The new rowing pontoon at Fulham Reach, just downstream from Hammersmith Bridge on the River Thames, has now opened. The 25 metre long, low-freeboard pontoon has been built to a bespoke design which enables 17m long rowing eights to be carried ashore. The 20m long canting brow with stainless steel handrailing has all its structure below deck both to minimise visual impact and to avoid obstructions to the boats being carried. Non-slip timber decking is used throughout. The pontoon is part of a large mixed-use development by St George West London, the development includes a new state of the art rowing center that is to be the base for a new Thames rowing club. Fulham Reach Boat Club is an exciting and ambitious project designed to introduce young people who would not normally have the opportunity to rowing. The club’s Facebook page can be found here.

Beckett Rankine prepared the design of the pontoon and access structures and managed the consent applications to the Port of London Authority, the Environment Agency and the Marine Management Organisation. Contractor for the works was Intermarine.