Thames River Services Ltd London

What makes us a great choice for education?

Taking a boat trip on the Thames in central London is the best way to see many of the London sights. On the way down river we pass the London Eye, Ministry of Defense, Royal Festival Hall, Cleopatra's Needle, Somerset House, The National Theatre, OXO Tower, St Paul's Cathedral, The Globe Theatre of Shakespeare, Wren's House, The Shard, London Bridge, The Monument to the Great Fire of London, HMS Belfast, Tower of London, Tower Bridge, Rotherhithe and St Mary's Church where the Captain of the Pilgrim Ship Mayflower? is buried. Canary Wharf, Isle of Dogs and all the sights of Greenwich as described above and last but not least the Thames Flood Barrier.

Accreditation and Awards

Thames passenger Boats are licensed by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency a Government body who conduct a stringent survey of every vessel annually. We carry a minimum of £10,000,000 passenger liability insurance.

What is typically included on our school trips?

We provide a commentary by a member of the crew. Your cruise can start from any of the piers we operate from, they are Westminster, St Katharine's (next to the Tower of London) and Greenwich.

Group Sizes Catered For

From 10 up to 150 under normal circumstances, however we do have boats which will carry 400.

Materials, Resources & Information Provided

Our web site has an extensive history of the Thames where teachers can choose a particular part of Thames History to concentrate on from Roman Times the Vikings through to the Tudors.

Photography, Filming & Audio Restrictions

No problem.

Risk Assessment Details

We do provide risk assessments

Pricing Information

Discounts are 10 and above 15% 15 and above 20% 25 and above 25% 35 and above 30% 45 and above 50%

Child Return Single

Westminster to Greenwich£16.00 - £12.25£8.00 - £6.13Westminster-Thames Barrier-Greenwich£17.00 - £14.00£8.50 - £7.00St Katharine's-Greenwich£13.00 - £9.75£6.50 - £4.88St Katharine's-Thames Barrier-Greenwich£16.00 £12.25£8.00 - £6.13

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Clothing Requirements

No.

First Aid Information

Boat crews are trained in first aid and we have first aid boxes aboard, we are also in radio contact with emergency service including Police, Ambulance, RNLI, Port of London Authority and HM Coastguard.

Available Facilities

Most boats have facilities for drinks but not food. We do not encourage the eating of packed lunches.

Accessibility & Disabled Facilities

We are limited to a maximum of 6 wheelchairs.

Opening Hours & Information

We do not operate Christmas Eve Christmas Day Boxing Day or New Years Day

From April to the end of May we operate boats every 30 minutes from 10 am until 4pm

From June until the first week in September we operate every 30 minutes from 10am until 5pm.

From the end of the first week in September until the end of November we operate from 10am until 4pm.

For the remainder of the year we operate every 40 minutes from 10.20 until 3pm