Yachts lie in enclosed basins beside Ivory House, the one brick warehouse left among modern blocks.
What St Katharine Docks looks like
Two linked basins sit behind a single from the river, and Grade II listed walls hold the water in. Yachts and motor boats lie on pontoons in the marina, some dressed with flags and bunting. A red bridge spans the lock at the water's edge, and a footbridge with black metal railings crosses between the basin and the East Dock.
faces the West Dock across the marina. It is four storeys of stock brick, with a clock tower and a smaller bell turret above the roofline. Its ground floor is a row of semi-circular arches. Tables stand under the arcade on the marina side.
Most of the other blocks around the water are modern, in concrete and glass. The is the bulky concrete block on the river side, just east of .
Marina walkways run around the basins. The riverboats call at , which sits on the river between the hotel and Tower Bridge.
The East Dock is the service side of Ivory House, with delivery areas and a refuse compound behind the building. Vehicles reach the building from East Smithfield to the north, and Tower Hill station is a seven minute walk away.
Shot in St Katharine Docks
The 1976 Hammer film To the Devil a Daughter and the 1983 film Who Dares Wins both shot at the docks. The 2022 film Men used them for the apartment that Jessie Buckley's character shares with her husband.
To the Devil a Daughter, 1976
Ivory House
Played John's flat, 1970s
Richard Widmark's character lives in a flat in Ivory House, and the film shows the building from the docks. The film also shows the docks' retractable bridge, and John crosses it. Street View
Royal Albert Dock is five brick warehouses around an enclosed basin, with cast iron columns along the quay that carry the floors above. The warehouses went up from 1841. Albert Dock's quayside columns are cast iron, while Ivory House's arcade is brick, so frame the water and the quay edge rather than the arcade. The Tower Hotel's concrete block and the yachts in the basin give London away in a wide frame. Try searching cast iron dock columns now.
Gloucester Docks in Gloucester, Gloucestershire
Gloucester Docks is a basin reached from the river through a lock, with red brick warehouses around it. The North Warehouse went up in 1827 as four storeys of red brick, and three more followed on the east side of the main basin in 1846. Gloucester's warehouses are red brick where Ivory House is stock brick, so a tight shot of the facades holds the match and a wide view shows the difference. Try searching warehouses on the basin now.
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