Earl Pumping Station

Shaft Excavation

Team

Aerial view

Earl Pumping Station is one of the smallest sites on the Tideway project. Working alongside the 1940s functioning pumping station, we have connected this site to the Greenwich Connection tunnel below, and sewage will be taken into the super sewer and away for treatment.

EARPS September 2020 Vlog

Welcome to Earl Pumping Station

What's plogging?

Earl Pumping Station apprentice Nawaal

Earl Pumping Station “Leaving a legacy”

Earl Pumping Station update

Related videos

Site Info

Works update

Lubna Chowdhary has been commissioned by Tideway to create an artwork for Earl Pumping Station - Bone, soot and oil. The team has installed the artwork at the top of the shaft and has added a brown roof to the structure.

We are also removing the concrete surfaces around the site so that we can lay the permanent paving. This work may cause extra noise and vibration but we are monitoring the sound levels throughout the work.

If you have any questions about our works or would like information on the Independent Compensation Panel process please get in touch with our helpdesk at [email protected]

Our working hours

Standard working hours are:

Monday to Friday: 8am to 6pm
Saturday: 8am to 1pm

Extended hours may also be used for electrical and mechanical works for the Combined Sewer Overflow. These are:

Monday to Friday: 6pm to 10pm
Saturday: 1pm to 5pm

There is a 1-hour mobilisation period before and after the times listed above.

Community Liaison Working Group

Our last session was scheduled for 12 November 2024. Presentation and notes from recent meetings can be found below.

12 November 2024 presentation
27 February 2024 presentation and notes
22 February 2023 presentation and notes
15 June 2022 - Community Liaison Working Group drop in slides
1 November 2021 - Community Liaison Working Group notes and slides
8 July 2021 - Community Liaison Working Group minutes and presentation
20 October 2020 - Community Liaison Working group presentation

Our commitments

All static machinery and plant is screened or enclosed
Vehicle movements outside of standard hours are restricted
All concrete used at the site will be delivered premixed and no concrete batching will take place onsite
A one-way transport system for all routine vehicles - entering the site from Plough Way, right turn into Yeoman Street and right turn into the site; and exiting from Croft Street, along Chiltern Grove and Yeoman Street, then along Plough Way
Footpath diversions clearly signposted
The excavated material handling area was enclosed
Hoarding was erected around the site boundaries, this has been replaced in some areas with fencing

Want to know more or get involved?

Future of the site

Thames River Watch

Active Row

Thames Discovery Programme

Creekside Discovery Centre

Active Thames

Submissions to the Council
These works will be undertaken with the same controls identified in the Development Consent Order and Code of Construction Practice. We will notify anyone living near the site in advance of any works taking place. We are making a number of submissions to the London Borough of Lewisham as part of the consents we need to secure before starting different phases of work at the Earl Pumping Station site. These submissions are available to view on the London Borough of Lewisham's planning portal by searching for 'Thames Tideway Tunnel'. Please click here to be redirected. If you are interested on commenting on these submissions, please ensure you respond directly to the London Borough of Lewisham.