The Thames Barrier is a retractable barrier system built to protect the floodplain of most of Greater London from exceptionally high tides and storm surges...

the Thames Barrier in the 1970s. The 1947 Thames flood was overall the worst 20th-century flood of the River Thames, affecting much of the Thames Valley...

The Thames Barrier Park is a 7-hectare (17.3-acre) park in Silvertown in the London Borough of Newham and is named after its location on the north side...

Haringvlietdam and the Hartelkering. The Thames Barrier is the world's second largest movable flood barrier (after the Oosterscheldekering and the Haringvlietdam)...

construction of the Thames Barrier in the 1970s. During Christmas 1927, heavy snow fell in the Cotswolds in west-central England, where the Thames has its source...

19:00 GMT on 21 January 2006. On Thursday 19 January reports from the Thames Barrier control team were made to the British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR)...

Barrier Gardens Pier is a pier on the River Thames near the Thames Barrier. It is owned and managed by the Port of London Authority (PLA) which took over...

Creekmouth is nearby. The Barking Creek Barrier, a tidal flood barrier, was constructed in the 1980s as part of the Thames flood defence system, opening in 1983...

operate within the tidal Thames Estuary. In 1968 of hydraulic studies were funded to understand how a barrier across the Thames would affect the levels...

north bank of the River Thames. It is built on the former site of Minoco Wharf and is near the Thames Barrier, west of Thames Barrier Park, and close to both...