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Inheritance" /></a> </header> <div id="main" class="wrapper"> <div id="primary" class="site-content"> <div id="content" role="main"> <article id="post-21256" class="post-21256 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-london-infrastructure category-the-thames tag-gallions-reach tag-royal-albert-dock tag-royal-docks"> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title">The Gallions Reach Entrances to the Royal Docks</h1> <div class="comments-link"> <a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/london-infrastructure/the-gallions-reach-entrances-to-the-royal-docks/#comments">19 Replies</a> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>In this week’s post I am continuing my walk around the Royal Docks, starting from where I ended last week’s post, at the eastern end of the Royal Albert Docks, and where the entrance locks to the Royal Albert and King George V docks from the Thames at Gallions Reach can be found. In North Woolwich I also find a sad example of how a pub’s façade has been included in a new development.</p> <p>The red dashed line in the following map shows my route, starting at upper right, crossing over the entrances to the docks, then walking through parts of North Woolwich towards Silvertown (<a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright">© OpenStreetMap contributors)</a>:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-98.jpg"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" width="1024" height="563" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-98-1024x563.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-21255" srcset="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-98-1024x563.jpg 1024w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-98-300x165.jpg 300w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-98-768x422.jpg 768w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-98-624x343.jpg 624w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-98.jpg 1171w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a></figure> <p>The above map shows just two entrances, one to the basin which connects to the Royal Albert Dock, and a longer entrance that connects to the King George V Dock, however there were originally three entrance locks, as shown in the following map from when the docks were operational:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-99.jpg"><img decoding="async" width="1024" height="691" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-99-1024x691.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-21258" srcset="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-99-1024x691.jpg 1024w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-99-300x202.jpg 300w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-99-768x518.jpg 768w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-99-1536x1036.jpg 1536w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-99-2048x1381.jpg 2048w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-99-624x421.jpg 624w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a></figure> <p>The lower entrance to the Basin has been filled in, although there is a short stretch remaining of the old lock where it meets the Basin, and where it originally entered the Thames.</p> <p>The upper entrance, the locked stretch of water between the Thames and the Basin remains, however today has a much smaller lock gate, as the point in the lock where the gate is located has been narrowed by a rectangular block of land built over the channel where the lock gate is located.</p> <p>In the following photo, the impounding station that was at the end of last week’s post is just behind the new block of apartments on the right, and you can see how the lock has been narrowed, as I am standing on the infill, and the original width of the lock can be seen after the last lamp post:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-52-scaled.jpg"><img decoding="async" width="2560" height="1700" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-52-scaled.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-21210" srcset="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-52-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-52-300x199.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" /></a></figure> <p>The following photo is from Britain from Above and shows the three locked entrances (<a href="https://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/image/eaw008722" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Source: EAW008722 ENGLAND (1947). The Royal Albert Dock and the King George V Dock, North Woolwich, 1947</a>):</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-97.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="605" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-97-1024x605.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-21254" srcset="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-97-1024x605.jpg 1024w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-97-300x177.jpg 300w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-97-768x454.jpg 768w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-97-624x369.jpg 624w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-97.jpg 1446w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a></figure> <p>The red rectabgle on the right is the infill over part of the lock, with the new lock gate being the red line. The infill enabled a much smaller lock gate to be fitted (and presumably at much lower cost), than the original lock gates.</p> <p>The yellow rectangle over the middle lock is the area that has been filled in, and the red dashed line is the walking route I took to bypass a closed road, and get from the old position of the central lock to the large lock that connected the Thames with the King George V Dock, on the left of the photo.</p> <p>The three locks in the above photo became the only route into the Royal Docks complex after 1928. By that time, the lock gates at the western entrance to the Royal Victoria Dock had reached the end of their useful life, and the roller paths at the bottom of the gates were causing problems. </p> <p>There was also very little left of the original concrete base to the lock. It appears that dredging had gradually removed the concrete base over the 70 years that the lock had been in use.</p> <p>The lock was repaired and strengthened, although a decision was made to restrict the western entrance to the Royal Victoria Dock to barge traffic only, with the three entrances at Gallions Reach then becoming the only entrances for shipping.</p> <p>Standing in the lock and looking towards the Basin shows the much smaller width of the lock gate:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-53-scaled.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="2560" height="1700" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-53-scaled.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-21211" srcset="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-53-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-53-300x199.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" /></a></figure> <p>On the left of the above photo is a small building which I think houses the switch gear to control the lock gates. A sign on this building shows one of the rules to prevent rabies infection:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-54-scaled.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="2560" height="1700" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-54-scaled.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-21212" srcset="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-54-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-54-300x199.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" /></a></figure> <p>Although the original lock gates have been removed, some of the machinery that was used to control them can still be seen, embedded in the side walls, and below this (although difficult to see) are numbers indicating the depth of water, carved in the stone of the side wall:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-55.jpg"><img decoding="async" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-55.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-21213"/></a></figure> <p>Looking out to the Thames from the lock – just imagine how many ships have arrived to, and departed from the Royal Albert Dock through this entrance:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-56-scaled.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="2560" height="1700" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-56-scaled.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-21214" srcset="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-56-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-56-300x199.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" /></a></figure> <p>Buildings, and bollards for ship’s ropes still line the side of the lock:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-57-scaled.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="2560" height="1700" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-57-scaled.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-21215" srcset="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-57-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-57-300x199.