Wapping Old Stairs
Wapping Old Stairs is on the River Thames (tidal section) between Aylesbury and Reigate.
Early plans of what would become the River Thames (tidal section) were drawn up by William Jessop in 1876 but problems with Canterbury Locks caused delays and it was finally opened on January 1 1888. According to Barry Hunter's "Spooky Things on the Canals" booklet, Leicester Embankment is haunted by the ghost of Arthur Yates, a lock-keeper, who drowned in the canal one winter night.

| HMS Belfast | 1 mile, ¼ furlongs | |
| Tower of London | 7 furlongs | |
| Tower Bridge | 6¼ furlongs | |
| St Katharine Docks | 5¼ furlongs | |
| Thames - Neckinger Junction | 3¾ furlongs | |
| Wapping Old Stairs | ||
| The Angel PH (Wapping) | a few yards | |
| Canada and Surrey Water | 4¼ furlongs | |
| Shadwell Basin | 5¼ furlongs | |
| Limehouse Basin Entrance | 1 mile, ½ furlongs | |
| Old Limehouse Cut Entrance | 1 mile, 1½ furlongs | |
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Nearest water point
In the direction of Teddington Lock Weir Exit
In the direction of Thames Flood Barrier
Nearest rubbish disposal
In the direction of Teddington Lock Weir Exit
In the direction of Thames Flood Barrier
Nearest chemical toilet disposal
In the direction of Teddington Lock Weir Exit
In the direction of Thames Flood Barrier
Nearest place to turn
In the direction of Thames Flood Barrier
Nearest self-operated pump-out
In the direction of Teddington Lock Weir Exit
In the direction of Thames Flood Barrier
Nearest boatyard pump-out
In the direction of Thames Flood Barrier
Wikipedia has a page about Wapping Old Stairs
Wapping Old Stairs is an 1894 comic opera in three acts, with music by Howard Talbot, which played at the Vaudeville Theatre in London. It included D'Oyly Carte Opera Company regulars Courtice Pounds, Richard Temple and Jessie Bond in the cast.








![Wapping Police Boatyard from the Thames. Striking wall panels on the building which is adjacent to the police station [[8207238]], [[8207239]]. by Thomas Nugent – 08 November 2025](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/08/20/72/8207240_547fe514_120x120.jpg)











![Rotherhithe: The Angel. The Angel was built in its present riverside location circa 1837, having originally been alongside the moat of [[1811856]] diagonally opposite. It now stands alone, at 101 Bermondsey Wall East, all the old pre-war housing and warehouses in the immediate vicinity having been demolished.The building has been Grade II listed since 1972. by Nigel Cox – 18 April 2010](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/81/19/1811919_3fe9a0e3_120x120.jpg)









