO ferries) * Jurgen's Jetty (Pura Foods) * Van den Bergh Jetty (Unilever margarine works – edible oils) * Civil & Marine Jetty (Upper & Lower) * Purfleet Aggregates (Dartford Crossing)


West Thurrock and Grays, Essex, Grays

* Lafarge (company), Lafarge Jetty (sea-dredged aggregates) * Thurrock Marine Terminal (dry bulk cement) * Navigator Terminals Ltd. (formerly Vopak Terminal London) (liquid bulks - petroleum products and chemicals - liquid fertilisers, gases; vegetable oils and fats) * Stone Ness * West Thurrock Power Station, West Thurrock Jetty (ICL chemical works - dry bulks; chemical powders) * Procter & Gamble detergent works * Gibbs Wharf (dry bulk - limestone aggregate, coal and other minerals) * NuStar Energy, Nustar Grays Terminal (diesel, gas oil, paraffin, petrol, ethanol) * ''Bruce's Wharf'' * ''Goldsmith's Wharf''


Tilbury

See Port of Tilbury for the main dock system. * Tilbury Grain Terminal (cereals) * Northfleet Hope Terminal (containers) * Tilbury Ness * London International Cruise Terminal, Tilbury * Tilbury 2 roll on/roll off terminal (formerly Tilbury Power Station) * East Tilbury landfill wharf * Coalhouse Point * Mucking wharf (refuse)


Shell Haven, Coryton Refinery, Coryton, Canvey Island and Southend

*
London Gateway DP World London Gateway is a port within the wider Port of London, United Kingdom. Opened in November 2013, the site is a fully integrated logistics facility, comprising a semi-automated deep-sea container terminal on the same site as the UK ...
port, formerly Shell Haven oil refinery * Thames Haven * Thames Oilport, formerly Coryton Refinery * ''Hole Haven'', proposed (1972) Occidental Refinery, Occidental refinery, unused jetties extant * Oikos Storage, formerly London & Coastal Oil Wharves Ltd, Canvey Island * ''Texaco'' Ltd, formerly Regent Oil Company, Canvey Island (closed 1985) * Calor Gas Terminal, formerly North Thames Gas Board/British Gas Corporation, Canvey Island * Deadman's Point * Billet wharf, Leigh-on-Sea (shellfish) * Victoria wharf * Strand wharf * Bell wharf, Leigh-on-Sea * London Stone (riparian)#Crow Stone, Crow Stone, Southend (former seaward limit of Port of London) * Southend Pier * ''Southend Corporation loading pier'' * ''Gas works pier'', Southend * ''Barge pier'', Shoeburyness * ''Gog's Berth'', Shoeburyness


References

* Mander, David, Notes to ''West India Docks 1914'', London Sheet 79 of Old Ordnance Survey Maps, The Godfrey Edition, Alan Godfrey, 1991,


External links


Safeguarded Wharves
- the official 2005 list and descriptions

- many of the present-day terminals
London Yard - Dockland's best kept secretSweet taste of history - Manbre and Garton, Fulham
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