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" /></a></figure> <p>On both sides:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-58-scaled.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="2560" height="1700" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-58-scaled.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-21216" srcset="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-58-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-58-300x199.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" /></a></figure> <p>View across the lock showing the proximity of the new housing developments:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-59-scaled.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="2560" height="1700" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-59-scaled.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-21217" srcset="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-59-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-59-300x199.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" /></a></figure> <p>At the end of that part of the lock where the width has been narrowed, looking up towards the Basin, along the original width of the lock:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-61-scaled.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="2560" height="1700" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-61-scaled.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-21219" srcset="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-61-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-61-300x199.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" /></a></figure> <p>The Gallions entrance lock to the Albert Dock was upgraded in the early 1950s.</p> <p>The floor of the lock was found to be curved, and whilst this was acceptable for Victorian shipping with curved hulls, shipping by the 1950s had almost flat bottoms to maximise cargo space.</p> <p>The lock was also chain operated, and the system was 70 years old, and reaching the end of its useable life.</p> <p>The problem with upgrading the lock was that it needed to be empty of water, and a wall of some type was needed towards the Thames and towards the Royal Albert Dock, as if water flooded in from the dock it could cause an incredible amount of expensive damage to the ships in the dock, if the water level suddenly reduced.</p> <p>The first method used was by building a dam of granite blocks across the end of the lock. When the dam was tested, there was horizontal movement within the layers of blocks, and a scour hole of some 20 feet deep had formed in the chalk below the lock.</p> <p>The dam of granite blocks was replaced by a dam of a double layer of sheet piling with 70 foot long piles driven 15 feet into the chalk below the lock.</p> <p>The area around the lock also had to be de-watered to reduce the pressure pushing on the lock walls from the land surrounding the lock. This was done by installing 34 deep wells around the lock of 24 inches diameter, with a 12 horse power submersible pump in each that worked to reduce the level of ground water around the lock, and hence the pressure on the lock walls.</p> <p>The work to reshape the bottom of the lock, and to make repairs were completed by 1956 when the lock reopened.</p> <p>Standing by the side of the lock it looks like a stable volume of water within concrete walls, however the details in the paragraphs above show the complexity of the structure, the huge forces that water at either ends of the lock, and within the surrounding ground, exerted on the lock.</p> <p>They are remarkable examples of complex civil engineering.</p> <p>Nine years ago, I took the following photo of the entrance to the lock from the river, when the new apartment buildings next to the lock were being built:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-103.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="624" height="414" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-103.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-21272" srcset="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-103.jpg 624w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-103-300x199.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px" /></a></figure> <p>If you have walked the Capital Ring, then the route I am taking across the lock entrances to the Royal Docks is probably familiar:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-60-scaled.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="2560" height="1700" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-60-scaled.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-21218" srcset="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-60-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-60-300x199.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" /></a></figure> <p>Once across the lock, and I enter a very different landscape. Where all of my walk around the Royal Albert Dock so far, has been through developed land, or open space waiting to be developed, the space between the old dock entrances is an area devoid of people, a number of apparently derelict buildings, and empty space:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-62-scaled.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="2560" height="1700" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-62-scaled.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-21220" srcset="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-62-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-62-300x199.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" /></a></figure> <p>They really do not want you to stray off the road, probably sensible as the docks are of deep water:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-63-scaled.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="2560" height="1700" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-63-scaled.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-21221" srcset="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-63-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-63-300x199.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" /></a></figure> <p>The road has a name – Gallions Road, and it runs from the first lock that I crossed, up to Woolwich Manor Way, although do not expect to see any people, cars or lorries on this road:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-64.jpg"><img decoding="async" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-64.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-21222"/></a></figure> <p>The road is called Gallions Road and the title of the blog post is <em>“The Gallions Reach Entrances to the Royal Docks”</em>, so where does Gallions come from?</p> <p>If you want to locate a place, then it needs a name, and this is no different with the River Thames. So much once went on along the river, that names were useful to refer to each stretch, and Gallions Reach was the name given to the part of the Thames roughly from Woolwich to Barking Creek.</p> <p>The Gallions name comes from the Galyons family, who owned land along this part of the river in the 14th century.</p> <p>With the way we use the river today, names such as Gallions Reach are not often heard, although the original Galyons is in use for the hotel in the previous post and the Gallions Reach Shopping Park is in nearby Beckton.</p> <p>The name was used very many times to describe events on the river in previous centuries, and I have seen both Gallions, Gallion’s and Galleons used as spellings. Many of the uses describe some very dramatic events, such as in May 1816 when there was a armed fight on the Thames.</p> <p>A boat carrying dollars to India was moored on the river at Greenwich. Due to the value of the cargo, armed guards were on board. A boat appears with two men onboard and comes up against the boat carrying the dollars. As there are only two people on board there is not much concern.</p> <p>As the boat comes alongside, 20 armed “pirates” emerge from under a tarpaulin and swarm onto the cargo boat, threatening to kill the crew. A shooting fight breaks out as the crew fight back with blunderbusses.</p> <p>The pirates manages to grab boxes of dollars (to the value of £7,000 in 1816), and they then flee on their boat. The report continues:</p> <p><em>“It would seem from the speedy approach of day-light and the slackness of the tide immediately after the robbery was committed, the villains were afraid to venture on shore with their stolen property, and had therefore deemed it expedient to sink the whole, or part of the chests, as they supposed within the low water mark, in <strong>Gallions Reach</strong>; for about seven o-clock, at low water, three of the chests were observed uncovered on the shore, where they had been just left by the tide.”</em></p> <p>In some respects, in past centuries, the Thames was a city in its own right, there were so many people working and travelling on the river and there were newsworthy events on the river almost every day.</p> <p>The report on the theft of the dollars (they were in chests, so I am assuming some form of silver dollar) concludes by saying that of the £7,000 stolen, only £3,000 had been recovered, so perhaps there are some early 19th century dollars still to be found in the muds of the Thames at Gallions Reach.