TILBURY DOCK RIVER THAMES nr London Viewing Points
Recommendations from personal visits and other peoples comments for viewing spots that look across
from
the south of the river thames to the north where Tilbury docks are
situated. Direct access to the port on the north side of the river
thames is prohibitied to the public as far as I know
TILBURY DOCK - situated north of the river .. no known viewing points accessible to the public
TILBURY DOCK views from across south of the river.
recommendations:
NORTHFLEET
- Walk down fountain walk, opposite the north fleet bus garage. A residents private car park is situated on the left hand side. It can be accessed by a set of steps and from there views over the docks and the end of the tilbury dock can be had
- Further on from here into the direction of Gravesend is Birch Road. At he river side of Birch road is a viewing spot for traffic coming in and out of the docks and other shipping movements on the stretch of the river.
- the PLA ( http://www.pla.co.uk/) London Port authority publishes shipping movements and vessel tracking as well as local tide times.
- there is a tilbury container website as well with information on current container ship vessel traffic.
GRAVESEND
- Traffic coming to and fro the container port can be seen here in Gravesend near the historic quarter. There are some terraces and viewing benches, but a fairly high concrete wall in places.
Good spots near the ferry terminal on the right hand side past the big red boat ( LV 21 historic Light Vessel 21) for the clearest unobstructed view of shipping movements. Fairly short window for seeing the boat come by but good for setting up a photography shot. Close to town and a pub with old port photographs of the maritime heritage area.
- There is also a cruise terminal nearby on the north side which can be viewed from the Gravesend ferry terminal.
