My Woolwich Ferry & Foot Tunnel YouTube vlog is now live- come for a journey across and under the River Thames.
Despite living in London for 30 years, I've never had cause to utilise the Woolwich Ferry and Foot Tunnel until recently. I've been through its sister, the Greenwich Foot Tunnel, several times, but this tunnel was a new experience for me!
A ferry has operated here since 1308, although there has been a connection across the Thames since the Norman Conquest. The service carries both pedestrians and vehicles. This free service has been in place since 1889; after bridge tolls were abolished. Apparently, tolls for this service cannot be levied- that would involve changing an 1885 Act of parliament. The modern ferries in use were introduced in 2018; one is named after local singer Dame Vera Lynn, and the other is named after Ben Woollacott, a Woolwich Ferry deckhand who sadly died in a mooring accident in 2011.
I then did the same journey but underground via the Woolwich Foot Tunnel, which is open 24 hours a day, and the ferry and tunnel have both featured on screen. It's very dank down there- quite welcoming on a hot day! Come and take a walk in my shoes and we'll go through the experience together...
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