</p> <p>Back to the 21st century, and I am continuing along Gallions Road, with the approach lights to London City Airport to my right. The proximity of the land between the dock entrances and the runway probably limits what can be built here as any high rise buildings would extend too far into the approach path:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-65-scaled.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="2560" height="1688" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-65-scaled.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-21223" srcset="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-65-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-65-300x198.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" /></a></figure> <p>And here the road is closed. No mention of why, but I cannot get any further:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-66-scaled.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="2560" height="1700" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-66-scaled.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-21224" srcset="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-66-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-66-300x199.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" /></a></figure> <p>However there is another route, and just to the left of the above photo is this footpath which heads up towards the river (the footpath is marked by the red dashed line in the Britain from Above photo earlier in the post):</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-67-scaled.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="2560" height="1700" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-67-scaled.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-21225" srcset="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-67-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-67-300x199.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" /></a></figure> <p>In the above photo there is a car on the left. There was a large dog in the rear barking at me as I walked past, with a security man sitting in the front seat.</p> <p>What they were guarding is shown in the following photo – some derelict land and a large shed. The lower lock into the Basin at the end of the Royal Albert Dock once ran across the land in the foreground of the photo below (the orange rectangle in the Britain from Above photo earlier in the post):</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-68.jpg"><img decoding="async" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-68.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-21226"/></a></figure> <p>Nine years ago, I took the following photo of the block up entrance to the lower lock from the river:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-102.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="624" height="414" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-102.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-21271" srcset="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-102.jpg 624w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-102-300x199.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px" /></a></figure> <p>At the end of the first stretch of footpath, it does a ninety degree bend and ruins alongside the Thames on the left, with thick bushes on the right hand side. It was a sunny, warm day, and what was remarkable about this footpath were the huge number of butterflies in the bushes, and as I walked along the footpath, they would rise from the bushes then fly back in. I have never seen so very many in one place.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-69.jpg"><img decoding="async" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-69.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-21227"/></a></figure> <p>Looking back along the footpath, with the Thames just visible on the right:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-70-scaled.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="2560" height="1700" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-70-scaled.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-21228" srcset="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-70-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-70-300x199.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" /></a></figure> <p>And at the end of the stretch that runs parallel with the Thames, there is another ninety degree bend, again with thick bushes and butterflies on the right, and some derelict land on the left:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-71-scaled.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="2560" height="1700" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-71-scaled.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-21229" srcset="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-71-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-71-300x199.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" /></a></figure> <p>At the end of which, there are steps:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-72-scaled.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="2560" height="1700" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-72-scaled.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-21230" srcset="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-72-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-72-300x199.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" /></a></figure> <p>And over the steps, a footpath which leads down to the lock that connects the King George V Dock to the River Thames:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-73-scaled.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="2560" height="1700" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-73-scaled.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-21231" srcset="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-73-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-73-300x199.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" /></a></figure> <p>At the end of the footpath, I reach the walkway over one of the lock gates:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-74.jpg"><img decoding="async" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-74.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-21232"/></a></figure> <p>This lock is massive, and I believe is still of the same dimensions as when the King George V Dock was built, and opened in 1921.</p> <p>The following photo is looking towards the King George V Dock from the middle of the lock gates closest to the Thames. There are two other sets of lock gates, and the bridge in the distance carries the Woolwich Manor Way over the lock, where it joins the main dock:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-75-scaled.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="2560" height="1700" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-75-scaled.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-21233" srcset="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-75-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-75-300x199.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" /></a></figure> <p>The lock is still in use, providing access for ships to and from the Royal Dock complex, and the bridge in the distance, carrying Woolwich Manor Way over the lock is a Bascule Bridge and consists of two cantilevered steel box girder leaves which taper towards and meet at the middle. The bridge opens much as Tower Bridge does, with the two sections rising from the middle, and can swing by roughly 90 degrees, therefore opening up almost vertically.</p> <p>The current bridge dates from 1990, replacing an earlier bridge, which also opened to allow ships to move between dock and lock.</p> <p>Looking out to the Thames from the middle of the lock gate (standing in the middle of the relatively narrow lock gate, you get the feeling that you are suspended above two huge, dynamic stretches of water):</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-76-scaled.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="2560" height="1700" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-76-scaled.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-21234" srcset="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-76-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-76-300x199.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" /></a></figure> <p>The King George V Dock was the last major dock to be built in London, and, as with the other two docks that make up the Royal Docks was on a massive scale. The lock entrance between the dock and the Thames was the largest entrance on any London Dock.</p> <p>I have a one of the book’s issued to mark the opening of the dock on the 8th of July 1921, and the book describes the lock as follows:</p> <p><em>“Ships will enter from the river through an entrance lock 800 feet long by 100 feet wide with a depth of water on the sill of 45 feet below Trinity high water, equivalent to 41 feet 8 inches at high water of ordinary neap tides. Its length is divided into two compartments of 550 feet and 250 feet by three pairs of steel lock gates, each leaf of which weighs 309 tons, operated by direct acting hydraulic rams. By the use of a floating caisson, for which provision has been made at the inner end, the effective length of the lock can be increased to 910 feet.