Tide Tables - Average Time Differences

The times of high and low water at the following places on the River Thames may be found approximately by applying the differences shown to the times of high and low water given in the Tide Tables.

Differences on London Bridge (Tower Pier)
Differences on North Woolwich
Differences on Tilbury
Differences on Southend-on-Sea
Differences on Margate
Differences on Walton-on-the-Naze

Differences on London Bridge (Tower Pier)

	For	H.	W.	For	L.	W.
		h	m		h	m
Teddington Lock	add	1	01	add		--
*Richmond Lock	add	1	01	add	2	50
Kew Bridge	add	0	52	add	2	46
Barnes Railway Bridge	add	0	44	add	2	19
Hammersmith Bridge	add	0	38	add	1	58
Putney Bridge	add	0	31	add	1	38
Chelsea Bridge	add	0	14	add	0	45
Greenland Dock Entrance	sub	0	9	sub	0	14

* The sluice gates at Richmond Weir are raised approximately 2 hours before and 2 hours after high tide at Richmond Lock, depending on fluvial flows. In periods of unusual low and high fluvial flows, please contact the Lock Foreman for an up-to-date assessment of when the weirs will be raised. During this period, passage through the navigation spans of Richmond Footbridge is available. At all other times Richmond Lock may be used: length 76.2m, width 7.9m. Predicted times and heights of high and low waters are available for Richmond Lock and Chelsea here.

Differences on North Woolwich

	For	H.	W.	For	L.	W.
		h	m		h	m
Greenwich Pier and Buoys	add	0	13	add	0	21
India & Millwall Dock Entrance	add	0	10	add	0	19
Royal Victoria Dock, Western Entrance	add	0	7	add	0	14

Differences on Tilbury

	For	H.	W.	For	L.	W.
		h	m		h	m
Ford's (Dagenham)	add	0	23	add	0	33
Purfleet	add	0	12	add	0	17
London International Cruise Terminal	sub	0	4	sub		4
Diver Shoal	sub	0	7	sub		7

Differences on Southend-on-Sea

	For	H.	W.	For	L.	W.
		h	m		h	m
Lower Hope Point	add	0	17	add	0	20
Holehaven	add	0	13	add	0	13
West Oaze Buoy	sub	0	10	sub	0	10

Differences on Margate

	For	H.	W.	For	L.	W.
		h	m		h	m
Princes Channel Bar	add	0	18	add	0	17
N.E. Spit	sub	0	10	sub	0	5

Differences on Walton-on-the-Naze

	For	H.	W.	For	L.	W.
		h	m		h	m
Knock John	add	0	28	add	0	35
Little Sunk	add	0	9	add	0	12
Sunk Pilot Station	sub	0	5	sub	0	14