The Thames Barrier is a retractable barrier system built to protect the floodplain of most of Greater London from exceptionally high tides and storm surges...

the Thames Barrier in the 1970s. The 1947 Thames flood was overall the worst 20th-century flood of the River Thames, affecting much of the Thames Valley...

The Thames Barrier Park is a 7-hectare (17.3-acre) park in Silvertown in the London Borough of Newham and is named after its location on the north side...

Barrier Gardens Pier is a pier on the River Thames near the Thames Barrier. It is owned and managed by the Port of London Authority (PLA) which took over...

construction of the Thames Barrier in the 1970s. During Christmas 1927, heavy snow fell in the Cotswolds in west-central England, where the Thames has its source...

Haringvlietdam and the Hartelkering. The Thames Barrier is the world's second largest movable flood barrier (after the Oosterscheldekering and the Haringvlietdam)...

19:00 GMT on 21 January 2006. On Thursday 19 January reports from the Thames Barrier control team were made to the British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR)...

Creekmouth is nearby. The Barking Creek Barrier, a tidal flood barrier, was constructed in the 1980s as part of the Thames flood defence system, opening in 1983...

Professor Leonard Morrison, who has based his career on believing that the Thames barrier was built in the wrong place, disproves Hopkins' theory. Realising that...

operate within the tidal Thames Estuary. In 1968 of hydraulic studies were funded to understand how a barrier across the Thames would affect the levels...

story of its construction was recounted in the opera The Eighth Wonder Thames Barrier, London, United Kingdom. Three Gorges Dam in Hubei, China West Baden...

north bank of the River Thames. It is built on the former site of Minoco Wharf and is near the Thames Barrier, west of Thames Barrier Park, and close to both...

Thames House is an office building in Millbank, London, on the north bank of the River Thames adjacent to Lambeth Bridge. Originally used as offices by...

surge. It is the second largest flood barrier in the United Kingdom after the Thames Barrier in London. The barrier was opened in 1980, and since then,...

the 1980s. Located about 2 miles (3 km) east of central London, the Thames Barrier was completed in the 1980s to protect London against tidal surges from...

the country. The need for a long-term replacement for the existing Thames Barrier which provides flood protection for London London's over-congested radial...

a particularly high tide, although the Thames Barrier protects London from catastrophic flooding. The Thames Path uses the river towpath between Inglesham...

gradual rise in sea levels due to climate change. The Thames Barrier was constructed across the Thames at Woolwich in the 1970s to deal with this threat,...

The table below lists many of the tunnels under the River Thames in and near London, which, thanks largely to its underlying bed of clay, is one of the...

transition from freshwater to estuarine occurs around Battersea; east of the Thames Barrier the water is of notable brackishness where fish, particularly in dry...

his role in a number of major post-war projects in London from the Thames Barrier to the redevelopment of Covent Garden. He also worked on a number of...

The River Thames is the second-longest river in the United Kingdom, passes through the capital city, and has many crossings. Counting every channel – such...

flooding. London is protected from flooding by Thames Barrier, a huge mechanical barrier across the River Thames, which is raised when the water level reaches...

maintenance services for other users of the Thames. The PLA owns Barrier Gardens Pier and Unity House, near the Thames Barrier, providing a convenient base for its...

Building (second location))) on the Victoria Embankment, overlooking the River Thames, south of what is now the Ministry of Defence's headquarters. In 1888, during...

port. Therefore, a barrier like the Dutch Oosterscheldekering and the Thames Barrier could not be constructed, as such a barrier would block the shipping...

failure of the Thames Barrier. The plot is similar to his 1976 novel Deluge, updated to include the construction of the Thames Flood Barrier. The book was...

Fire of London Nelson's Column Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain ("Eros") Thames Barrier Wellington Arch Transport City Airport Heathrow Airport Blackfriars...

seawalls, dykes and levees and other sea defences. For instance, the Thames Barrier is designed to protect London from a storm surge, while the failure...

apparatus were produced from 1863 until 1968. The site between the Thames Barrier and Woolwich Dockyard has retained several buildings of historic interest...