</em></p> <p><em>The lock walls have been constructed of eight to one mass concrete with a four to one face, and are founded in chalk, 65 feet below coping level, the thickness of the wall at the bottom being 21 feet. The floor, also of concrete, is 11 feet 9 inches thick in the middle.</em></p> <p><em>Two entrance jetties project a distance of 480 feet into the river, and form a bellmouth 675 feet wide across the outer extremity.”</em></p> <p>The details of the thickness of the lock walls and base give some idea of some of the pressures that the lock had to withstand – water pressure, added to when large ships passed through the lock, and pressure from within the land surrounding the dock, acting on the inside of the lock walls.</p> <p>The lock seems to be in the same configuration today, with three pairs of lock gates, with a shorter section between the two gates nearest the river, and a longer section between the two gates nearest to the dock.</p> <p>With the lock being full of water, it is difficult to see the massive scale of the structure. The book issued at the opening of the dock includes a number of photos which show the lock under construction, the first shows the lock being built, empty of water:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-94-scaled.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="2560" height="1719" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-94-scaled.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-21251" srcset="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-94-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-94-300x201.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" /></a></figure> <p>The second photo shows <em>“one of the three pairs of lock gates”</em>, and as described in the text, each side of the lock gates weighs 309 tons:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-95.jpg"><img decoding="async" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-95.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-21252"/></a></figure> <p>To put the scale of the above photo of the lock gates into context, look at the very bottom centre of the photo, and you can just see two figures, I have enlarged just this small section in the photo below:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-96.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="652" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-96-1024x652.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-21253" srcset="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-96-1024x652.jpg 1024w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-96-300x191.jpg 300w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-96-768x489.jpg 768w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-96-624x397.jpg 624w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-96.jpg 1445w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a></figure> <p>In the above photo you can also see the roller and the roller path at the outer edge of one of the lock gates. This roller supported the gate as it was opened or closed.</p> <p>Looking back over the walkway over the outer lock gate:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-77-scaled.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="2560" height="1700" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-77-scaled.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-21235" srcset="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-77-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-77-300x199.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" /></a></figure> <p>The three lock gates in the lock to the King George V Dock are still fully operational, and part of the opening and closing mechanism can be seen coming from the side of the quay, where the rest of the mechanism is located:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-78.jpg"><img decoding="async" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-78.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-21236"/></a></figure> <p>A final look out to Gallions Reach, the part of the Thames where the three locks at the eastern end of the Royal Albert and King George V provided access to and from the Royal Docks:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-79-scaled.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="2560" height="1700" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-79-scaled.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-21237" srcset="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-79-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-79-300x199.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" /></a></figure> <p>Again, imagine all the ships, cargo and people who have passed through this lock. One example is the Blue Star Line <em>“Almeda”</em> shown in the following photo in the entrance lock to the King George V Dock on the completion of her maiden voyage with passengers from Argentina on the 6th of April, 1927:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-101.jpg"><img decoding="async" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-101.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-21267"/></a></figure> <p>The area between the upper lock to the Royal Albert Basin and the lower lock to the King George V is a really interesting area. Empty and derelict, the only person I saw was the security man with his dog sitting in the car.</p> <p>On leaving the lock into the King George V dock, the area changes dramatically, and we enter streets lined by housing that has been built over the last couple of decades:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-80.jpg"><img decoding="async" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-80.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-21238"/></a></figure> <p>I walked through this new estate, and onto Woolwich Manor Way, and where the name changes to Albert Road at the junction with Woodman Street, on the corner was a large, closed pub, now converted into residential:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-81.jpg"><img decoding="async" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-81.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-21239"/></a></figure> <p>This was the Roundhouse. The pub does not appear in the 1895 OS map, but there was a large corner pub on a street corner just to the north.</p> <p>This pub was demolished when the King George V dock was built, and I wonder if the Roundhouse was built after this nearby pub was demolished.</p> <p>The Roundhouse closed in 2003, and then converted to residential.</p> <p>Directly opposite the pub is Barge House Road:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-82-scaled.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="2560" height="1700" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-82-scaled.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-21240" srcset="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-82-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-82-300x199.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" /></a></figure> <p>Barge House Road has pre-war housing on the western side of the street. There is a plaque up on the wall of the house facing onto Albert Road, but the date on the plaque has been worn a bit too much to be read. </p> <p>In the 1895 OS map, the street is shown (but without a name), and there is no housing on either side of the street, so I suspect it was built as part of the development of the area when the King George V dock was built.</p> <p>There was though a pub (called the Barge House) at the southern end of the street, and a small dock into the river.</p> <p>The dock is listed in the PLA 1980s listing of <em>“Steps, Stairs and Landing Places on the Tidal Thames”,</em> as the <em>“Old Barge House Drawdock”</em>. A drawdock was a place where boats could be drawn out of the river for loading / unloading, for maintenance etc.</p> <p>The dock is still partly there, and I will visit in a future post.</p> <p>The next street along is Woolwich Manor Way, a continuation of the street that runs over the lifting bridge over the lock into King George V Dock, with houses on the eastern side of the street and the Royal Victoria Gardens opposite (again, the date on the plaque on the end house is too worn to see the date of construction):</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-83-scaled.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="2560" height="1700" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-83-scaled.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-21241" srcset="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-83-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-83-300x199.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" /></a></figure> <p>I walked from Albert Road up to Woodman Street as there was a pub I wanted to see, all that is left of the Royal Oak in a remarkable example of where the façade of the pub has been retained, and a very different building completed around and above:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-84.jpg"><img decoding="async" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-84.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-21242"/></a></figure> <p>Close up showing the lovely green tiling of the old Royal Oak and a <em>“Truman’s Beers, Eagle Brand”</em> tiled sign:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-85-scaled.