The Cruise Route: Sections 30-43

From Westminster Bridge:

30. The Monument (DLR Bank)
Designed by Wren and completed in 1677, to commemorate the Great Fire of London of 1666. The column stands 202ft (62m) high, the same distance as from the starting point of the fire in Pudding Lane. It is also the tallest free-standing stone column in the world.

31. Old Billingsgate (DLR Bank)
The present building was created in 1877 but the site, on one of the Citys earliest quays, had been Londons main fish market for over 900 years until its activities were relocated in more modern buildings (55) in the West India Docks (Canary Wharf).

32. London Dungeon

33. London Bridge City (DLR Bank)
Europe's largest commercial riverside development, comprises office buildings and Hay's Galleria which opened in 1987 as a new shopping complex. A 100ft (30m) high glass roof covers the former Hay's Wharf where the great tea clippers once moored.

34.Custom House (DLR Bank)
Headquarters of HM Customs and Excise, the present building is the fifth on this site, the first dating back to the 14th century when all wool brought into London was weighed and taxed there. It was this Wool Tax that enabled Henry II to contribute to the building of London Bridge.

35. Lloyds of London (DLR Bank)
Named after the coffee house where insurance brokers used to do business in the 17th century. This new building by Richard Rogers is now home to the world's largest insurance company.

36. Britian at War Museum

37. HMS Belfast (DLR Tower Gateway)
11,500 ton Royal Navy cruiser. She played an important role during World War II escorting convoys and in the Battle of North Cape. Saved from the scrap yard as the last big gun cruiser, opened as a museum ship in 1971.

38. Tower Hill Pagent

39. Tower of London (DLR Tower Gateway)
Building was started by William the Conqueror in 1078 but the Tower has been extended and strengthened many times by succeeding monarchs. It has been a fortress, royal residence, an arsenal and more famously a prison. Facing the river is Traitor's Gate through which many famous prisoners have entered the Tower, never to leave.

40. Tower Bridge (DLR Tower Gateway)
Opened in 1894 and measuring 800ft (240m) between the two towers, which house the machinery for raising the bascules (each weighing about 1000 tons) in 90 seconds. The upper walkway is open to visitors.

41. Design Museum and Bramah Tea and Coffee Museum

42. St Katharine's Docks (DLR Tower Gateway)
Built by Thomas Telford in 1826 and designed to handle particularly valuable cargoes such as ivory, tea and silver. Now a commercial, residential and recreational area housing a yacht marina and a number of restaurants. It was one of the first of London's old docks to be transformed.

43. St Katharine's Pier

Please note: Attractions in blue are not visable from the river.