At our Blackfriars Bridge Foreshore site, we are working within a cofferdam, a dry working area built into the river, which we have split into two sections to build the below ground structures. The team is currently installing the artwork installations and creating the final levels that will form the new area of public realm. 

In early December, we will be trialling the removal of two of the king piles that were inserted in the riverbed in 2018 during the construction of the cofferdam. We will be removing one each from inside and outside of the cofferdam wall. We expect to carry out the trial between Wednesday-Friday, 6-8 December.

The trial is on advance of the planned full removal of the piles towards the end of January 2024.

We will be using a vibro-hammer to facilitate the removal of the piles and you may hear extra noise and an increase in vibration during the extraction. We expect each pile to take about half-an-hour to complete. The work will take place during normal daytime site hours, 8am to 6pm.

If you have any questions about this or our site at Blackfriars Bridge Foreshore please get in touch with our helpdesk on 08000 30 80 80 or [email protected]

Standard working hours

• 7am to 10pm Monday to Friday - no noisy works before 8am or after 6pm
• 7am to 3pm Saturday - no noisy works before 8am

There may be occasional working on Sundays, 7am to 3pm. 

We notify residents via email if there are changes to the times listed above. To be added to our site email list email [email protected] 

Our last resident drop-in meeting was hosted on 20 August 2020. 

If you'd like to join our next community meeting, please get in touch via email at [email protected].

• All static machinery and plant is screened or enclosed
• The excavated material handling area has been enclosed
• Vehicle movements are strictly limited to set times and coordinated to ensure that no lorries queue outside of the site
• Footpath diversions are clearly signposted
• Hoarding has been erected on the site boundaries

• Call our 24 hour Tideway Helpdesk 08000 30 80 80 or email [email protected]
• Read the latest updates on the noticeboards on our hoardings.
• Email our dedicated Community Relations teams available to answer your questions or meet with you, via [email protected]
• Join our Community Liaison Working Group meetings, to attend the meetings or receive the minutes and presentations from past meetings, email [email protected]. 

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At Blackfriars we are creating a large new area of public realm, right on the foreshore. For more information on our public open spaces, visit our Open Spaces page. 

The artist Nathan Coley has been commissioned to create a new permanent artwork for the site at Blackfriars, read more here.

Dorothea Smartt has been commissioned to produce poetry to adorn the signature ventilation columns for many of our sites, read more here and Marina Willer of design studio Pentagram is also creating a unifying identity for a series of bronze plaques for 12 of Tideway’s sites across London including our Blackfriars site. Read more here.