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="2560" height="1700" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-85-scaled.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-21243" srcset="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-85-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-85-300x199.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" /></a></figure> <p>The Royal Oak was in business by the early 1870s, and was a typical east London pub, however bombing during the Second World War resulted in the loss of the upper floors.</p> <p>Remarkably, the Royal Oak continued to trade using just the remaining ground floor.</p> <p>The pub finally closed around 2010 / 2011, was purchased for redevelopment as apartments, with planning permission that new apartments could be built, but the lower floor had to be retained, and possibly reopen as a pub.</p> <p>Whilst the new apartments have been completed and appear occupied, what remains of the Royal Oak looks to be gradually deteriorating. I have no idea if anything remains of the interior of the orginal pub, or whether it is just the outer facade that has been retained.</p> <p>There appears to be no progress in converting / restoring or reopening the ground floor as a pub, or as any other business.</p> <p>A real shame:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-86-scaled.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="2560" height="1700" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-86-scaled.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-21244"/></a></figure> <p>When writing the blog, I really do try and get all my facts right, and I am very grateful to readers who point out any errors (thankfully very few).</p> <p>The Internet can be an excellent source of factual information, and it can also propagate errors, and I am very conscious of this when writing a post, as I do not want to include errors that others may therefore take as fact.</p> <p>When researching the Royal Oak, I found a number of websites that associate the Royal Oak in Woodman Street, North Woolwich with the naming of Arsenal Football Club.</p> <p>Arsenal was originally named Dial Square, after one of the workshops at the Woolwich factory.</p> <p>After a win in December 1886, the club met in the Royal Oak, and decided to change name to  Royal Arsenal, a name which lasted until 1893 when the name changed to Woolwich Arsenal.</p> <p>A number of websites claim the Royal Oak was the one I have photographed, for example one site stating the Royal Oak in north Woolwich, and another the Royal Oak at 83 Woodman St, London, E16 2LN, but also mentioning the Woolwich Arsenal Station which is south of the river.</p> <p>The official history of Arsenal, on the club’s website also refers to the Royal Oak, but next to Woolwich Arsenal Station, which is the correct location of the Royal Oak in question.</p> <p>Probably an issue with two pubs called the Royal Oak, but one south of the river next to Woolwich Arsenal, and the other north of the river in North Woolwich.</p> <p>The King George V dock is very close, but nothing can be seen of the dock due to buildings and high walls, however there is an occasional a glimpse that the dock is there down some of the side street off Woodman Street, where, for example, the top of Light Vessel 93, moored in the King George V dock can be seen:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-87.jpg"><img decoding="async" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-87.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-21245"/></a></figure> <p>I will cover the light vessel in a future post.</p> <p>At the end of Woodman Street is Pier Parade, where North Woolwich library can be found:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-88.jpg"><img decoding="async" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-88.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-21246"/></a></figure> <p>North Woolwich Police Station, which opened in 1904 on the corner of Albert Road and Pier Road:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-89-scaled.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="2560" height="1700" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-89-scaled.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-21247" srcset="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-89-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-89-300x199.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" /></a></figure> <p>The building still appears to be in use as a Police Station, but the “front counter” was closed in 2013.</p> <p>There is a very detailed spreadsheet available on the Metropolitan Police website that details all the station closures between 2010 and 2023, listing the 126 closures during this period, and whether it was the just the front counter, or the whole police station.</p> <p>For those fully closed, the spreadsheet also lists the purchaser of the site and the price paid. <a href="https://www.met.police.uk/SysSiteAssets/foi-media/metropolitan-police/disclosure_2023/december_2023/police-station-closures-january2010-november2023-data-q2.xlsx">The spreadsheet can be found here.</a></p> <p>Opposite the police station is the Royal Standard, seems to be open as a pub, but also as a resturant:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-90-scaled.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="2560" height="1700" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-90-scaled.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-21248" srcset="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-90-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-90-300x199.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" /></a></figure> <p>Diagonally opposite to the pub is the following terrace of buildings of mixed age and style, but mainly pre-war, on Pier Road, the street that leads to the Woolwich ferry:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-91.jpg"><img decoding="async" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-91.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-21249"/></a></figure> <p>A bit further along Albert Road, on the corner with Fernhill Street is a rare sight in east London, a relatively modern pub, the Henley Arms:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-92-scaled.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="2560" height="1700" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-92-scaled.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-21250" srcset="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-92-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Royal-Albert-Dock-92-300x199.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" /></a></figure> <p>The current Henley Arms was opened in 1966, replacing an 1860s pub with the same name that stood closer to the corner of Albert Road than the current pub.</p> <p>The Henley Arms is a survivor from a time when there were so many pubs in the area. I have walked a relatively short distance along Albert Road. Between the Roundhouse and the Henley Arms is 900 metres, and the 1956 edition of the OS map shows nine pubs, so one every one hundred metres. This does not include pubs such as the Royal Oak or the Barge House which were between Albert Road and the docks, and the river.</p> <p>The majority were large corner pubs, and all would have been busy.</p> <p>The closure of the Royal Docks started their decline, and in the following decades there was the typical story of closure and redevelopment as residential. </p> <p>That is another part of the area around the Royal Docks, North Woolwich and Silvertown explored. 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srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/68431871ad390f061fa864554ccb1167?s=88&d=identicon&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-44 photo' height='44' width='44' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/><cite><b class="fn"><a href="http://johnfconder@aol.com" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">john conder</a></b> </cite><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/london-infrastructure/the-gallions-reach-entrances-to-the-royal-docks/#comment-1250951"><time datetime="2024-11-17T08:28:36+00:00">November 17, 2024 at 8:28 am</time></a> </header> <section class="comment-content comment"> <p>Did I say that Gallions Reach was called Dollar Pound- Five shillings being the cost of an overnight stay for a barge ?</p> </section> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-1250951' data-commentid="1250951" data-postid="21256" data-belowelement="comment-1250951" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to john conder" aria-label='Reply to john conder'>Reply</a> <span>↓</span> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="li-comment-1250997"> <article id="comment-1250997" class="comment"> <header class="comment-meta comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/195eb2659232d470b5578b2bea8c2f80?s=44&d=identicon&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/195eb2659232d470b5578b2bea8c2f80?s=88&d=identicon&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-44 photo' height='44' width='44' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/><cite><b class="fn">Brian Porter</b> </cite><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/london-infrastructure/the-gallions-reach-entrances-to-the-royal-docks/#comment-1250997"><time datetime="2024-11-17T10:55:33+00:00">November 17, 2024 at 10:55 am</time></a> </header> <section class="comment-content comment"> <p>Congratulations on another well research and excellent post on the Docks. Hope you will consider publishing this material in book form.