Ferry activities in England
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Thames River Services
These cruise boats leave Westminster Pier for Greenwich, stopping at the Tower of London. Every second service continues on from Greenwich to the Thames Barrier (one way adult/child £10.40/5.20, return £12.80/6.40, hourly 11.30am to 3.30pm) but does not land there, passing the O2 along the way. From Westminster it’s a two-hour round trip to Greenwich, three hours to the Thames Barrier; from Greenwich the round trip to the barrier takes one hour. From November to March there’s a reduced service from Westminster to Greenwich, with eight daily departures between 10.40am and 3.20pm.
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Thames River Boats
These boats go upriver from Westminster Pier to the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew (1½ hours) and on to Hampton Court Palace (another 1½ hours, noon boat only). It’s possible to get off the boats at Richmond but it depends on the tides; check before you sail.
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Tate Boat
The Tate Boat (www.tate.org.uk/tatetotate; one way adult/child #5/2.50; hevery 40min 9.57am-4.44pm) operates between the Bankside Pier at Tate Modern and the Millbank Pier at its sister-museum, Tate Britain. Services from the latter depart from 10.17am to 5.04pm daily, also at 40-minute intervals.
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