A 20-minute train ride from the Tilbury cruise terminal drops you at the edge of the financial district, where the glass skyscrapers of the modern skyline cast long shadows over the ancient stone of the Tower of London. # Top Shore Excursions in London # Photo by Airam Dato-on on Pexels
A salt-tinged breeze hits your face as you step off the gangway at Tilbury, the grey expanse of the Thames stretching out before you with the Shard’s jagged silhouette piercing the London skyline in the distance. # Top Shore Excursions in London # Photo by Brian Williams on Pexels
The gangplank drops you onto the North Greenwich Pier, where the curved steel ribs of the O2 Arena dominate the skyline and the smell of river mist mixes with exhaust fumes from waiting taxis. # Top Shore Excursions in London # Photo by Uncoated on Pexels