</p> </section> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-1250997' data-commentid="1250997" data-postid="21256" data-belowelement="comment-1250997" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Brian Porter" aria-label='Reply to Brian Porter'>Reply</a> <span>↓</span> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment even thread-even depth-1" id="li-comment-1251009"> <article id="comment-1251009" class="comment"> <header class="comment-meta comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/29b0194db81b506854d7220dcfb45037?s=44&d=identicon&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/29b0194db81b506854d7220dcfb45037?s=88&d=identicon&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-44 photo' height='44' width='44' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/><cite><b class="fn">Paul Huckett</b> </cite><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/london-infrastructure/the-gallions-reach-entrances-to-the-royal-docks/#comment-1251009"><time datetime="2024-11-17T11:40:36+00:00">November 17, 2024 at 11:40 am</time></a> </header> <section class="comment-content comment"> <p>Although I live in Australia , I know this area well and have walked there quite a bit . Your history is most welcome . When we visit London annually we stay with a family friend in the big white apartment block on Barrier Point Rd . I wander downstream , up alleys and lanes as I find this area fascinating . It’s been amazing to watch it change . Thank you again for your blog . Paul Huckett , Australia .</p> </section> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-1251009' data-commentid="1251009" data-postid="21256" data-belowelement="comment-1251009" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Paul Huckett" aria-label='Reply to Paul Huckett'>Reply</a> <span>↓</span> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="li-comment-1251010"> <article id="comment-1251010" class="comment"> <header class="comment-meta comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/14e2157e79efb22ef26c420a7057d284?s=44&d=identicon&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/14e2157e79efb22ef26c420a7057d284?s=88&d=identicon&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-44 photo' height='44' width='44' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/><cite><b class="fn">Anthony Green</b> </cite><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/london-infrastructure/the-gallions-reach-entrances-to-the-royal-docks/#comment-1251010"><time datetime="2024-11-17T11:41:45+00:00">November 17, 2024 at 11:41 am</time></a> </header> <section class="comment-content comment"> <p>I well remember exploring the area of Gallions Reach in the late 60s. At that time extensive wooden piers were still standing which jutted out into the Thames. These piers were derelict but basically intact and still had railway lines in place. The lines took boat trains which ran from St. Pancras Station taking passengers embarking for ships docked at the piers. Around the same time I discovered a large cast iron sign, barely legible, fixed to the far left-hand wall of St. Pancras Station, close to the old Midland Road cab entrance, indicating that the boat trains for Gallions Reach departed from that platform. At the time the Gallions Hotel was open for business. It was a freezing January and getting dark. I went in for a pint and joined the few desultory customers. The whole area was ghostly, weird and deserted.</p> </section> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-1251010' data-commentid="1251010" data-postid="21256" data-belowelement="comment-1251010" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Anthony Green" aria-label='Reply to Anthony Green'>Reply</a> <span>↓</span> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment even thread-even depth-1" id="li-comment-1251012"> <article id="comment-1251012" class="comment"> <header class="comment-meta comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/14e2157e79efb22ef26c420a7057d284?s=44&d=identicon&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/14e2157e79efb22ef26c420a7057d284?s=88&d=identicon&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-44 photo' height='44' width='44' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/><cite><b class="fn">Anthony Green</b> </cite><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/london-infrastructure/the-gallions-reach-entrances-to-the-royal-docks/#comment-1251012"><time datetime="2024-11-17T11:45:06+00:00">November 17, 2024 at 11:45 am</time></a> </header> <section class="comment-content comment"> <p>I well remember exploring the area of Gallions Reach in the late 60s. At that time extensive wooden piers were still standing which jutted out into the Thames. These piers were derelict but basically intact and still had railway lines in place. The lines took boat trains which ran from St. Pancras Station taking passengers embarking for ships docked at the piers. Around the same time I discovered a large cast iron sign, barely legible, fixed to the far left-hand wall of St. Pancras Station, close to the old Midland Road cab entrance, indicating that the boat trains for Gallian Reach departed from that platform. At the time the Gallions Hotel was open for business. It was a freezing January and getting dark. I went in for a pint and joined the few desultory customers. The whole area was ghostly, weird and deserted.</p> </section> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-1251012' data-commentid="1251012" data-postid="21256" data-belowelement="comment-1251012" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Anthony Green" aria-label='Reply to Anthony Green'>Reply</a> <span>↓</span> </div> </article> <ol class="children"> <li class="comment odd alt depth-2" id="li-comment-1254447"> <article id="comment-1254447" class="comment"> <header class="comment-meta comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3505eb48f68d49afbdda12ffbf7fcebc?s=44&d=identicon&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3505eb48f68d49afbdda12ffbf7fcebc?s=88&d=identicon&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-44 photo' height='44' width='44' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/><cite><b class="fn">Ian Bull</b> </cite><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/london-infrastructure/the-gallions-reach-entrances-to-the-royal-docks/#comment-1254447"><time datetime="2024-11-20T01:04:33+00:00">November 20, 2024 at 1:04 am</time></a> </header> <section class="comment-content comment"> <p>Hullo Anthony<br /> The derelict piers you saw were almost certainly Cory’s coal wharf. The passengers, mainly for Australasia, boarded ships within the docks. See…<br /> <a href="http://disused-stations.org.uk/g/gallions/index.shtml" rel="nofollow ugc">http://disused-stations.org.uk/g/gallions/index.shtml</a><br /> and…<br /> <a href="http://disused-stations.org.uk/g/gallions/index20.shtml" rel="nofollow ugc">http://disused-stations.org.uk/g/gallions/index20.shtml</a><br /> and particularly…<br /> <a href="http://disused-stations.org.uk/g/gallions/index7.shtml" rel="nofollow ugc">http://disused-stations.org.uk/g/gallions/index7.shtml</a><br /> Like you, I remember it well, truly ghostly and deserted yet utterly fascinating.</p> </section> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-1254447' data-commentid="1254447" data-postid="21256" data-belowelement="comment-1254447" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Ian Bull" aria-label='Reply to Ian Bull'>Reply</a> <span>↓</span> </div> </article> <ol class="children"> <li class="comment even depth-3" id="li-comment-1255079"> <article id="comment-1255079" class="comment"> <header class="comment-meta comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/14e2157e79efb22ef26c420a7057d284?s=44&d=identicon&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/14e2157e79efb22ef26c420a7057d284?s=88&d=identicon&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-44 photo' height='44' width='44' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/><cite><b class="fn">Anthony Green</b> </cite><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/london-infrastructure/the-gallions-reach-entrances-to-the-royal-docks/#comment-1255079"><time datetime="2024-11-20T08:58:45+00:00">November 20, 2024 at 8:58 am</time></a> </header> <section class="comment-content comment"> <p>Hello Ian,<br /> Thank you so much for your comments and for those very well researched links.<br /> After I posted that comment I began to think that time was playing tricks with my memory. I do remember the piers but reached the wrong conclusion about their use.<br /> However, it’s nice to know that someone else remembers that surreal, windswept landscape. As you say, it was truly ghostly yet utterly fascinating.