Embankment Pier
{{Short description|Pier on the River Thames near Embankment}}
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{{Use British English|date=January 2017}}
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| operator = Uber Boat by Thames Clippers
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Embankment Pier is a pier on the River Thames in City of Westminster, London. It is located on the north bank of the river, immediately next to the Hungerford Bridge and directly outside the river entrance to Embankment Underground station. It is also conveniently close to Charing Cross railway station.
Services
The Embankment Pier is a departure point for the [https://www.thamesriversightseeing.com/ Thames River Sightseeing] cruise, which operates between Westminster Pier and Greenwich Pier.
Boat services go east (downriver) to Tower Bridge Quay for exploring the Tower of London, Tower Bridge and St Katharine Docks before continuing to Greenwich Pier and then returning.
The pier is operated by Uber Boat by Thames Clippers and has ticket booths for both [https://www.thamesriversightseeing.com/piers/embankment-pier Thames River Sightseeing] and Thames Clippers.
Interchanges
- Embankment tube station {{rail-interchange|london|underground}}
- Charing Cross railway station {{rail-interchange|london|rail}}
- Festival Pier and London Eye Pier (over the Hungerford Bridge)
Local attractions
North bank
- Trafalgar Square
- Covent Garden
- Cleopatra's Needle
- National Gallery
- National Portrait Gallery (London)
South Bank
- London Eye
- South Bank arts complex
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File:Embankment pier 2.jpg|Embankment Pier as seen from the River Thames
File:Embankment pier 4.jpg|A Bateaux London restaurant boat at the pier
File:Embankment pier 5.jpg|Under the Hungerford Bridge
File:Embankment pier 6.jpg|Embankment Pier as seen from the River Thames
File:Hungerford.bridge.arp.750pix.jpg|The Hungerford Bridge from the air; the pier is to the right of the bridge
File:Jupiter clipper uberboat.jpg|uberBOAT at Embankment Pier
Lines
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|line1=RB1|left1=London Eye Pier|right1=Blackfriars Pier
|line2=RB2|left2=Westminster Millennium Pier|right2=Bankside Pier|to-left2=Putney Pier
|line3=RB6|left3=London Eye Pier|right3=Blackfriars Pier|to-right3=Royal Wharf Pier
|line4=Westminster to St Katharine's Circular|left4=Westminster Millennium Pier|right4=Festival Pier}}
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External links
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- [http://www.thamesclippers.com Thames Clippers]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080208223252/http://www.tfl.gov.uk/modalpages/2648.aspx London River Services]
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