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48696ce5-5180-5a43-9d9a-321425c0966d · GBLON · Northern Europe

St Katharine Docks

Tower Bridge, London, United Kingdom · 51.507°N 0.071°W

MIXEDCOORDINATEDOPERATIONAL

A locked historic dock beside Tower Bridge. Air draft, lock booking, the Thames Barrier and the river's commercial traffic are all first-class constraints. The product is London, not a cruising basin.

Live channels · not a chart · not a reservation

Estimate

Partlycloudy at 2026-10-14T03:00:00Z Europe/London. Wind 4 kn from WSW. It is after local sunset. If this harbour publishes a night-entry restriction, treat it as active until sunrise. Nearest IOC gauge Sheerness (56.5 km) last observed 6.071 m — observational only, not a tide table or controlling depth.

Wind
4 kn WSW
Gusts
—
Waves
—
Twilight
Night

Max LOA

50 m

Reported

Max draft

3 m

Reported

VHF

80

Verified

October band

MODERATE

Estimate

Services

Fuel

Not published

Marina operator rate card / facilities sheet · 2026-06-01

Verified
Potable water

Yes

Marina operator rate card / facilities sheet · 2026-06-01

Verified
Wi-Fi

BASIC

Marina operator rate card / facilities sheet · 2026-06-01

Reported
Security

Marina access control

Marina operator rate card / facilities sheet · 2026-06-01

Reported

Shore power: 230V, 400V · 16A, 32A, 63A · 50Hz

Waste: pump-out yes · black yes · grey yes

Fees — labelled estimates

High-season daily bands. Not a quote, not live availability.

  • 30 m reference · ~280 GBPEstimate
  • 50 m reference · ~600 GBPEstimate

Contacts by role

  • HARBOURMASTERVHF80Verified
  • EMERGENCYPHONElocal emergency numberReported

Allocation kinds — kept separate

Berth reservation ≠ lock booking ≠ PLA reporting.

BERTH_RESERVATIONDECLARED_CAPACITYLOCK_BOOKINGBRIDGE_OPENING

Captain notes

  • Book the lock as LOCK_BOOKING. Book the berth as BERTH_RESERVATION. Never one object.
  • Bridges and the Barrier have their own rules.

Port entry & formalities

Decision-support intelligence only. Not legal advice. Not clearance authorization. maritimIQ does not authorize entry and does not determine formal status.

Port of entry UNKNOWNCustoms UNKNOWNImmigration UNKNOWN24-hour clearance UNKNOWN

A port-of-entry label does not invent 24-hour customs or immigration service.

Pilotage

NOT_COVERED — No matching PILOTAGE rule is recorded for this harbour/jurisdiction. That is NOT_COVERED, not NOT_REQUIRED.

  • PORT_ENTRY · NOT_COVERED · UNKNOWN

    No matching PORT_ENTRY rule is recorded for this harbour/jurisdiction. That is NOT_COVERED, not NOT_REQUIRED.

  • ADVANCE_NOTICE · NOT_COVERED · UNKNOWN

    No matching ADVANCE_NOTICE rule is recorded for this harbour/jurisdiction. That is NOT_COVERED, not NOT_REQUIRED.

  • PILOTAGE · NOT_COVERED · UNKNOWN

    No matching PILOTAGE rule is recorded for this harbour/jurisdiction. That is NOT_COVERED, not NOT_REQUIRED.

  • TOWAGE · NOT_COVERED · UNKNOWN

    No matching TOWAGE rule is recorded for this harbour/jurisdiction. That is NOT_COVERED, not NOT_REQUIRED.

  • CUSTOMS · NOT_COVERED · UNKNOWN

    No matching CUSTOMS rule is recorded for this harbour/jurisdiction. That is NOT_COVERED, not NOT_REQUIRED.

  • IMMIGRATION · NOT_COVERED · UNKNOWN

    No matching IMMIGRATION rule is recorded for this harbour/jurisdiction. That is NOT_COVERED, not NOT_REQUIRED.

  • HEALTH · NOT_COVERED · UNKNOWN

    No matching HEALTH rule is recorded for this harbour/jurisdiction. That is NOT_COVERED, not NOT_REQUIRED.

  • SECURITY · NOT_COVERED · UNKNOWN

    No matching SECURITY rule is recorded for this harbour/jurisdiction. That is NOT_COVERED, not NOT_REQUIRED.

  • COMMERCIAL · NOT_COVERED · UNKNOWN

    No matching COMMERCIAL rule is recorded for this harbour/jurisdiction. That is NOT_COVERED, not NOT_REQUIRED.

  • NOAD · NOT_COVERED · UNKNOWN

    USCG NVMC eNOAD does not apply to this harbour.

  • EMSWE · NOT_COVERED · UNKNOWN

    EMSWe does not apply outside the EU.

Sample evaluation factsAt 2026-08-25T23:30:00Z. Missing vessel facts stay UNKNOWN. This is not clearance.

Navigational warnings

USCG LNM UNKNOWNUSCG BNM UNKNOWNNGA MSI UNKNOWN

Active warnings

No matching known active warning in the current sources.

Upcoming

No matching known upcoming warning in the current sources.

Recently expired

No matching recently expired warning in the current sources.

  • UNKNOWN COVERAGE — USCG LNM/BNM coverage does not include this harbour, or no geo-matched notice was found.
  • UNKNOWN COVERAGE — NGA MSI coverage does not include this harbour, or no geo-matched notice was found.
  • Absence of a matching row is not an all-clear for this harbour.