Nelson Dock Pier

Doubletree Docklands Nelson Dock Pier

Doubletree Docklands Nelson Dock Pier is a pier on the south bank of the River Thames in Rotherhithe, London, UK. It lies to the south of Columbia Wharf.

Services

The pier is served by the river bus RB4 Canary Wharf - Rotherhithe Ferry, which crosses the Thames to the Canary Wharf business district. Boats operate roughly every 10 minutes, and are operated by Uber Boat by Thames Clippers under licence from London River Services, the river transport arm of Transport for London.^[1]

Doubletree Docklands Nelson Dock Pier serves the DoubleTree by Hilton London Docklands Riverside Hotel, and the ferry can be used both by guests of the hotel as well as by passengers not staying at the hotel.^[2]

Canary Wharf Pier on the other side of the river provides interchange with Thames Clippers RB1 river bus services along the River Thames into central London, as well as an interchange with various other Transport for London services including the Jubilee line at the nearby Canary Wharf tube station, the Elizabeth line at Canary Wharf railway station and the Docklands Light Railway at Canary Wharf DLR station.^[2]

History

The pier was designed by Beckett Rankine and constructed by Downtown Marine Construction, the architect was Price and Cullen.^[3] The pier is named after the Nelson Dock, a 17th-century dry dock which was used for shipbuilding until 1968. The dock is not thought to have been named after Horatio Nelson, in spite of his historical connections to the area.^[4]

External links

• A 360° panorama of Rotherhithe Street in front of Nelson House

Preceding station	London River Services			Following station
Canary Wharf Pier Terminus		RB4		Terminus

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Canary Wharf

Buildings

Current	One Canada Square (235 m, 1991) Landmark Pinnacle (233 m, 2021) Newfoundland (220 m, 2021) Hampton Tower (215 m, 2021) One Park Drive (205 m, 2021) 8 Canada Square (200 m, 2002) Citigroup Centre (London) (200 m, 2001) One Churchill Place (156 m, 2004) 25 Churchill Place (118 m, 2014) 25 Bank Street (153 m, 2003) 40 Bank Street (153 m, 2003) 10 Upper Bank Street (151 m, 2003) 1 Cabot Square (89 m, 1991) 5 Canada Square (88 m, 2003) 25 Cabot Square (81 m, 1991) 25 North Colonnade (80 m, 1991) 10 Cabot Square (74 m, 1991) 20 Canada Square (71 m, 2003) 20 Bank Street (68 m, 2003) 20 Cabot Square (65 m, 1991) 50 Bank Street (63 m, 2002) 30 South Colonnade (62 m, 1991) 17 Columbus Courtyard (45 m, 1999) 20 Columbus Courtyard (45 m, 1999) 1 Westferry Circus (45 m, 1992) 11 Westferry Circus (45 m, 1997) 15 Westferry Circus (44.5 m, 2001) 7 Westferry Circus (43.6 m, 1992)
Under construction	Harcourt Gardens Riverside South Wood Wharf
Approved	Columbus Tower Heron Quays West North Quay

Transport links

Current	A13 road Canary Wharf DLR station Canary Wharf Pier Canary Wharf – Rotherhithe Ferry Canary Wharf tube station Heron Quays DLR station London City Airport South Quay DLR station West India Quay DLR station Canary Wharf railway station
Proposed	Rotherhithe-Canary Wharf Bridge

Other

• 1996 Docklands bombing
• Canary Wharf Group
• Canary Wharf Squash Classic
• Olympia and York
• Michael von Clemm
• The Wharf
• Museum of London Docklands
• Westferry Circus

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