The Woolwich Ferry is a free vehicle and pedestrian ferry across the River Thames in East London, connecting Woolwich on the south bank with North Woolwich on the north. It is licensed and financed by London River Services, the maritime arm of Transport for London (TfL). Around two million passengers use the ferry each year.
The south terminal of the Woolwich Ferry
Traffic queueing for the Woolwich Ferry in 1955. The modernisation of the roll-on/roll-off service in 1963 reduced waiting times.
Traffic boarding the James Newman. The ferry service is important for HGVs owing to restrictions in the Blackwall Tunnel and northbound Dartford Crossing.
AEC Regent III RT bus embarking on the ferry in 1979
East London is the northeastern part of London, England, east of the ancient City of London and north of the River Thames as it begins to widen. East London developed as London's docklands and the primary industrial centre. The expansion of railways in the 19th century encouraged the eastward expansion of the East End of London and a proliferation of new suburbs. The industrial lands of East London are today an area of regeneration, which are well advanced in places such as Canary Wharf and ongoing elsewhere.
The men of early East London garrisoned the Tower of London
The Aldgate Pump is the symbolic start of the East End and East London as a whole
