Skip to content
UAS London: Aerial Intelligence, London Focus
0
UAS London at 51.5074° N, 0.1278° W
Thames Drone Surveys at Battersea Reach - UAS London
Thames Hub/Battersea Reach Hub
Thames & River Marine Services

Thames Drone Surveys at Battersea Reach

Specialist over-water thames drone surveys at Battersea Reach for marine engineering, logistics, and creative media.

Recent Work

Selected work from across London and the Thames.

Flying at Battersea Reach means working over moving water, tidal range and live vessel traffic. We work for towage operators, passenger vessel companies, civil contractors and production teams. We quote per project, because a river job depends far more on access and tide than on the service name.

We check tide state, river traffic and bridge clearances before fixing a date at Battersea Reach. We carry redundant airframes so a marginal weather window is not a wasted mobilisation. We bring spare airframes; a single failure should not end a tide-limited shoot.

We notify the PLA and maintain contact with London VTS throughout operations at Battersea Reach. Ground safety on the bank, meaning cordons, pedestrian routes and marshals, is planned alongside the flight. Our river risk assessments are written to be read, not to satisfy a filing requirement.

Delivery is by secure cloud transfer with the raw capture archived as backup. We can assess the Battersea Reach site before you book if the feasibility is not obvious. We can point you at Thames projects where we have done something similar.

Marine Specifications in Battersea Reach

Specialist marine aviation insurance (£10M)
Tide-window scheduling and vessel traffic liaison
VHF marine radio equipped pilots
MCA-coded vessel launch capability
Riparian landowner and pier operator liaison
Full Port of London Authority (PLA) coordination

Book River Filming

Drone operations at Battersea Reach require Port of London Authority clearance and skipper-coordinated flight paths.

Request River Booking

Thames Operational Specs

  • PLA Coordination Managed
  • VHF Radio Pilot Logs
  • MCA-Coded Support Vessels
  • £10M Maritime Insurance
  • GPS Tracked Over-Water Flights
  • Wind-shear resistant platforms

Reference Links

RegulatoryCAA approved operator
Insurance£10M public liability
Experience1,000+ flight hours in London airspace
AirspaceNATS permissions for central London operations
RegisteredUAS London Limited · 16148461

Frequently Asked Questions

What does river work at Battersea Reach cost?

It depends on tide windows, whether vessel support is needed and what you want delivered, so we quote per project. Send the brief and the deadline and we will come back with a fixed price and the viable tides.

Do you carry out structural inspections on Thames bridges and piers?

Yes. We fly high-zoom and thermal payloads for close-range condition surveys of bridges, piers, river walls and marine civil works, and can deliver the output as an annotated report or georeferenced imagery.

Can you fly at night or in low light on the river?

Yes. Night and blue-hour work over the Thames is something we do regularly, with the lighting conditions and additional risk factored into the plan. Twilight often gives the strongest results on the tideway.