Gallions Reach – Yet Another Update

Back last December I posted about the developments at Gallions Reach, where there is still the old hotel that passengers waiting to embark to sail to China and points East often stayed before boarding their ship. I first mentioned the Gallions Hotel back in December 2008 in a post hoping that it would be restored and then posted again last December when some news filtered out about plans for the site. Well things seem to be moving again as I noticed when I hopped down to Beckton recently. The boards are down and you can see inside the old hotel – the exterior and interior seem relatively well preserved and a children’s playground has appeared at the rear of the building. Still not quite sure what the final use will be yet but it seems safe anyway.