London River Boat

[Underparmummy]

Quickest and best way to get to Tower of London from Waterloo station by river?

Have a packed day planned friday with the dds and would love to do a river cruise but don't want to mess up timings!

Thanks

[EmpressOfTheSevenOceans]

Timetables for the Thames Clippers, which go about every 20 mins.

[Underparmummy]

Thank you! Is it easy to walk from Waterloo to the London eye pier? How busy will it be at 10am ish?

[Underparmummy]

Thames clipper site is a bit mad - you have to have a printed ticket but can only buy tickets on the day for the day?! Unless, of course, you buy a river roamer not just singles... hmmmm.

[EmpressOfTheSevenOceans]

London Eye pier is just round the corner from Waterloo, and I would expect it to be fairly busy although a lot of the people around will be going on the Eye.

I don't know a lot about the ticket system, but the advance prices don't seem massively different from the turn up & go prices so that might be your easiest option?

[MackerelOfFact]

You can just pay with contactless on the Thames Clippers (Oyster or credit/debit card) so no need to queue at the ticket office or faff around with advance tickets. The boats are every 15-20 minutes generally and at peak times I'd say about 70% of the queue boards the first departure.

Waterloo to London Eye is easy, you can't really miss it!

[Underparmummy]

Just look for the big ferris wheel?! Sorry, going with two little ones (well, 4 and 5) so a bit eager that everything goes smoothly. I did the tickets on their app in the end!

Thanks everyone!