Embankment Pier

Embankment Pier

The Pier on the River Thames
Type	River bus and tourist/leisure services
Location	River Thames, London, UK
Coordinates	51.5073°N 0.121193°W / 51.5073; -0.121193
Owner	London River Services
Operator	Uber Boat by Thames Clippers
History
Embankment Pier Location within Central London

Embankment Pier is a pier on the River Thames in City of Westminster, London. It is located on the north bank of the river, immediately next to the Hungerford Bridge and directly outside the river entrance to Embankment Underground station. It is also conveniently close to Charing Cross railway station.

Services

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.

The pier is operated by Uber Boat by Thames Clippers and has ticket booths for both Thames River Sightseeing and Thames Clippers.

Interchanges

• Embankment tube station
• Charing Cross railway station
• Festival Pier and London Eye Pier (over the Hungerford Bridge)

Local attractions

The entrance to Embankment Pier

North bank

• Trafalgar Square
• Covent Garden
• Cleopatra's Needle
• National Gallery
• National Portrait Gallery (London)

South Bank

• London Eye
• South Bank arts complex

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  Embankment Pier as seen from the River Thames
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  A Bateaux London restaurant boat at the pier
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  Under the Hungerford Bridge
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  Embankment Pier as seen from the River Thames
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  The Hungerford Bridge from the air; the pier is to the right of the bridge
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  uberBOAT at Embankment Pier

Lines

Preceding station	London River Services			Following station
London Eye Pier towards Battersea Power Station Pier		RB1		Blackfriars Pier towards Barking Riverside Pier
Westminster Millennium Pier towards Putney Pier		RB2		Bankside Pier towards North Greenwich Pier
London Eye Pier towards Putney Pier		RB6		Blackfriars Pier towards Royal Wharf Pier
Westminster Millennium Pier Terminus		Westminster to St Katharine's Circular		Festival Pier towards Westminster Millennium Pier

External links

• Thames Clippers
• London River Services