Westminster Millennium Pier
Type | River tourist/leisure services |
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Locale | River Thames, London, UK |
Owner | London River Services |
Operator | London River Services |
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History | |
Coordinates | 51°30′07″N 0°07′24″W / 51.501901°N 0.123223°WCoordinates: 51°30′07″N 0°07′24″W / 51.501901°N 0.123223°W |
Westminster Millennium Pier is a pier on the River Thames, in the City of Westminster in London, UK. It is operated by London River Services and served by various river transport and cruise operators. It is located next to Westminster Bridge on the north bank of the Thames, and is close to one of London's most prominent landmarks, Big Ben.
Construction[]
The development of Westminster Millennium Pier was funded by the Millennium Commission as part of the Thames 2000 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). Its creation was funded by the project as part of an integrated transport and regeneration strategy for the Thames led by London's Cross River Partnership.[1]
Services[]
The pier is served by various services including:
- Thames River Services between Westminster, Tower Bridge Quay, Greenwich Pier and the Thames Flood Barrier (Pre-booked groups can disembark at Barrier Gardens Pier).
- City Cruises leisure cruises between Westminster and Greenwich Pier
- Circular Cruise Westminster to St Katharine's Circular
- Thames River Boats cruises to Hampton Court Palace
Connections[]
Local attractions[]
North bank
- Big Ben and the Palace of Westminster
- Westminster Abbey and St. Margaret's, Westminster
- Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms
- The Boudica statue
South Bank
- London Eye
- London Aquarium
- Dali Universe
- Florence Nightingale Museum
Lines[]
References[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Westminster Millennium Pier. |
- ^ "Ken Livingstone Opens New Millennium Commission Funded Pier". The Millennium Commission press release. 13 July 2000. Archived from the original on 9 December 2008. Retrieved 30 March 2008.
- Transport in the City of Westminster
- London River Services
- Buildings and structures celebrating the third millennium
- Piers in London
- Victoria Embankment
- London building and structure stubs
- London transport stubs