Gallions Reach

Gallions Reach is a stretch of the River Thames between Woolwich and Thamesmead.

North of the Thames in the London Borough of Newham, there is Gallions Reach Shopping Park and the DLR station.

South of the Thames in the London Borough of Greenwich, Gallions Hill is an area between the river and Western Way, close to Thamesmead town centre, Gallions Reach Park exists near the modern Thamesmead housing estate.

Gallions Reach DLR station opened in 1994 on the route to Beckton.

There is a proposal for a river crossing at Gallions Reach.

This 1884 aerial map ascribes 10 names for stretches of the Thames Estuary (reaches) east of the first consistently named elsewhere, Gallions Reach. Many of the names and extents are in flux
The eastern end of Gallions Reach