Royal Terrace Pier

Royal Terrace Pier is owned and managed by the Port of London Authority and is located adjacent to their headquarters at London River House in Gravesend.

History

The Grade II listed pier was built in 1844 by the Gravesend Freehold Investment Company. Designed by architect John Baldry Redman the building cost was £9,200. On 7 March 1863 Princess Alexandra disembarked here when she arrived to marry the Prince of Wales.
File:The Landing of HRH The Princess Alexandra at Gravesend, 7th March 1863 by Henry Nelson O'Neil.jpg|thumb|Princess Alexandra at Gravesend">Alexandra of Denmark">Princess Alexandra at Gravesend by Henry Nelson O'Neil
The Gravesend Lifeboat Station moved to the pontoon at the end of the Royal Terrace Pier in June 2007.
The Royal Terrace Pier Estate Company Limited was incorporated 29 June 1893 and dissolved 5 December 2012.