Safeguarded wharves are those wharves

Wharf

A wharf or quay is a structure on the shore of a harbor where ships may dock to load and unload cargo or passengers.Such a structure includes one or more berths , and may also include piers, warehouses, or other facilities necessary for handling the ships.A wharf commonly comprises a fixed...

 in London

London

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 which have been given special status by the Mayor of London

Mayor of London

The Mayor of London is an elected politician who, along with the London Assembly of 25 members, is accountable for the strategic government of Greater London. Conservative Boris Johnson has held the position since 4 May 2008...

 and the Port of London Authority

Port of London Authority

The Port of London Authority is a self-funding public trust established in 1908 by the Port of London Act to govern the Port of London. Its responsibility extends over the Tideway of the River Thames and the authority is responsible for the public right of navigation and for conservancy of the...

 (PLA) which ensures they are retained as working wharves and are protected from redevelopment into non-port use.

Nineteen operational and six non-operational or road served wharves are viable or capable of being made viable for cargo-handling and should be safeguarded by direction of the Deputy Prime Minister

Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

The Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a senior member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom. The office of the Deputy Prime Minister is not a permanent position, existing only at the discretion of the Prime Minister, who may appoint to other offices...

. Nineteen of the proposed sites are not viable for cargo-handling.

Upper Reaches

• Hurlingham Wharf
• Swedish Wharf
• Comley’s Wharf (RMC Fulham)
• Western Riverside (waste transfer station)
• Pier Wharf
• Cremorne Wharf
• Cringle Dock
• Metro Greenham (RMC Battersea)
• Middle Wharf (RMC Vauxhall)

Central London

Central London

Central London is the innermost part of London, England. There is no official or commonly accepted definition of its area, but its characteristics are understood to include a high density built environment, high land values, an elevated daytime population and a concentration of regionally,...

See also: Pool of London

Pool of London

The Pool of London is a part of the Tideway of the River Thames from London Bridge to below Tower Bridge. It was the original part of the Port of London. The Pool of London is divided into two parts, the Upper Pool and Lower Pool...

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• Walbrook Wharf
  Walbrook Wharf
  Walbrook Wharf is an operating freight wharf located in the City of London adjacent to Cannon Street station. It has safeguarded wharf status.It is used as a waste transfer station owned by the City of London Corporation and operated by Cory Environmental...
  
  , City of London
  City of London
  The City of London is a small area within Greater London, England. It is the historic core of London around which the modern conurbation grew and has held city status since time immemorial. The City’s boundaries have remained almost unchanged since the Middle Ages, and it is now only a tiny part of...
  
   (waste transfer station)

London Docklands

See London Docks

London Docks

The London Docks were one of several sets of docks in the historic Port of London. They were constructed in Wapping downstream from the City of London between 1799 and 1815, at a cost exceeding £5½ million. Traditionally ships had docked at wharves on the River Thames, but by this time, more...

, Shadwell Basin

Shadwell Basin

Shadwell Basin was part of the London Docks, a group of docks built by the London Dock Company at Wapping, London, and part of the wider docks of the Port of London....

, Limehouse Basin

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. A basin in the north of Mile End, near Victoria Park connects with the Hertford Union Canal leading to the River Lee...

, Surrey Commercial Docks

Surrey Commercial Docks

The Surrey Commercial Docks were a large group of docks in Rotherhithe on the south bank of the Thames in South East London. The docks operated in one form or another from 1696 to 1969...

, West India Docks

West India Docks

The West India Docks are a series of three docks on the Isle of Dogs in London, the first of which opened in 1802. The docks closed to commercial traffic in 1980 and the Canary Wharf development was built on the site.-History:...

, Millwall Dock

Millwall Dock

Millwall Dock is a dock at Millwall, south of Canary Wharf on the Isle of Dogs, in London.-History:The Millwall Dock was constructed by John Aird & Co. to a design by Sir John Fowler and opened in 1868....

