Information Note on RVD Footbridge – August 2025

Current situation: 1. The Royal Victoria Dock (RVD) Footbridge is a high-level bridge which bisects RVD and provides a route from Excel (close to the DLR Custom House Station) over to Britannia Village. It had two lifts that were installed at each end of the bridge....

King George V Lock – Public Footpath

Due to the delay with the maintenance on the lock gates, the footpath has been re-opened. The works will now take place in the new year when the footpath will be closed once more. The commencement date for the works to be confirmed. We will update once we have more...

UPDATE – Fish in the Docks

Fisheries officers from the Environment Agency attended the docks today. It is thought that the number of fish dying could be due to the algae bloom that is taking place. Algae produces oxygen during the day through photosynthesis, but also quickly consume oxygen at...

Information Note on the RVD Footbridge

The Royal Victoria Dock (RVD) Footbridge is a high-level bridge which bisects RVD and provides a route from Excel (close to the DLR Custom House Station) over to Britannia Village. It had two lifts that were installed at each end of the bridge.  These lifts were...

King George V Lock – Public Footpath

For health & safety reasons we have closed the public footpath that runs along our outer lock gates at King George V Lock. The outer lock gates are currently open and require urgent repair before they can be closed. We apologise for any inconvenience that this may...

Royal Docks Water Arts and Events Consultant role

  The Royal Docks Team are Currently looking for someone to join their team to work with them and help develop water based events and arts within the docks.  If this is a role you are interesting in applying for please click here for more detail.