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Port of London Authority

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The Port of London Authority (PLA) is a self-funding public trust established by the Port of London Act 1908 to govern the Port of London. [1]

66 relations: Barrier Gardens Pier, Beacon, Blazon, Blue Ensign, Brackish water, Buoy, City of London, City of London Police, Coat of arms, Crown Lands Act 1702, Custom House for ExCeL DLR station, Dredging, Edward II of England, Edward VII, Environment Agency, Erith, Essex, Essex Police, Frinton-on-Sea, Gravesend, Greater London, Gunfleet Lighthouse, Harwich, Isle of Grain, J. M. Dent, Kent, Kent Police, Latin, Limehouse Basin, List of locations in the Port of London, List of navigation authorities in the United Kingdom, London River Services, Lord Mayor of London, Margate, Metropolitan Police Marine Policing Unit, Metropolitan Police Service, Navigation, North Sea, Northumberland, Paul the Apostle, Pennon, Pilot station, Port of London, Port of London Act 1908, Port of Tilbury, Port of Tilbury Police, Privatization, Radar, Ramsgate, Richmond Lock and Footbridge, ..., River Medway, River Thames, Royal Terrace Pier, Sea lion, Southend-on-Sea, Teddington Lock, Thames Barrier, Thames Conservancy, Thames Estuary, The Swale, Tidal river, Tideway, Tower Hill, Tower of London, Woolwich, Yorkshire Engine Company. Expand index (16 more) »

Barrier Gardens Pier

Barrier Gardens Pier is a pier on the River Thames near the Thames Barrier.

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Beacon

A beacon is an intentionally conspicuous device designed to attract attention to a specific location.

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Blazon

In heraldry and heraldic vexillology, a blazon is a formal description of a coat of arms, flag or similar emblem, from which the reader can reconstruct the appropriate image.

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Blue Ensign

The Blue Ensign is a flag, one of several British ensigns, used by certain organisations or territories associated with the United Kingdom.

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Brackish water

Brackish water is water that has more salinity than fresh water, but not as much as seawater.

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Buoy

A buoy is a floating device that can have many purposes.

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City of London

The City of London is a city and county that contains the historic centre and the primary central business district (CBD) of London.

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City of London Police

The City of London Police is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement within the City of London, including the Middle and Inner Temples.

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Coat of arms

A coat of arms is a heraldic visual design on an escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard.

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Crown Lands Act 1702

The Crown Lands Act 1702 (1 Ann c 1) is an Act of the Parliament of England, originally entitled An Act for the better Support of Her Majesties Houshold and of the Honour and Dignity of the Crown.

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Custom House for ExCeL DLR station

Custom House for ExCeL is a Docklands Light Railway (DLR) and future Elizabeth line station in Custom House in London, England.

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Dredging

Dredging is an excavation activity usually carried out underwater, in harbours, shallow seas or freshwater areas with the purpose of gathering up bottom sediments to deepen or widen the sea bottom / channel.

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Edward II of England

Edward II (25 April 1284 – 21 September 1327), also called Edward of Carnarvon, was King of England from 1307 until he was deposed in January 1327.

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Edward VII

Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910.

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Environment Agency

The Environment Agency (EA) is a non-departmental public body, established in 1995 and sponsored by the United Kingdom government's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), with responsibilities relating to the protection and enhancement of the environment in England (and until 2013 also Wales).

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Erith

Erith is a town in south-east London in the London Borough of Bexley.

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Essex

Essex is a county in the East of England.

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Essex Police

Essex Police is a territorial police force responsible for policing the county of Essex, in the east of England, consisting of over 1.7 million people and around 1,400 square miles.

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Frinton-on-Sea

Frinton-on-Sea is a small seaside town in the Tendring District of Essex, England.

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Gravesend

Gravesend is an ancient town in northwest Kent, England, situated 21 miles (35 km) east-southeast of Charing Cross (central London) on the south bank of the Thames Estuary and opposite Tilbury in Essex.

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Greater London

Greater London is a region of England which forms the administrative boundaries of London, as well as a county for the purposes of the lieutenancies.

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Gunfleet Lighthouse

Gunfleet Lighthouse is a screw-pile lighthouse lying in the North Sea, six miles off the coast at Frinton-on-Sea in Essex constructed in 1850 by James Walker of Trinity House.

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Harwich

Harwich is a town in Essex, England and one of the Haven ports, located on the coast with the North Sea to the east.

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Isle of Grain

St James, Isle of Grain (Old English Greon meaning gravel) is a village and the easternmost point of the Hoo Peninsula within the district of Medway in Kent.

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J. M. Dent

Joseph Malaby Dent (30 August 1849 – 9 May 1926) was a British book publisher who produced the Everyman's Library series.

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Kent

Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties.

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Kent Police

Kent Police is the territorial police force for Kent in England.

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Latin

Latin (Latin: lingua latīna) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Limehouse Basin

The Limehouse Basin in Limehouse, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets provides a navigable link between the Regent's Canal and the River Thames, through the Limehouse Basin Lock.

