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 are connecting 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. Throughout autumn 2024, the team has been installing the artwork at the top of the shaft and adding a brown roof to the structure. We will also be removing the concrete working platforms around the site so that we can lay the permanent surfaces.

In addition we are removing the large site offices and replacing these with smaller welfare units.

In January 2023 we made a submission to Lewisham Council for the detailed design of the permanent above ground works at our Earl Pumping Station site. More information is available here.

If you have any questions about this or our site at Earl Pumping Station please get in touch with our helpdesk on 08000 30 80 80 or [email protected]

Our working hours

Extended hours are currently being used. These are:

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

There will be no concrete breaking ahead of our standard working hours, which begin at 8am.

Standard working hours are:

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

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

Previous minutes are available upon request, please contact the Tideway Helpdesk on 08000 30 80 80 or email [email protected]

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 will be enclosed
Hoarding was erected around the site boundaries

Want to know more or get involved?

Call our 24 hour Tideway Helpdesk 08000 30 80 80 or email [email protected]
Email our Community Relations team to answer your questions or meet with you, via [email protected]
Join our Community Liaison Working Group meetings, to attend the meetings or receive the minutes and presentations from past meetings, email [email protected].

You can also sign up to receive information updates and newsletters via [email protected].

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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.