The Cruise Route: Section 30-43
Please note: Attractions in yellow type are not visable from the River.
From Westminster Bridge:
30. The Monument (DLR Bank)
Designed by Wren and completed in 1677, to commemorate the Great Fire of
London of 1666. The column stands 202ft (62m) high, the same distance as
from the starting point of the fire in Pudding Lane. It is also the tallest
free-standing stone column in the world.
31. Old Billingsgate (DLR Bank)
The present building was created in 1877 but the site, on one of the Citys
earliest quays, had been Londons main fish market for over 900 years until
its activities were relocated in more modern buildings (55) in the West
India Docks (Canary Wharf).
32. London Dungeon
33. London Bridge City (DLR Bank)
Europes largest commercial riverside development, comprises office buildings
and Hays Galleria which opened in 1987 as a new shopping complex. A 100ft
(30m) high glass roof covers the former Hays Wharf where the great tea clippers
once moored.
34.Custom House (DLR Bank)
Headquarters of HM Customs and Excise, the present building is the fifth
on this site, the first dating back to the 14th century when all wool brought
into London was weighed and taxed there. It was this Wool Tax that enabled
Henry II to contribute to the building of London Bridge.
35. Lloyds of London (DLR Bank)
Named after the coffee house where insurance brokers used to do business
in the 17th century. This new building by Richard Rogers is now home to
the worlds largest insurance company.
36. Britian at War Museum
37. HMS Belfast (DLR Tower Gateway)
11,500
ton Royal Navy cruiser. She played an important role during World War ll
escorting convoys and in the Battle of North Cape. Saved from the scrap
yard as the last big gun cruiser, opened as a museum ship in 1971.
38. Tower Hill Pagent
39. Tower of London (DLR Tower Gateway)
Building was started by William the Conqueror in 1078 but the Tower has
been extended and strengthened many times by succeeding monarchs. It has
been a fortress, royal residence, an arsenal and more famously a prison.
Facing the river is Traitors Gate through which many famous prisoners have
entered the Tower, never to leave.
40. Tower Bridge (DLR Tower Gateway)
Opened
in 1894 and measuring 800ft (240m) between the two towers, which house the
machinery for raising the bascules (each weighing about 1000 tons) in 90
seconds. The upper walkway is open to visitors.
41. Design Museum and Bramah Tea and Coffee Museum
42. St Katharine Docks (DLR Tower Gateway)
Built by Thomas Telford in 1826 and designed to handle particularly valuable
cargoes such as ivory, tea and silver. Now a commercial, residential and
recreational area housing a yacht marina and a number of restaurants. It
was one of the first of Londons old docks to be transformed.
43. St Katharine Pier