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List of locations in the Port of London

This is a list of about 680 former or extant wharves, docks, piers, terminals, etc.

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List of navigation authorities in the United Kingdom

This List of navigation authorities in the United Kingdom is a list of links to any navigation authority in the United Kingdom, relating to any navigable waterway, aqueduct, canal, navigation, river or port.

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London River Services

London River Services Limited is a division of Transport for London (TfL), which manages passenger transport—leisure-oriented tourist services and commuter services—on the River Thames in London.

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Lord Mayor of London

The Lord Mayor of London is the City of London's mayor and leader of the City of London Corporation.

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Margate

Margate is a seaside town in the district of Thanet in Kent, England.

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Metropolitan Police Marine Policing Unit

The Marine Policing Unit (MPU), formally known as Thames Division, is a Central Operations (CO) branch of London's Metropolitan Police Service.

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Metropolitan Police Service

The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), commonly known as the Metropolitan Police and informally as the Met, is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement in Greater London, excluding the "square mile" of the City of London, which is the responsibility of the City of London Police.

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Navigation

Navigation is a field of study that focuses on the process of monitoring and controlling the movement of a craft or vehicle from one place to another.

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North Sea

The North Sea (Mare Germanicum) is a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean located between Great Britain, Scandinavia, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and France.

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Northumberland

Northumberland (abbreviated Northd) is a county in North East England.

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Paul the Apostle

Paul the Apostle (Paulus; translit, ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ; c. 5 – c. 64 or 67), commonly known as Saint Paul and also known by his Jewish name Saul of Tarsus (translit; Saũlos Tarseús), was an apostle (though not one of the Twelve Apostles) who taught the gospel of the Christ to the first century world.

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Pennon

A pennon or pennant is a flag that is larger at the hoist than at the fly.

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Pilot station

A pilot station is an onshore headquarters for maritime pilots or place pilots can be hired.

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Port of London

The Port of London lies along the banks of the River Thames from the capital to the North Sea.

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Port of London Act 1908

The Port of London Act 1908 (8 Edw 7, c 68) was an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom, which regulated corporate governance at the Port of London.

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Port of Tilbury

The Port of Tilbury is located on the River Thames at Tilbury in Essex, England.

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Port of Tilbury Police

The Port of Tilbury Police is a small, specialised police force responsible for policing the Port of Tilbury, owned by the Port of Tilbury London Ltd, a subsidiary of Forth Ports plc.

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Privatization

Privatization (also spelled privatisation) is the purchase of all outstanding shares of a publicly traded company by private investors, or the sale of a state-owned enterprise to private investors.

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Radar

Radar is an object-detection system that uses radio waves to determine the range, angle, or velocity of objects.

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Ramsgate

Ramsgate is a seaside town in the district of Thanet in east Kent, England.

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Richmond Lock and Footbridge

Richmond Lock and Footbridge is a lock, rising and falling low-tide barrage integrating controlled sluices and pair of pedestrian bridges on the River Thames in south west London, England and is a Grade II* listed structure.

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River Medway

The River Medway is a river in South East England.

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River Thames

The River Thames is a river that flows through southern England, most notably through London.

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Royal Terrace Pier

Royal Terrace Pier is owned and managed by the Port of London Authority (PLA) and is located adjacent to their headquarters at London River House in Gravesend.

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Sea lion

Sea lions are sea mammals characterized by external ear flaps, long foreflippers, the ability to walk on all fours, short, thick hair, and a big chest and belly.

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Southend-on-Sea

Southend-on-Sea, commonly referred to as simply Southend, is a town and wider unitary authority area with borough status in southeastern Essex, England.

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Teddington Lock

Teddington Lock is a complex of three locks and a weir on the River Thames in England between Ham and Teddington in south-west London, first built in 1810.

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Thames Barrier

The Thames Barrier prevents the floodplain of most of Greater London from being flooded by exceptionally high tides and storm surges moving up from the North Sea.

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Thames Conservancy

The Thames Conservancy (formally the Conservators of the River Thames) was a historical body responsible for the management of the River Thames in England.

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Thames Estuary

The Thames Estuary is the estuary in which the River Thames meets the waters of the North Sea, in the south-east of Great Britain.

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The Swale

The Swale is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest which stretches from Sittingbourne to Whitstable in Kent.

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Tidal river

A tidal river is a river whose flow and level are influenced by tides.

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Tideway

The Tideway is the part of the River Thames in England that is subject to tides.

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Tower Hill

Tower Hill is a complex city or garden square northwest of the Tower of London, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets just outside the City of London boundary yet inside what remains of the London Wall — a large fragment of which survives toward its east.

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Tower of London

The Tower of London, officially Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London, is a historic castle located on the north bank of the River Thames in central London.

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Woolwich

Woolwich is a district of south-east London, England, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich.

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Yorkshire Engine Company

The Yorkshire Engine Company (YEC) was a small independent locomotive manufacturer in Sheffield, England.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_of_London_Authority

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