Steeped in heritage and truly unique, St. Katharine Docks are home to a collection of high-quality offices, restaurants and bars. St. Katharine Dock's has evolved and diversified time and time again during its long history. The Docks are built on a site with over 1000 years history.
The Thames Barrier is one of the largest movable flood barriers in the world. The Environment Agency runs and maintains the Thames Barrier as well as London’s other flood defences.
Located on the 9th floor of City Hall, this exceptional venue offers stunning panoramic views over the river Thames, Tower Bridge and some of London’s most iconic landmark.The room follows the round shape of the building and natural light overflows from the surrounding glass windows.
The Mayflower is a hidden gem boasting great views over the river from both the outside jetty and upstairs restaurant. Walking into the pub is like stepping back in time to 16th century London with the original mooring point of The Pilgrim Fathers’ Mayflower ship.
Duck tours offer a unique way to see London in and out of the water, in a vehicle called a DUKW, originally developed to take troops ashore for D-Day landings.
https://www.londonducktours.co.uk/
Another great Cafe with a view. The Blueprint Cafe is on the first floor of the Design Museum at Shad Thames which has obviously influenced the clean lines of the Cafe’s design and the well presented food and drink.
Steeped in heritage and truly unique, St. Katharine Docks are home to a collection of high-quality offices, restaurants and bars. St. Katharine Dock's has evolved and diversified time and time again during its long history. The Docks are built on a site with over 1000 years history.
The Thames Barrier is one of the largest movable flood barriers in the world. The Environment Agency runs and maintains the Thames Barrier as well as London’s other flood defences.
Located on the 9th floor of City Hall, this exceptional venue offers stunning panoramic views over the river Thames, Tower Bridge and some of London’s most iconic landmark.The room follows the round shape of the building and natural light overflows from the surrounding glass windows.
City Hall is the home of the Mayor of London, the London Assembly and the Greater London Authority and is part of the More London development located between London Bridge and Tower Bridge, on the south bank of the Thames.
The building was designed by Foster + Partners, one of Britain’s leading architects, whose design brief was to create a building for the Greater London Authority that would become a new landmark for the capital. This striking rounded glass building also has many features that make it environmentally friendly, including photo-voltaic (solar) panels on the roof.
The Mayflower is a hidden gem boasting great views over the river from both the outside jetty and upstairs restaurant. Walking into the pub is like stepping back in time to 16th century London with the original mooring point of The Pilgrim Fathers’ Mayflower ship.
The menu throughout the pub and restaurant offers delicious British gastro-pub dishes and European-fusion style food, freshly cooked to order by our chefs. Downstairs, you can eat by the fire or upstairs you will find an intimate, candlelit restaurant with stunning views across the river. The main bar has a great range of well kept ales, craft beers, British cheeses and tastefully chosen wines.
A vibrant and dynamic London quarter.
Steeped in heritage and truly unique, St. Katharine Docks are home to a collection of high-quality offices, restaurants and bars. St. Katharine Dock's has evolved and diversified time and time again during its long history. The Docks are built on a site with over 1000 years history.
Opposite the Tower of London and a short stroll from Tower Hill underground, St. Katharine Docks has some of the best transport links in London. You can reach there by boat, tube, bus, train or car.
St. Katharine Docks offers great facilities in an iconic setting. As the only central London marina, visitors can enjoy the unique experience of sailing up the Thames and mooring right next to the Tower of London and Tower Bridge. Vessels are welcomed from all over the world, and many people visit just to watch the locking in, take place each day.
There is so much to see and do aswell as a variety of eateries to choose from including artisan coffee, traditional Indian cuisine, Argentinian steak or a good old fashioned English pub, all set against the charming backdrop of marina life.
The Thames Barrier is one of the largest movable flood barriers in the world. The Environment Agency runs and maintains the Thames Barrier as well as London’s other flood defences.
The Thames Barrier spans 520 metres across the River Thames near Woolwich, and it protects 125 square kilometres of central London from flooding caused by tidal surges. It has 10 steel gates that can be raised into position across the River Thames. When raised, the main gates stand as high as a 5-storey building and as wide as the opening of Tower Bridge. Each main gate weighs 3,300 tonnes.
The barrier is closed under storm surge conditions to protect London from flooding from the sea. It may also be closed during periods of high flow over Teddington Weir to reduce the risk of river flooding in some areas of west London including Richmond and Twickenham.
The Thames Barrier will then remain closed over high water until the water level downstream of the Thames Barrier has reduced to the same level as upstream. This is a managed process to provide for different circumstances, and takes about 5 hours. The Thames Barrier is then opened, allowing the water upstream to flow out to sea with the outward-bound tide.
