Piers · London
Tower Millennium Pier
Tower Millennium Pier is a pier in the United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 30 min–1 h
- Best time of year
- Summer
- Nearest railway station
- Tower Hill · 0.3 km
- Wheelchair accessible
About
Tower Millennium Pier is a seaside pier in the United Kingdom. Wheelchair accessible (per OpenStreetMap). Coordinates: 51.5075°, -0.0792°.
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From the Wikipedia article
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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Background
History
's financial core behind, as seen from City Hall]] Tower Millennium Pier was opened on 14 July 2000 by London Mayor Ken Livingstone. 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…
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- Coordinates
- 51.5075, -0.0792
- District
- Tower Hamlets
- Parish
- Tower Hamlets, unparished area
- Postcode
- EC3N 4DT
- Parliamentary constituency
- Poplar and Limehouse
- Nearest railway station
- Tower Hill — 0.3 km
- Opening
- 14 July 2000
- Official site
- www.iwm.org.uk
Sources
- osm: r2734159 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Tower Millennium Pier (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Tower Millennium Pier 5.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Tower Millennium Pier?
- Tower Millennium Pier is in London, United Kingdom (postcode EC3N 4DT), in the parish of Tower Hamlets, unparished area.
- Who owns Tower Millennium Pier?
- Tower Millennium Pier is owned by London River Services.
- How do I get to Tower Millennium Pier?
- The nearest railway station is Tower Hill, about 0.3 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode EC3N 4DT.