Royal Terrace Pier is owned and managed by the Port of London Authority (PLA) and is located adjacent to their headquarters at London River House in Gravesend.[1]
| Type: | Act |
| Parliament: | Parliament of the United Kingdom |
| Long Title: | An Act for erecting a Pier at the Royal Terrace Gardens in the Town of Gravesend in the County of Kent. |
| Year: | 1842 |
| Citation: | 5 & 6 Vict. c. lix |
| Royal Assent: | 18 June 1842 |
| Original Text: | https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/Vict/5-6/59/pdfs/ukla_18420059_en.pdf |
| Collapsed: | yes |
The Grade II listed pier was built in 1844 by the Gravesend Freehold Investment Company. Designed by architect John Baldry Redman the building cost was £9,200. On 7 March 1863 Princess Alexandra disembarked here when she arrived to marry the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII).[2]
The Gravesend Lifeboat Station moved to the pontoon at the end of the Royal Terrace Pier in June 2007.[3]
The Royal Terrace Pier Estate Company Limited was incorporated 29 June 1893 and dissolved 5 December 2012.[4]