St. Katharine Docks Marina Visitor Guide Old Street

Shoreditch High Street

Whitechapel

Farringdon

Liverpool Museum of Street

Moorgate Aldgate East

Aldgate Tower 42

St Pauls Bank of Cathedral England St Pauls

London Mansion Bank / DLR Blackfriars House

Lloyd’s of Fenchurch London Street Temple Tower Gateway Shadwell DLR Blackfriars Monument DLR Somerset Millenium House Pier Cannon Street

Tower Hill

Savoy Pier Globe Theatre Tower of London Tate Tower Millenium Modern Pier National London Bridge Thomas City Pier Theatre Moore Festival Square Pier St Katharine More Pier Southbank Borough London Centre Market

The London Bridge Shard

Butler’s Wharf

Waterloo WELCOME

Dear Visitor,

Thank you for choosing to visit St. Katharine Docks Marina. On behalf of the marina team, I would very much like to welcome you to the marina and wish you an enjoyable stay.

With its unique location and excellent transport links to the rest of London, St. Katharine Docks are a stone’s throw from the delights of one of the world’s greatest cities.

The Marina provides 185 floating berths designed to the most modern marina standards and equipped for vessels up to If there is anything which the team or I 40 metres. could do for you to increase the pleasure of your stay, please contact us in the Whether you are using the marina as a marina reception and we will be happy to convenient base from which to explore assist you. London, or, looking for a bit of peace and quiet in this secluded enclave of our busy Kind regards, capital city, we hope you find what you are looking for.

I would like to recommend you to read through the notes provided in this guide. Paul Tetlow They will help you to maximise your Marina General Manager experience in staying with us and provide you with valuable information about the facilities we have, what is on offer nearby and what you should do as you prepare to leave.

1 MARINA INFORMATION

ELECTRICITY Electricity is provided at each berth. Please use the electricity outlet as instructed by the marina team.

If you do not have the correct adaptor for the socket size available, please contact the marina reception. We have a small number of adapters available to loan. The adaptor should be returned to a member of the marina team as you depart through the lock. Adaptors are loaned free of charge, but a cost of replacement will be applied to your bill, if the item is lost or damaged.

Electricity connections are provided by SECURITY the marina at the user’s own risk and it is a On arrival you will have received access user’s responsibility to ensure they have the cards for the pontoon gates and our suitable fitting for their on board system. facilities. Please put these against the electronic card readers at the side of the Please see the list of current marina gates or door and push the door or gate. charges for electricity costs. More details The card readers are lit by a blue light, on getting connected can be found on which turns green when access is allowed. page 12. If you have any difficulties using your card, please contact the marina reception. WATER Drinking water is available from the taps In the event of an emergency, there is an on the marina pontoons. If you do not emergency door release underneath the have a long enough hose or the right card reader. connection, please contact the marina office and we will endeavour to help. RUBBISH Please use water considerately and return Green rubbish bins for domestic waste any loaned equipment to marina reception and blue bins for recyclable material are as soon as it is no longer required. provided at all pontoon exits. If you have large items to dispose of, please contact the marina reception.

2 WASHROOMS WIFI We have two sets of washrooms for Wifi is provided free of charge by marina users. We have 6 washrooms connecting to: located in the marina reception building Network: _SKD Marina Visitor and a floating unit of 5 washrooms in Password: VisitorSKD the north west corner of the East Dock. Each set of washrooms have facilities for Once you access the log in page please disabled users. Please use your access first register your e-mail address by clicking card to enter these. on the link below the orange box. Seperate WiFi is provided for events. We regularly inspect our washrooms for cleanliness. Please let us know if you find ATM anything not as it should be. There is a cash machine in the wall of the Tower Hotel, facing facing the MARINA TROLLIES blue Coronarium Bridge - between the Marina trollies are available at most Centre Basin and West Dock. There are also ATMs at the Tesco and Waitrose pontoon exits. supermarkets. They require 1x £ or Euro coin to MAIL release them. There is a mail box on Marble Quay (at the south east corner of the Centre Basin) LAUNDRY and another in Thomas More Square. Two self-service washing machines and two dryers are available in the laundry MARINA MERCHANDISE room in the marina reception building. The We have a collection of SKD Marina machines are coin operated. A standard merchandise available for purchase from wash is £2.00 and £1.00 gives 30 minutes the marina reception. From reusable of drying time. We do not provide washing porcelain coffee cups and keyrings, to detergent. If you would like to use an iron, SKD tea and Jumbo our soft toy elephant please ask at the marina reception. there is something for all.

