residence
Anna Versteeg and Ollie Price , 2010
16 Wapping High Street, E1W 1NG
A development of residential and recreational moorings for historic vessels on the Thames. The unique Pier House, built to a high specification, provides a floating community centre just downstream from Tower Bridge.
Tower Hill
Wapping
100, 42, 78, 343
Hermitage Community Moorings (HCM) is a co-operative which owns and operates a mooring on the Thames at Hermitage Wharf, Wapping.
The mooring provides berths for up to 20 vessels, enabling a mixture of live-aboard, recreational and visitor use. HCM provides well-managed river access for local people, including educational and recreational facilities.
The infrastructure is designed to create a small, close-knit community of people committed to boat use and the preservation of historic craft.
Part of our ambition is to ensure traditional river craft (eg sailing barges, tugs and motor craft) remain part of the Wapping landscape for future generations – and to create a local landmark that promotes Wapping’s historic links with the river.
We recently received a £30k community carbon reduction grant from Tower Hamlets council which was used to purchase and install an array of 54 solar panels (23 kWp) covering our entire Pier House roof. The array was commissioned on 24 September 2023 and has generated so far more than 6,200 kWh or the equivalent of almost 2 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions saved (or around 3.5 trees).
