3-086-727 - Ware in the World/Heritage Images

Lambeth Pier, London, c1955. View of Lambeth Palace and the pier on the Albert Embankment, from the north bank of the River Thames. Visible are the 17th-century Great Hall (with cupola) at centre, the late 15th-century brick gatehouse towards the right, and the 14th-century tower of St Mary-at-Lambeth on the far right. Lambeth Palace is the official London residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury. Lambeth Pier has been a ferry stop on the Thames for hundreds of years. Here we see tourists on a pleasure cruise along the river.