Disused riverside pier to be restored at London Bridge

The site of a riverside pier that was removed in 2012 is set to be rebuilt, restoring a riverside access that had been in use for 400 years.The location next to London Bridge was of considerable importance, and Samuel Pepys once described disembarking at Old Swan Stairs to avoid the dangers of passing through the old London Bridge arches.
It’s thought that this painting of the frozen Thames in 1677 shows the Old Swan Stairs.The first floating pontoon at Swan Lane was built around 1830 to i