London-Tilbury

About London-Tilbury

Tilbury is London's historic cruise port, on the Thames estuary about an hour east of central London. Ships dock at the London Cruise Terminal; motorcoach or train transfers run downtown, and some lines offer pre-arranged transfers to Heathrow or Gatwick. For turnaround passengers the port is primarily a transit point, with the capital's full slate of attractions a taxi or rail ride away.

• Tilbury is the principal port serving London, located on the north bank of the River Thames in Essex, about 25 miles east of the City of London.
• The Port of Tilbury is the main UK port for the importation of paper, and also handles containers, grain, bulk cargoes, and cars.
• The image references the RMS Carpathia — the ship that famously rescued survivors of the Titanic disaster in 1912.
• Tilbury has been a gateway port for immigrants to Britain since the 1948 arrival of the MV Empire Windrush, which brought one of the first large groups of Caribbean migrants to the UK.
• The Tilbury Docks were opened in 1886 and are now part of the wider Port of London, the UK's second-busiest port by cargo tonnage.