Exploring Tilbury Riverside
The idea was simple. I would walk from Tilbury Town station to the site of the former Tilbury Riverside station and have a look at the London Cruise Terminal and Tilbury Fort, before taking a ferry to Gravesend to come home.
But things didn’t quite work out as planned, as although I had a good walk in the wind to river, that wind was so bad the ferries had got themselves cancelled.
But I did find a nice place with a welcoming pub to go to in better weather!
The area does need a bit of improvement.
- The London Cruise Terminal looks as welcoming as a prison from the outside.
- Connections to Tilbury Town station are simple and spasmodic.
- Tilbury Fort certainly needed some more information.
- The chimneys behind the Fort are those of the Tilbury B power station, which burns biomass.
- The Ferry Terminal to Gravesend was also short of information. Especially, something like an electronic Next Ferry Indicator.
- There needs to be extension of the pedestrian routes.
- It would also help, if the trucks kept to the speed limit.
But most importantly, the area would get more visitors if Tilbury Riverside station was still being used.
Failing that a decent cycle route, with bicycle hire stations at either end.
The Anonymous Widower 