</p> </section> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-1255079' data-commentid="1255079" data-postid="21256" data-belowelement="comment-1255079" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Anthony Green" aria-label='Reply to Anthony Green'>Reply</a> <span>↓</span> </div> </article> </li> </ol> </li> </ol> </li> <li class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="li-comment-1251023"> <article id="comment-1251023" class="comment"> <header class="comment-meta comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e185043894bbd50888ed66f68b22a716?s=44&d=identicon&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e185043894bbd50888ed66f68b22a716?s=88&d=identicon&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-44 photo' height='44' width='44' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/><cite><b class="fn">alison homewood</b> </cite><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/london-infrastructure/the-gallions-reach-entrances-to-the-royal-docks/#comment-1251023"><time datetime="2024-11-17T12:14:25+00:00">November 17, 2024 at 12:14 pm</time></a> </header> <section class="comment-content comment"> <p>Hello – please – when you were on Pier Road, did you see an Italianate railway station terminus near the river? It was the last stop for the freight being brought in from the East End of the City. It was definitely there in 2010, and I so hoped someone would develop it. My stepfather grew up above the café that his mother managed, literally the last house on the left facing out towards the river. As small boys, he and his brother swam in the Thames, watched the huge cargo ships coming in, and the steam trains, and ran on and off the Woolwich Ferry. Pier Road was the first street to be bombed on the first night of the Blitz….but the railway terminus escaped. Thank you for posting the police station, library and houses that make up Pier Road now.</p> </section> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-1251023' data-commentid="1251023" data-postid="21256" data-belowelement="comment-1251023" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to alison homewood" aria-label='Reply to alison homewood'>Reply</a> <span>↓</span> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment even thread-even depth-1" id="li-comment-1251067"> <article id="comment-1251067" class="comment"> <header class="comment-meta comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d2c60f3fae5b107b4dbe66a5d4954a44?s=44&d=identicon&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d2c60f3fae5b107b4dbe66a5d4954a44?s=88&d=identicon&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-44 photo' height='44' width='44' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/><cite><b class="fn">Jeremy</b> </cite><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/london-infrastructure/the-gallions-reach-entrances-to-the-royal-docks/#comment-1251067"><time datetime="2024-11-17T14:44:59+00:00">November 17, 2024 at 2:44 pm</time></a> </header> <section class="comment-content comment"> <p>Alison- yes,the old North Woolwich station building is still there, but boarded up and not in use. It’s Grade II listed…</p> </section> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-1251067' data-commentid="1251067" data-postid="21256" data-belowelement="comment-1251067" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Jeremy" aria-label='Reply to Jeremy'>Reply</a> <span>↓</span> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="li-comment-1251093"> <article id="comment-1251093" class="comment"> <header class="comment-meta comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e185043894bbd50888ed66f68b22a716?s=44&d=identicon&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e185043894bbd50888ed66f68b22a716?s=88&d=identicon&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-44 photo' height='44' width='44' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/><cite><b class="fn">Alison Homewood</b> </cite><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/london-infrastructure/the-gallions-reach-entrances-to-the-royal-docks/#comment-1251093"><time datetime="2024-11-17T15:57:29+00:00">November 17, 2024 at 3:57 pm</time></a> </header> <section class="comment-content comment"> <p>Ah thank you for that information. It’s been gnawing away at me….glad to know it’s listed. Maybe I’ll get it added to the Buildings at Risk register….</p> </section> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-1251093' data-commentid="1251093" data-postid="21256" data-belowelement="comment-1251093" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Alison Homewood" aria-label='Reply to Alison Homewood'>Reply</a> <span>↓</span> </div> </article> <ol class="children"> <li class="comment even depth-2" id="li-comment-1252038"> <article id="comment-1252038" class="comment"> <header class="comment-meta comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/25c679dc84d7c4f1c98fc85cf6f4fac9?s=44&d=identicon&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/25c679dc84d7c4f1c98fc85cf6f4fac9?s=88&d=identicon&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-44 photo' height='44' width='44' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/><cite><b class="fn"><a href="https://docklockandriver.wordpress.com/" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Andrew Christy</a></b> </cite><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/london-infrastructure/the-gallions-reach-entrances-to-the-royal-docks/#comment-1252038"><time datetime="2024-11-18T17:09:47+00:00">November 18, 2024 at 5:09 pm</time></a> </header> <section class="comment-content comment"> <p>The North Woolwich Station is on the “at risk” register and the building was recently bought by a Church group but unfortunately they undertook works without planning permission and then had the actually planning application rejected so little seems to be happening to improve the condition of the building unfortunately…..</p> </section> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-1252038' data-commentid="1252038" data-postid="21256" data-belowelement="comment-1252038" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Andrew Christy" aria-label='Reply to Andrew Christy'>Reply</a> <span>↓</span> </div> </article> </li> </ol> </li> <li class="comment odd alt thread-even depth-1" id="li-comment-1251133"> <article id="comment-1251133" class="comment"> <header class="comment-meta comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/133823a1aa2ba817f764c40a50f6bfb5?s=44&d=identicon&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/133823a1aa2ba817f764c40a50f6bfb5?s=88&d=identicon&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-44 photo' height='44' width='44' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/><cite><b class="fn">Andy Simmonds</b> </cite><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/london-infrastructure/the-gallions-reach-entrances-to-the-royal-docks/#comment-1251133"><time datetime="2024-11-17T19:21:05+00:00">November 17, 2024 at 7:21 pm</time></a> </header> <section class="comment-content comment"> <p>Thanks – very interesting! We walked the Capital Ring path having crossed the Thames via the foot tunnel near the Woolwich Ferry (now closed at week ends). We found the path blocked after the north lock into the Albert Dock (where this post starts), and had to retrace our steps to reach Gallions Reach DLR via the Woolwich Manor Way Bridge. Has anyone managed to complete the Capital Ring Path here?</p> </section> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-1251133' data-commentid="1251133" data-postid="21256" data-belowelement="comment-1251133" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Andy Simmonds" aria-label='Reply to Andy Simmonds'>Reply</a> <span>↓</span> </div> </article> <ol class="children"> <li class="comment even depth-2" id="li-comment-1252102"> <article id="comment-1252102" class="comment"> <header class="comment-meta comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3505eb48f68d49afbdda12ffbf7fcebc?s=44&d=identicon&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3505eb48f68d49afbdda12ffbf7fcebc?s=88&d=identicon&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-44 photo' height='44' width='44' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/><cite><b class="fn">Ian Bull</b> </cite><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/london-infrastructure/the-gallions-reach-entrances-to-the-royal-docks/#comment-1252102"><time datetime="2024-11-18T17:58:31+00:00">November 18, 2024 at 5:58 pm</time></a> </header> <section class="comment-content comment"> <p>Hullo Andy<br /> This part of the Capital Ring has both closed and reopened frequently over the past seven years thanks to redevelopment works. The current closure is due to the replacement of the King George V dock’s lock gates which should be complete in June 2025. The area between the two dock entrances, Albert Island, is likely to be redeveloped from 2026 which will cause a further path closure.<br /> I draw the maps for the Rambler’s guidance to the Capital Ring and by coincidence I’m working on the next update at present. I’ve walked this section in full very many times!