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Thames Drone Surveys at Gallions Reach - UAS London
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Thames & River Marine Services

Thames Drone Surveys at Gallions Reach

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

Recent Work

Selected work from across London and the Thames.

We run drone operations at Gallions Reach throughout the year, in all tide states. The work ranges from single vessel shoots to multi-day coverage of marine civil projects. We are used to working alongside vessel crews, ground units and marshals already on site.

Every flight at Gallions Reach is planned around the tide table and the vessel schedule. RTK platforms are available where the deliverable is a measurement rather than an image. We bring spare airframes; a single failure should not end a tide-limited shoot.

Notices to mariners are checked before any Gallions Reach flight, and radio watch is kept during it. All river flights are logged and the records remain available for your own compliance file. Anything we cannot legally do on the river, we say before you book rather than after.

Raw material is handed over on the day, with edits, maps or reports inside 24 to 48 hours. Ask us about vessel support for Gallions Reach, since we can arrange MCA-coded platforms through Cinecraft. Ask for examples of comparable river work and we will send them over.

Marine Specifications in Gallions Reach

Water-safety trained flight crews
Full Port of London Authority (PLA) coordination
Georeferenced river and foreshore mapping
Specialist marine aviation insurance (£10M)
MCA-coded vessel launch capability
High-zoom and thermal inspection payloads

Book River Filming

Drone operations at Gallions 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

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.

What deliverables can you provide from Gallions Reach?

Broadcast-ready video, high-resolution stills, georeferenced orthomosaics of the bank and foreshore, 3D models, or written inspection reports. Raw capture is handed over on the day and processed output follows within 24 to 48 hours.

What does river work at Gallions 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.