About This Camera
Camera Location & Hazard Overview
Get an early read on the Blackwall Tunnel's northbound bore from this camera, positioned at Tunnel House North right where the tunnel exits onto Greenwich Peninsula. It's the point to check before committing to a run towards East London and the Isle of Dogs. Commuters from Kent and Bexley in particular rely on this feed to judge whether their usual route into East London will run to time.
Traffic Pattern & Congestion Trends
This bore carries the brunt of the morning commute out of South East London, with queues worst between 07:00 and 09:00; once clear of the portal, traffic generally speeds up quickly onto the Blackwall Tunnel Northern Approach in Tower Hamlets. A single rejected overheight lorry can add twenty minutes or more to this bore's queue within a matter of minutes, and a breakdown inside the bore itself usually means waiting for a dedicated tunnel recovery team rather than a standard roadside assistance callout.
Traffic Fines & Camera Enforcement
Overheight vehicle detection is fitted directly at this portal, and a strike triggers immediate lane or full closure. Average speed cameras enforce the drop from 50mph to 30mph in the final approach to the bore, a stretch closely monitored given its accident history.
Road Closures & Alternative Routes
A closure of the northbound bore pushes all East London-bound traffic onto the Woolwich Ferry or a long loop via the Rotherhithe Tunnel; there is no quick alternative, so allow significant extra time if this camera shows a stopped queue. Motorcyclists sometimes find lane-filtering possible even during a car queue here, though TfL still advises against it given the tunnel's confined width.
Driver Safety & Local Tips
Northbound delays here tend to be about volume rather than incidents on weekday mornings — if you can travel before 07:00 or after 09:30, this bore is usually clear. Small local knowledge like this often saves more time than any single alternative route would.
ULEZ & Emissions
Greenwich sits inside the expanded Ultra Low Emission Zone, which has run 24/7 since August 2023. Non-compliant petrol cars pre-2006 and diesels pre-2015 pay £12.50 a day on top of any Congestion Charge liability. Check a specific plate at tfl.gov.uk/ulez before travelling into the borough.
Parking near A102 Tunnel House N, Woolwich and Thamesmead
This stretch sits right at the tunnel portal, so there's no on-street parking here at all — it's a working road junction rather than a destination. For the Greenwich Peninsula, the nearest options are the O2's own multi-storey car park, the Design District's pay-and-display bays, or IKEA Greenwich's free customer parking a short drive away. All the peninsula's paid bays take contactless cards and the RingGo app. If you're heading into East Greenwich instead, the residential streets around Christ Church fall under a Royal Borough of Greenwich CPZ, generally enforced Monday to Saturday daytime hours, so check the signs before parking on a side street. Royalgreenwich.gov.uk/parking has permit information, current CPZ maps and PCN appeal forms if you need them.
If on-street parking is hard to find, apps like JustPark and YourParkingSpace let you pre-book a private driveway or car park nearby — typically from around £2–£6 per hour or £10–£25 per day depending on how central the location is.
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