page_title: List of locations in the Port of London
section_title: Upper Pool
hierarchical_section_title: List of locations in the Port of London / North bank / Upper Pool
caption_attribution_description: English: Scanned from a 35mm slide, this shows the Upper Pool from London Bridge at a time when ocean-going ships from all over the world discharged their cargoes in the heart of the City. The refrigerated cargo ship Kitala in the foreground was built in 1957 and belonged to the French shipping company Compagnie Maritime des Chargeurs Réunis.
context_page_description: 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. 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 and north Kent. The Port of London Authority controls operations from its base in Gravesend.
context_section_description: (London Bridge)
  London Bridge Wharf 
  Fresh Wharf 
  Cox and Hammond's Wharf 
  Nicholson's Wharf 
  Grant's Quay Wharf
  Billingsgate Market 
  Custom House Wharf 
  Custom House and Wool Quays 
  Galley Dock and Quay 
  Chester Quay 
  Brewer's Quay 
  Tower Millennium Pier (TfL river service)
  (Tower Bridge)
caption: A ship berths at London Bridge Wharf in the busy Upper Pool in 1962
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