WASTE WATER PUMP OUTS CONDITIONS OF MOORING Please do not dispose of waste water A copy of our full conditions of mooring into the marina. Waste water pump is available from the marina reception outs, operated by the marina staff, are or through our website. Please note available at almost every berth. Please that swimming, fishing and boat repairs contact the marina reception to organise a with power tools are not permitted in time and confirm the current charge. the marina. Equipment such as bicycles, dinghies and boat spares are not to be left on the dock.

3 PREPARING TO LEAVE

Whilst you may have just arrived, please take a few moments to familiarise yourself with the procedure for your departure.

BOOKING A LOCK - OUT TIME Please contact the marina reception during the day before your departure to organise your lock out time. We will ask for your preferred departure time but please be flexible as we are obliged to group yachts together, to optimise the locking time available.

The lock operates approximately 2 hours before and 1.30 hours after High Water (London Bridge) between the hours of 0600-2030 during the summer season LOCKING OUT (April - October) and 0800-1800 in the About 15 minutes before your lock out, winter season. one of our Dockmasters will make an announcement on VHF Ch 80 and confirm All locking operations must be completed the vessels involved in the lock out and any in these times. Our lock operating times preferred order for vessels to arrive at the can be found on lock. our website, www.skdocks.co.uk/marina. If you require a bridge to be lifted or PAYMENTS opened, this will also be confirmed. As you Payment by debit card is the preferred will remember from your arrival, there is a option. We do not routinely accept cash, floating pontoon on the eastern side of the cheques or credit cards. lock. If the lock is busy, you may be asked to raft alongside another boat, or tie up to Please keep your access cards and any the wall on starboard side and adjust your loaned equipment until you lock out with lines as the water level changes. the boat.

4 SAFETY & SECURITY

In the event of an incident, please • Leave the area of danger, assemble at the nearest Muster • Do what is safe to deal Point*, and await further immediately with the situation. instructions

• Summon help by VHF Ch The Muster Points are: 80/16, by opening the door of a pontoon SOS unit, or by RV1 Marble Quay/Outside Dickens Inn telephone: RV2 Elephant Gate/Outside Ivory House • SKD Security Control +44 (0)207 264 5296 RV3 The Piazza/Outside Slug & Lettuce

• Marina Office These can be seen on the map on the +44 (0)207 264 5312 back page of this guide.

• UK Police / Fire / Ambulance 999

The Dickens Inn is a picturesque restyled and reconstructed 18th For more information, please call century pub and restaurant, providing an outstanding place to and speak to one of our experienced go and enjoy food and drink in the heart of events team in London. With gorgeous pizzas, speciality steaks, burgers and Sunday roasts as well as balcony dining, large beer garden and 020 7488 2208 views of Tower Bridge and the Shard, we’re popular with tourists [email protected] and locals alike. www.dickensinn.co.uk FRESH PASTA

Address: Unit C3 Ivory House, St Katharine Docks, E1W 1AT To book please call: 0207 481 2004

emiliaspasta.com

Authentic Italian food and drink, from sharing flatbreads to fresh pasta and hand-stretched pizzas.

The perfect spot to relax after a day’s sightseeing. If you visit on a Monday all our pizzas are £5.

WHERE TO FIND US 2 Tower Bridge House St. Katharine’s Way, London, E1W 1AA 020 7702 0123 OPENING TIMES Mon - Sat: 11.00am - 11.00pm

Sun: 11.00am - 9.30pm ENJOYING YOUR STAY

ST. KATHARINE DOCKS There is a good selection of local amenities around the docks so if you’re looking for a haircut, a key cut or a thick cut steak, you should find what you are looking for within a short walk of your boat.

RESTAURANTS L’Escale Ping Pong & CAFES Wine Bar Dim Sum There is a great selection 020 7481 3796 020 7680 7850 of dock side restaurants Medieval Banquet and cafes. Event space Slug & Lettuce 020 7480 5353 Bar & Pub Food Take your pick! 020 7702 4210 Kilikya’s Brasserie @ Turkish Cuisine Strada Tower Hotel 020 7488 0813 Italian International Cuisine 020 7702 0123 0871 376 9036 St. Katharine Docks Café Natural Kitchen Hoh Sek Coffee Shop & Snacks All day healthy food and Thai Cuisine 07882 936721 take away deli 020 7481 2982 020 7481 3308 White Mulberries IVORY HOUSE Coffee Shop & Snacks MARBLE QUAY Bravas Tapas Dickens Inn Spanish Tapas Zizzi Pub Meals & Pizzeria 020 7481 1464 Italian 020 7488 2208 020 7488 0130 Dokke Mala Locally sourced world THE PIAZZA AND Indian Restaurant cuisine COMMODITY QUAY 020 7480 6356 020 7481 3954 Café Rouge French Cuisine Emilia’s Crafted Pasta 020 7701 0195 Italian 020 7481 2004 Côte Brasserie French Cuisine 020 7488 3668

