Thames Barrier
The Thames Barrier is a retractable barrier system built to protect the floodplain of most of Greater London from exceptionally high tides and storm surges moving up from the North Sea.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Lock
- Description: flood defence in London
- Also known as: “Thames Tidal Barrier”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Valley and Charlton House.
The Valley
Stadium
Photo: Superbfc, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Valley is a sports stadium in Charlton, London, England with a capacity of 27,111, which has been the home of Charlton Athletic Football Club since 1919, with a period of exile between 1923 and 1924, and from 1985 to 1992. The Valley is situated 1,300 feet northeast of Thames Barrier.
Charlton House
Castle
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Charlton House is a Jacobean mansion in Charlton, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich in south-east London. Built between 1607 and 1612, it is widely regarded as one of the finest and best-preserved examples of Jacobean domestic architecture in England, and the only complete Jacobean mansion surviving in Greater London following the destruction of Holland House during the Second World War. Charlton House is situated 1,300 feet southeast of Thames Barrier.
Charlton railway station
Railway station
Photo: Stephen Craven, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Charlton railway station is a railway station in Charlton, Royal Borough of Greenwich. It is 7 miles 44 chains measured from Charing Cross. The station is operated by Southeastern. Charlton railway station is situated 1,400 feet northwest of Thames Barrier.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Charlton and Charlton Riverside.
Charlton
Suburb
Photo: Steve Cadman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Charlton is an area of southeast London, England, in the Royal Borough of Greenwich. It is east of Greenwich and west of Woolwich, on the south bank of the River Thames, 7.2 miles southeast of Charing Cross.
Charlton Riverside
Suburb
Charlton Riverside, previously known as New Charlton, is the area along the south bank of the river Thames at Charlton, London, which forms part of the Royal Borough of Greenwich.
Blackheath Royal Standard
Quarter
Photo: Chris Denny, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Blackheath Royal Standard is a quarter.
Thames Barrier
- Categories: flood barrier and body of water
- Location: Greenwich, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Zeeuws—“Thames Barrier” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Tamesiseko hesia”
- Bengali: “টেমস ব্যারিয়ার”
- Catalan: “Barrera del Tàmesi”
- Chinese: “泰晤士河防洪閘”
- Czech: “Bariéry na Temži”
- Danish: “Thames Barrier”
- Dutch: “Thames Barrier”
- Esperanto: “Bariero ĉe Tamizo”
- Esperanto: “Barieroj sur la Tamizo”
- Finnish: “Thames Barrier”
- French: “barrière de la Tamise”
- French: “Barrière de la Tamise”
- German: “Thames Barrier”
- Hebrew: “מחסום התמזה”
- Hungarian: “Temze-gát”
- Irish: “Bacainn na Tamaise”
- Italian: “Barriera del Tamigi”
- Italian: “Thames Barrier”
- Japanese: “テムズバリア”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Thames Barrier”
- Norwegian: “Thames Barrier”
- Polish: “Thames Barrier”
- Portuguese: “Barreira do Tamisa”
- Russian: “Барьер Темзы”
- Slovenian: “Pregrada Temze”
- Spanish: “Barrera del Tamesis”
- Spanish: “Barrera del Támesis”
- Swedish: “Thames Barrier”
- Thai: “เครื่องกั้นแม่น้ำเทมส์”
- Thai: “เทมส์แบเรียร์”
- Turkish: “Thames Bariyeri”
- Ukrainian: “Бар’єр Темзи”
- Vietnamese: “Đập sông Thames”
- Zeeuws: “Thames Barrier”
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