</p> </section> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-1252102' data-commentid="1252102" data-postid="21256" data-belowelement="comment-1252102" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Ian Bull" aria-label='Reply to Ian Bull'>Reply</a> <span>↓</span> </div> </article> </li> </ol> </li> <li class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="li-comment-1252041"> <article id="comment-1252041" class="comment"> <header class="comment-meta comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/25c679dc84d7c4f1c98fc85cf6f4fac9?s=44&d=identicon&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/25c679dc84d7c4f1c98fc85cf6f4fac9?s=88&d=identicon&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-44 photo' height='44' width='44' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/><cite><b class="fn"><a href="https://docklockandriver.wordpress.com/" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Andrew Christy</a></b> </cite><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/london-infrastructure/the-gallions-reach-entrances-to-the-royal-docks/#comment-1252041"><time datetime="2024-11-18T17:11:25+00:00">November 18, 2024 at 5:11 pm</time></a> </header> <section class="comment-content comment"> <p>There are works scheduled on the outer lock gates of the main KGV Lock which are going to take about 6 months during which time the Capital Ring is diverted over the Bascule Bridge / Steve Redgrave Bridge.</p> </section> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-1252041' data-commentid="1252041" data-postid="21256" data-belowelement="comment-1252041" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Andrew Christy" aria-label='Reply to Andrew Christy'>Reply</a> <span>↓</span> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment even thread-even depth-1" id="li-comment-1252087"> <article id="comment-1252087" class="comment"> <header class="comment-meta comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/25c679dc84d7c4f1c98fc85cf6f4fac9?s=44&d=identicon&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/25c679dc84d7c4f1c98fc85cf6f4fac9?s=88&d=identicon&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-44 photo' height='44' width='44' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/><cite><b class="fn"><a href="https://docklockandriver.wordpress.com/" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Andrew Christy</a></b> </cite><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/london-infrastructure/the-gallions-reach-entrances-to-the-royal-docks/#comment-1252087"><time datetime="2024-11-18T17:40:58+00:00">November 18, 2024 at 5:40 pm</time></a> </header> <section class="comment-content comment"> <p>The area of land between Royal Albert Basin and the King George V Lock is known as Albert Island as part of the Royal Docks Enterprise Zone redevelopment master-plan – unfortunately the land has been empty since 2022 but no development works have yet happened – it is planned to have a new boat repair facility and marina at the Northern side of the site with various storage and distribution buildings and an “Ideas Factory” on the Southern side.</p> <p>The lock infill was in part to save time and water (and money) when locking in and out the smaller craft that used the former marina. The small lock is also the location of one of the 3 moveable tidal defense barriers that protect the Royal Docks from storm surges.</p> <p>The new development just after crossing the KGV Lock gates was built around 2000 on the site of the former Harland & Wolff factory.</p> </section> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-1252087' data-commentid="1252087" data-postid="21256" data-belowelement="comment-1252087" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Andrew Christy" aria-label='Reply to Andrew Christy'>Reply</a> <span>↓</span> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="li-comment-1256388"> <article id="comment-1256388" class="comment"> <header class="comment-meta comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a55043bccd39fc27bce2fdd44c56a5de?s=44&d=identicon&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a55043bccd39fc27bce2fdd44c56a5de?s=88&d=identicon&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-44 photo' height='44' width='44' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/><cite><b class="fn">Richard Day</b> </cite><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/london-infrastructure/the-gallions-reach-entrances-to-the-royal-docks/#comment-1256388"><time datetime="2024-11-21T07:26:28+00:00">November 21, 2024 at 7:26 am</time></a> </header> <section class="comment-content comment"> <p>Hi!<br /> Thanks for the info, enjoyed nosing around these areas.<br /> Just a note that the route over the King George V lock gates is now closed, again as you state, no reason given, so you need to walk back and across the Sir Steve Redgrave bridge to continue the walk.<br /> This actually takes you directly under the flight take off/landing path, so worth stopping ang getting some close-up photos!<br /> Looking forward to your next posts,<br /> Regards, Richard</p> </section> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-1256388' data-commentid="1256388" data-postid="21256" data-belowelement="comment-1256388" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Richard Day" aria-label='Reply to Richard Day'>Reply</a> <span>↓</span> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment even thread-even depth-1" id="li-comment-1257969"> <article id="comment-1257969" class="comment"> <header class="comment-meta comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4cf47d154fe2736bec397b19d3381cb1?s=44&d=identicon&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4cf47d154fe2736bec397b19d3381cb1?s=88&d=identicon&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-44 photo' height='44' width='44' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/><cite><b class="fn"><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/spiregrain/" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Ken</a></b> </cite><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/london-infrastructure/the-gallions-reach-entrances-to-the-royal-docks/#comment-1257969"><time datetime="2024-11-22T11:41:29+00:00">November 22, 2024 at 11:41 am</time></a> </header> <section class="comment-content comment"> <p>Hello there- question for the author (Ian?) Would you be happy for me to update OpenStreetMap on the basis of your route description and photos? Last time I was there, some of the route you took seemed to be long-term closed. Now it seems to be reopened, OSM could do with an update.</p> <p>Ken</p> </section> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-1257969' data-commentid="1257969" data-postid="21256" data-belowelement="comment-1257969" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Ken" aria-label='Reply to Ken'>Reply</a> <span>↓</span> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="li-comment-1258663"> <article id="comment-1258663" class="comment"> <header class="comment-meta comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3505eb48f68d49afbdda12ffbf7fcebc?s=44&d=identicon&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3505eb48f68d49afbdda12ffbf7fcebc?s=88&d=identicon&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-44 photo' height='44' width='44' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/><cite><b class="fn">Ian Bull</b> </cite><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/london-infrastructure/the-gallions-reach-entrances-to-the-royal-docks/#comment-1258663"><time datetime="2024-11-22T21:28:05+00:00">November 22, 2024 at 9:28 pm</time></a> </header> <section class="comment-content comment"> <p>Hullo Ken<br /> I (Ian) am not the author of this highly informative blog, merely a respondent. However, I am the chap who draws the maps for the Ramblers guides to London’s footpaths and I use the OSM as the base mapping.<br /> The closures and openings of the path over the two pairs of lock gates have been so frequent that the Ramblers map has had 15 revisions since March 2020. You can see the latest and as yet unpublished, version here…<br /> <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/ianbullsphotos/54157085332" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.flickr.com/photos/ianbullsphotos/54157085332</a><br /> That was accurate as at 20th November 2024.<br /> Many thanks to you and your fellow OSM contributors for your work. An update may be worthwhile but as others have written above, the renewal of the lock gates and the forthcoming Albert Island development might shortly render it out of date.<br /> Our author was lucky to find the path wholly open!</p> </section> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-1258663' data-commentid="1258663" data-postid="21256" data-belowelement="comment-1258663" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Ian Bull" aria-label='Reply to Ian Bull'>Reply</a> <span>↓</span> </div> </article> <ol class="children"> <li class="comment even depth-2" id="li-comment-1262336"> <article id="comment-1262336" class="comment"> <header class="comment-meta comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4cf47d154fe2736bec397b19d3381cb1?s=44&d=identicon&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4cf47d154fe2736bec397b19d3381cb1?s=88&d=identicon&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-44 photo' height='44' width='44' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/><cite><b class="fn">Ken</b> </cite><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/london-infrastructure/the-gallions-reach-entrances-to-the-royal-docks/#comment-1262336"><time datetime="2024-11-25T09:14:27+00:00">November 25, 2024 at 9:14 am</time></a> </header> <section class="comment-content comment"> <p>If the ‘pink’ section in your map is still (mostly/usually) closed, then I think the OSM maps is ‘right enough’ for the time being. 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