Westminster Millennium Pier

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London River Services
Westminster Millennium Pier

Locale	River Thames, London, UK
Transit type	River bus and tourist/leisure services
Owner	London River Services
Operator	London River Services
London River Services
City Cruises London Eye Bateaux London Crown River Cruises Lower Thames & Medway Woolwich Ferry Thames Clipper Thames Executive Charters Thames River Services Turks Launches Westminster Passenger Services Waverley Excursions
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Westminster Millennium Pier is a pier on the River Thames, in the City of Westminster in London, UK. It is operated by London River Services and served by various river transport and cruise operators.

It is located next to Westminster Bridge on the north bank of the Thames, and is close to one of London's most promininent landmarks, Big Ben.

Construction

The development of Westminster Millennium Pier was funded by the Millennium Commission as part of the Thames 2000 project, and it was one of five new piers opened in 2000 by the Commission on the Thames (the others being Blackfriars Millennium Pier, London Eye Pier, Tower Millennium Pier and Millbank Millennium Pier). Its creation was funded by the project as part of an integrated transport and regeneration strategy for the Thames led by London's Cross River Partnership.^[1]

Services

The pier is served by various services including:

summer leisure cruises between Westminster and Greenwich (City Cruises)
the Westminster to St Katharine's Circular (Crown River Cruises)

Transport links

London Underground:

Westminster tube station for Circle, District and Jubilee lines
Waterloo tube station is a short walk over Westminster Bridge

National Rail:

Waterloo railway station for National Rail (also over Westminster Bridge)

London River Services

London Eye Pier (also over Westminster Bridge)

London Buses Buses stopping on Westminster Bridge are the nearest services.

Local attractions

The entrance to Westminster Pier

North bank

Big Ben and the Palace of Westminster
Westminster Abbey and St. Margaret's, Westminster
Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms
The Boudica statue

South Bank

London Eye
London Aquarium
Dali Universe
Florence Nightingale Museum

Preceding station		London River Services		Following station
Terminus		Westminster to Greenwich Express Service		London Eye Pier toward Greenwich Pier
Terminus		Westminster to St Katharine's Circular		Embankment Pier toward Westminster Millennium Pier

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Westminster Millennium Pier.

↑ "Ken Livingstone Opens New Millennium Commission Funded Pier". The Millennium Commission press release. 2000-07-13. Retrieved 2008-03-30.

Transport in London

Companies and
organisations

Transport for London	Air Line Buses Coach Station Cycle Hire Dial-a-Ride London Rail Docklands Light Railway London Overground Tramlink Under construction: Crossrail London River Services London Streets London Underground Source London Taxi and Private Hire Office

Bus operators	Abellio Arriva East Herts & Essex Arriva London Arriva Southern Counties CT Plus Go-Ahead London London United Metrobus Metroline Quality Line Stagecoach London Tower Transit Transdev London Sovereign Uno

River operators	Bateaux London City Cruises Crown River Cruises Livett's Launches Lower Thames and Medway Passenger Boat Company Thames Clippers Thames Executive Charters Thames River Services

Train operators	Abellio Greater Anglia c2c Chiltern Railways East Coast East Midlands Trains Eurostar First Capital Connect First Great Western First Hull Trains First ScotRail Gatwick Express Grand Central Heathrow Connect Heathrow Express London Midland London Overground South West Trains Southeastern Southern Stansted Express Virgin Trains

Other	Global Infrastructure Partners Heathrow Airport Holdings Manchester Airports Group Port of London Authority

Airports

Main	City Gatwick Heathrow Luton Stansted Proposed: Thames Estuary

Other	Lydd Airport Oxford Southend Private: Biggin Hill Damyns Hall Military: Northolt Brize Norton

Major stations

Central area	Bank/Monument Baker Street Blackfriars Bond Street Cannon Street Charing Cross City Thameslink Euston Farringdon Fenchurch Street King's Cross Liverpool Street London Bridge Marylebone Moorgate Oxford Circus Paddington St Pancras International Tottenham Court Road Vauxhall Victoria Waterloo Waterloo East Westminster

Other	Barking Bromley South Canary Wharf Clapham Junction Ealing Broadway East Croydon Heathrow Stations Highbury & Islington Ilford Lewisham London City Airport Orpington Putney Richmond Romford Stratford Surbiton Sutton Wimbledon

Roads

Motorways	M1 M3 M4 M11 M20 M23 M25 London Orbital M40 Former: M41 A40(M) A102(M)

Ring roads	London Inner Ring Road London Ringways North Circular Road South Circular Road

Charging	Congestion charge Dartford Crossing Low emission zone

Ticketing

Other

Category
Commons
WikiProject

Coordinates: 51°30′07″N 0°07′24″W / 51.501901°N 0.123223°W / 51.501901; -0.123223

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