Embankment Pier
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.Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Pier
- Description: Pier on the River Thames near Embankment
- Address: Victoria Embankment, London, WC2N 6NU
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Leicester Square and London Eye.
Leicester Square
Photo: Aurelien Guichard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The area around Leicester Square, often called the West End, is the entertainment heart of London. The area also includes Chinatown, Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square.
London Eye
Ferris wheel
Photo: Khamtran, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The London Eye, originally the Millennium Wheel, is a cantilevered observation wheel on the South Bank of the River Thames in London. It is the world's tallest cantilevered observation wheel, and the most popular paid tourist attraction in the United Kingdom with over three million visitors annually. London Eye is situated 1,500 feet south of Embankment Pier.
London Charing Cross
Railway station
Photo: Joshua Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Charing Cross railway station is a central London railway terminus between the Strand and Hungerford Bridge in the City of Westminster. It is the terminus of the Southeastern Main Lines to Dover via Ashford and Hastings via Tunbridge Wells. London Charing Cross is situated 580 feet west of Embankment Pier.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Covent Garden and South Bank.
Covent Garden
Photo: Hamster28, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Covent Garden is one of the main shopping and entertainment districts of London, and is hugely popular with visitors, who swarm to its shops, bars and restaurants, especially at weekends.
South Bank
Photo: Bloodholds, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The South Bank is on a sharp 90° bend of the Thames in central London and one of the city's cultural centres. It is a small area but it contains many artistic and creative sites, as well as an eclectic range of other attractions, boutique shopping and trendy food and drink places.
Whitehall
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Whitehall is a road and area in the City of Westminster, Central London, England. The road forms the first part of the A3212 road from Trafalgar Square to Chelsea.
Embankment Pier
- Categories: pontoon, jetty, landing, and transportation
- Location: Westminster, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.50725° or 51° 30′ 26″ northLongitude
-0.12116° or 0° 7′ 16″ westElevation
16 feet (5 metres)Network
London River ServicesOpen location code
9C3XGV4H+VGOpenStreetMap ID
way 37691336OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=pierOpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=platform
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Embankment Pier” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “堤岸碼頭”
- Chinese: “河岸码头”
- Chinese: “河岸碼頭”
- Dutch: “Aanlegsteiger bij de Embankment”
- French: “Embankment Pier”
- German: “Embankment Pier”
- Inuktitut: “Embankment Pier”
- Japanese: “エンバンクメント・ピア”
- Japanese: “エンバンクメント埠頭”
- Japanese: “堤防埠頭”
- Spanish: “Embankment Pier”
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