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Thames Towage Filming in Waterloo - UAS London
Thames Hub/Waterloo Hub
Thames & River Marine Services

Thames Towage Filming in Waterloo

Specialist over-water thames towage filming at Waterloo for marine engineering, logistics, and creative media.

Recent Work

Selected work from across London and the Thames.

Thames Towage Filming in Waterloo is routine work for our Thames crews. Clients here include TV productions, marine contractors, port operators and engineering teams. Repeat work in Waterloo keeps the same crew wherever scheduling allows.

Planning in Waterloo starts with the tide window, because it decides what is even possible. Cinema, inspection and mapping payloads can all be flown on the same tide window. We can work outside normal hours where river traffic or light demands it.

Notices to mariners are checked before any Waterloo flight, and radio watch is kept during it. All river flights are logged and the records remain available for your own compliance file. Privacy on the bank is considered in the flight plan, not left to the edit.

Survey data from Waterloo is processed and returned within two working days. Talk to our skippers before you commit. They will tell you quickly whether the shot is achievable. Most enquiries get a same-day response.

Marine Specifications in Waterloo

MCA-coded vessel launch capability
Comprehensive risk planning and NATS filing
Water-safety trained flight crews
High-zoom and thermal inspection payloads
Over-water flight safety fail-safes
High-wind and estuary weather capability

Book River Filming

Drone operations at Waterloo 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

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.

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.

How does the tide affect a shoot in Waterloo?

Tide decides what is visible, what is navigable and where we can launch and recover. We plan Waterloo operations around the tide table first and build the shot list around the window that gives you the best water.