7 LOCAL AMENITIES

Tesco Extra THOMAS MORE SQUARE To the west of the Marina in St. Katharine’s To the east on the Marina near Waitrose Way. Postcode E1W 1LE you will also find:

Open 0600-2400 every day except St. Katharine Hair & Beauty Wednesday (0600-2330). Ladies and Gents hairdresser and beauty Small convenience store with essential 020 7488 4442 supplies and meals. Aron Specialist Waitrose St. Katharine Docks Dry Cleaners, Shoe Repair, To the east of East Dock in Thomas More Key Cutting Street. Postcode E1W 1YY 020 7357 0099

Open Monday - Friday 0730 - 2200, Pumblechooks Café Saturday 0730-2100, Sunday 1100- Diner style Café 1700. 020 7680 4004

Larger supermarket with Bakery, The Moretown Belle Delicatessen and Café. Restaurant and Bar with sports screens 020 7702 0900

8 EXPLORING LONDON

Tube/DLR: The nearest underground Taxis: There is a taxi rank at the reception station is Tower Hill, served by the District area of the Tower Hotel, near the lock and Circle lines. The cheapest travel entrance. Taxis are normally available available is by using an Oyster 24hrs a day. or a contactless bank card. Visit the marina reception for a tube map or collect one at Tower Hill station.

Cycling: is London’s self-service, bike-sharing scheme for short journeys. There are 2 bike docking stations Riverboat: Cruise boats and river ferries nearby at Tower Hill Station and in St. run from St. Katharine’s Pier and Tower Katharine’s Way. Pier respectively. Cruises can be booked through Crown River Cruises and the 30 minute journeys cost £2 and there is no MBNA Clippers provide ferry travel to need to pre-register - just visit a docking Greenwich and West London. station. To find out more about the scheme, visit: tfl.gov.uk/modes/cycling/santander- For more information visit: www.tfl.gov.uk/ cycles. modes/river/

9 BOAT SUPPLIES

For boat and chandlery items you For general hardware items you might try: might try:

Arthur Beale The Plumb Centre 194 Shaftesbury Avenue, London WC2H Plumbing accessories. Unit 11A, Dock 8JPT. Street, London, E1 8JN. 5 minutes walk Phone: 020 7836 9034 from the marina. Email: [email protected] Phone: 020 7553 2945

Open Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 19.00, Open: Monday to Friday: 07.30 - 17.00, 20.00 on Thursday and Sunday 11.00 - Saturday: 08.00 - 12.00, 17.0 0 Sunday: Closed

Ocean Leisure FUEL 11-14 Northumberland Ave, London The Marina works with Thames Marine WC2N 5AQ. Phone: 020 7930 5050. Services (TMS) who operate the fuel Email: [email protected] barge Heiko on the river, moored less than 500m downstream of the marina’s lock Open Monday - Friday, 10.00 - 19.00, entrance. TMS operate at similar times to 20.00 on Thursday, Saturday: 10.00 - our lock times but you are advised to book 18.00, Sunday: 11.00 - 17.00 ahead. Phone: 020 3793 9925 / 07827 816004 / 07827 816023 Email: office@ Or order on the internet for delivery to the tmsl.london marina reception; By prior arrangement and for large Your boatname, quantities, TMS will also visit the marina c/o St. Katharine Docks Marina, with their smaller vessel. 50 St. Katharine’s Way, London, E1W 1LA To organise this please contact TMS directly.

There is also a fuel station on The Highway, E1W 2BN. 15 minutes walk from the marina (open 24 Hours).

10 If you’re looking for a reliable fuel Our services include... and lubricant delivery service on the Fuel Thames then look no further then Engineering Thames Marine Services. Lubricants & Antifreeze Our reliable mobile delivery service the Bug Treatments ‘Heiko’ and ‘Conquestor’, operate between Waste Oil Collection Teddington and Gravesend. Moorings

Contact Thames Marine Services Mobile: 07827816023 Office: 02037939925 Email: [email protected]

Thames Marine A5 Advert.indd 1 20/03/2019 13:49 METERED ELECTRICITY

A metered electricity socket is provided at If you remove your plug, you will need each berth. You have been provided an to establish the power connection by electricity account for the duration of your following the instructions above. stay, and you will pay for the electricity you have consumed, when you depart the To get a balance enquiry on the pedestal marina. display key in the same 4-digit code but with an * either side. To connect to electricity If you experience any problems, please Plug in to your allocated socket numbered contact the marina reception on: +44 (0)20 7264 5312

______Or, out of hours, call SKD Estate Security: +44 (0)20 7264 5296 Go to the nearest keypad pedestal

On the keypad, enter #_ _ _ _# Wait for the display to confirm the socket is on

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