Safeguarded wharf


Safeguarded wharves are those wharves in London which have been given special status by the Mayor of London and the Port of London Authority which ensures they are retained as working wharves and are protected from redevelopment into non-port use.
A 2011 report found that of the 28 wharves then designated as safeguarded, a total of 25 are still usable for or could be easily renovated for the handling of cargo shipments, but three are no longer useful and should be de-registered. The report also considered some 45 proposed new safeguarded wharves and found only 25 would be able to serve cargo.

List of safeguarded wharves

Upper Reaches

  • Hurlingham Wharf
  • Swedish Wharf
  • Comley’s Wharf
  • Western Riverside
  • Pier Wharf
  • Cremorne Wharf
  • Cringle Dock
  • Metro Greenham
  • Middle Wharf

[Central London]

[London Docklands]

See London Docks, Shadwell Basin, Limehouse Basin, Surrey Commercial Docks, West India Docks, Millwall Dock, East India Docks and the Royal Docks for the dock systems containing a great multitude of docks which were in commercial port operation until the 1970s/early 1980s.

[Barking Creek]

The following wharfs are located on the lower section of the River Roding, at Creekmouth.
  • Welbeck Wharf
  • Pinns Wharf
  • Kierbeck & Steel Wharves
  • Debden Wharf
  • Rippleway Wharf
  • Docklands Wharf
  • Victoria Stone Wharf
  • DePass Wharf

[Dagenham Dock]

[Erith] Reach

  • Borax Wharf/Manor Wharf
  • Phoenix Wharf, Frog Island
  • Tilda Rice
  • Mulberry Wharf
  • Pioneer Wharf
  • Albion Wharf
  • RMC Erith
  • Railway Wharf
  • Mayer Parry Wharf
  • Standard Wharf