";s:4:"text";s:3362:"Company Name: Precis Properties Ltd. Closed Thusday 26th December ( Boxing day) but open as usual from then on Thursday to Sunday. See the Thames Barrier in action. As the tide continues to come in, a higher level of water will build up downstream of the Barrier creating a different water level either side of the gates. The Thames Barrier is now closing for flood defence purposes. A big thanks to everyone who did; your insights will be invaluable as we invest in the park’s future and develop a phased works programme to be confirmed later in the year. The Barrier gates rotate by 90 degrees into the fully closed defence position stopping the tide going upstream into London.
This weeks feedback from Thames Barrier groups By David - February 13, 2014. The play was a hit at last year‘s Join the Docks festival. A call for more events and activities like these to bring life to the park was a key theme of the responses we received. Monday 27 April 2020 9:50am to 12:20pm 4. Mason was well-known for leading a “midsummer madness” ride on 21 June each year, which would start from the Cutty Sark at 2am and arrive at Primrose Hill to see the sun rise on the longest day of the year. This would be the 187th occasion the barrier has been used to protect London from the threat of tidal flooding since it operational in 1982. A quote from Wendel park Primary School who visited us on the 10th December 2019. " This video was of a seal impatiently waiting for the gate to go back down following a Thames Barrier test closure. We’re proud to support the NHS and all the Key Workers helping the country through the coronavirus outbreak. making us understand how important it is to plan in advance. Our guide was able to keep the childrens attention very well and extremely informative and could answer all our questions.
London Enterprise Academy: "Our guide was very well spoken and delivered the session extremely well. “We recently have been looking at the Liveable Neighbourhood programme, and working with the borough to address concerns around the [Greenwich] gyratory and making that safe, which as you know has millions of people coming to visit the Unesco world heritage site. Thank you to our 450 visitors who braved the rain yesturday, although the Barrier did not close. Accessible by all, enjoyed by all. And, for the past 20 years, Thames Barrier Park has been an oasis of green and calm. Thames Barrier will close today Tuesday 1st October between 12.00pm - 18.00pm approx (tide dependent). Experts have suggested that the barrier will continue to protect London until as late as 2070.