, East India Docks

East India Docks

The East India Docks was a group of docks in Blackwall, east London, north-east of the Isle of Dogs. Today only the entrance basin remains.-History:...

and the Royal Docks

Royal Docks

The Royal Docks comprise three docks in east London - the Royal Albert Dock, the Royal Victoria Dock and the King George V Dock. They are more correctly called the Royal Group of Docks to distinguish them from the Royal Dockyards, Royal being due to their naming after royal personages rather than...

 (which remains in use for boat exhibitioning) for the dock systems containing a great multitude of docks (some of which no longer exist) which were in commercial port operation until the 1970s/early 1980s.

• Convoy's Wharf
  Convoy's Wharf
  Convoys Wharf, formerly called the King's Yard, is the site of Deptford Dockyard, the first of the Royal Dockyards, built on a riverside site in Deptford, by the River Thames in London. It was first developed in 1513 by Henry VIII to build vessels for the Royal Navy. Convoys Wharf also covers most...
  
  
• Brewery Wharf
• Tunnel Glucose
• Victoria Deep Water Terminal
• Northumberland Wharf
• Orchard Wharf
• Priors Wharf (Lower Lea Valley
  Lea Valley
  The Lea Valley, the valley of the River Lea, has been used as a transport corridor, a source of sand and gravel, an industrial area, a water supply for London, and a recreational area...
  
  /Bow Creek
  Bow Creek
  Bow Creek is a long tidal estuary of the River Lea and is part of the Bow Back Rivers. Below Bow Locks the creek forms the boundary between the London Boroughs of Newham and Tower Hamlets, in east London....
  
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• Mayer Parry Wharf (EMR Canning Town) (Lower Lea Valley/Bow Creek)
• Thames Wharf
• Peruvian Wharf
• Manhattan Wharf
• Sunshine Wharf
• Angerstein Wharf
  Angerstein Wharf
  Angerstein Wharf is the location of a marine construction aggregate and an associated cement facility, operated by the Cemex company, located on the south bank of the Bugsby's Reach of the River Thames in the New Charlton area of London in the London Borough of Greenwich...
  
  
• Murphy’s Wharf (major existing aggregates terminal)
• Riverside Wharf
• Thames Refinery/(Tate & Lyle
  Tate & Lyle
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   Jetty) (Cairn Mills; sugar)

Barking Creek

Barking Creek

Barking Creek joins the River Roding to the River Thames. It is fully tidal up to the Barking Barrage, which impounds a minimum water level through Barking in Barking. In the 1850s, the creek was home to England's largest fishing fleet, and the Victorian icehouse - where the fish were landed and...

The following wharfs are located on the lower section of the River Roding

River Roding

The River Roding is a river in England that rises near Dunmow, flows through Essex and forms Barking Creek as it reaches the River Thames in London....

, at Creekmouth

Creekmouth

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• Welbeck Wharf
• Pinns Wharf
• Kierbeck & Steel Wharves
• Debden Wharf
• Rippleway Wharf
• Docklands Wharf
• Victoria Stone Wharf
• DePass Wharf

Dagenham Dock

Dagenham Dock

Dagenham Dock is a place in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham in London, England. It is located to the south of Dagenham and on the River Thames. It was once the site of a large coaling port and continues to be the location of a small terminal licensed to handle coal off-loading...

• RMC Roadstone
• Pinnacle Terminal
• White Mountain Roadstone
• Hunts Wharf (Van Dalen)
• Hanson Aggregates
• Ford Dagenham Terminal

Erith

Erith

Erith is a district of southeast London on the River Thames. Erith's town centre has undergone a series of modernisations since 1961.-Pre-medieval:...

 Reach

• Borax Wharf/Manor Wharf
• Phoenix Wharf, Frog Island
  Frog Island, London
  Frog Island is an island on the River Thames at Rainham, London at .It is the location of the mechanical biological treatment works of the East London Waste Authority. The facility turns 50% of processed waste into refuse-derived fuel, and recovers metals and glass.Phoenix Wharf on the island has...
  
  
• Tilda Rice
• Mulberry Wharf
• Pioneer Wharf
• Albion Wharf
• RMC Erith
• Railway Wharf (RMC)
• Mayer Parry Wharf (EMR Erith/Mayer Parry Recycling)
• Standard Wharf