This is a list of about 680 former or extant wharves, docks, piers, terminals, etc. of the Port of London, the majority of which lie on the Tideway of the River Thames, listed from upstream to downstream.
Many of the docks closed after the mass uptake of containerisation changed the face of the industry and bringing about an end to an era, and a demise to the occupation of the docker as it then was.
Those marked with a † have at present the status of a safeguarded wharf. Those in italics are no longer used for port or river transit related activities. Further remarks are made in brackets, including in some cases the present operator or cargo handled.
It is estimated that in 1937, at the height of London's trade, there were around 1,700 wharves between Brentford and Gravesend.[1] Today there are around 70 active terminals, each generally handling much greater volumes. Much of the cargo and commodities handling by the Port of London takes place in the downstream stretches of the Thames beyond Greater London, on the banks of south Essex (Thurrock) and north Kent. The Port of London Authority controls operations from its base in Gravesend. The main container terminal is currently at Tilbury, though in 2008 construction began on the London Gateway project, which will become the largest single component of the Port of London when completed.
Delta/Blackwall Wharf[10][33](originally Delta Metals brass, bronze etc. works) (major aggregates wharf now lost - redeveloped as part of the Greenwich Peninsula masterplan)
Draw dock
Ordnance Wharf[10][32][33] (originally Blakely's Ordnance Works making heavy guns)[31]
Below here lie the Medway ports including Thamesport, a container port on the site of BP's Kent oil refinery on the Isle of Grain and Sheerness on the Isle of Sheppey. These are not part of the Port of London.
London Sheet 7.84, Waterloo & Lambeth Marsh 1872 (Map). 1:1056 reduced to 1:1760. Old Ordnance Survey Maps, The Godfrey Edition. Alan Godfrey. 1993. ISBN978-0-85054-634-7.
London Sheet 77, Bermondsey & Wapping 1894 (Map). 1:2500 reduced to 1:4340. Old Ordnance Survey Maps, The Godfrey Edition. Alan Godfrey. ISBN978-0-85054-100-7.
London Sheet 77, Bermondsey & Wapping 1914 (Map). 1:2500 reduced to 1:4340. Old Ordnance Survey Maps, The Godfrey Edition. Alan Godfrey. 1983. ISBN978-0-85054-922-5.
London Sheet 78, Rotherhithe 1914 (Map). 1:2500 reduced to 1:4340. Old Ordnance Survey Maps, The Godfrey Edition. Alan Godfrey. 1984. ISBN0-907554-67-9.
London Sheet 91, Deptford (North) 1868 (Map). 1:2500 reduced to 1:4340. Old Ordnance Survey Maps, The Godfrey Edition. Alan Godfrey. ISBN1-84151-687-2.
London Sheet 91, Deptford (North) 1914 (Map). 1:2500 reduced to 1:4340. Old Ordnance Survey Maps, The Godfrey Edition. Alan Godfrey. ISBN978-0-85054-003-1.
London Sheet 91, Deptford (North) 1894 (Map). 1:2500 reduced to 1:4340. Old Ordnance Survey Maps, The Godfrey Edition. Alan Godfrey. ISBN978-1-84151-359-1.
London Sheet 92, Greenwich & Isle of Dogs 1913 (Map). 1:2500 reduced to 1:4340. Old Ordnance Survey Maps, The Godfrey Edition. Alan Godfrey. ISBN978-0-85054-155-7.
London Sheet 92, Greenwich & Isle of Dogs 1867 (Map). 1:2500 reduced to 1:4340. Old Ordnance Survey Maps, The Godfrey Edition. Alan Godfrey. ISBN978-1-84784-232-9.
London Sheet 79, West India Docks 1867 (Map). 1:2500 reduced to 1:4340. Old Ordnance Survey Maps, The Godfrey Edition. Alan Godfrey. ISBN0-85054-466-1.
London Sheet 79, West India Docks & Greenwich Marshes 1894 (Map). 1:2500 reduced to 1:4340. Old Ordnance Survey Maps, The Godfrey Edition. Alan Godfrey. ISBN1-84151-194-3.
London Sheet 79, West India Docks & Greenwich Marshes 1914 (Map). 1:2500 reduced to 1:4340. Old Ordnance Survey Maps, The Godfrey Edition. Alan Godfrey. ISBN0-85054-444-0.
London Sheet 81, North Woolwich 1894 (Map). 1:2500 reduced to 1:4340. Old Ordnance Survey Maps, The Godfrey Edition. Alan Godfrey. ISBN978-0-85054-203-5.
London Sheet 63, Whitechapel, Spitalfields & The Bank 1873 (Map). 1:2500 reduced to 1:4340. Old Ordnance Survey Maps, The Godfrey Edition. Alan Godfrey. ISBN978-0-85054-095-6.
London Sheet 63, Whitechapel, Spitalfields & The Bank 1894 (Map). 1:2500 reduced to 1:4340. Old Ordnance Survey Maps, The Godfrey Edition. Alan Godfrey. ISBN978-0-85054-039-0.
London Sheet 63, Whitechapel, Spitalfields & The Bank 1913 (Map). 1:2500 reduced to 1:4340. Old Ordnance Survey Maps, The Godfrey Edition. Alan Godfrey. ISBN978-0-907554-50-9.
London Sheet 64, Stepney & Limehouse 1914 (Map). 1:2500 reduced to 1:4340. Old Ordnance Survey Maps, The Godfrey Edition. Alan Godfrey. ISBN0-85054-069-0.
London Sheet 64, Stepney & Limehouse 1870 (Map). 1:2500 reduced to 1:4340. Old Ordnance Survey Maps, The Godfrey Edition. Alan Godfrey. ISBN1-84151-255-9.
London Sheet 65, Poplar & Canning Town 1867 (Map). 1:2500 reduced to 1:4340. Old Ordnance Survey Maps, The Godfrey Edition. Alan Godfrey. ISBN1-84151-261-3.