Royal Terrace Pier is owned and managed by the Port of London Authority (PLA) and is located adjacent to their headquarters at London River House in Gravesend. [1]
Royal Terrace Pier is owned and managed by the Port of London Authority (PLA) and is located adjacent to their headquarters at London River House in Gravesend. [1]
| Gravesend Royal Terrace Garden Pier Act 1842 | |
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| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act for erecting a Pier at the Royal Terrace Gardens in the Town of Gravesend in the County of Kent. |
| Citation | 5 & 6 Vict. c. lix |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 18 June 1842 |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Grade II listed pier was built in 1844 by the Gravesend Freehold Investment Company. Designed by architect John Baldry Redman the building cost was £9,200. On 7 March 1865 Princess Alexandra disembarked here when she arrived to marry the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII). [2]
The Gravesend Lifeboat Station moved to the pontoon at the end of the Royal Terrace Pier in June 2007. [3]
The Royal Terrace Pier Estate Company Limited was incorporated 29 June 1893 and dissolved 5 December 2012. [4]
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