Don't let Thurrock Conservatives Sink the Tilbury Ferry Petition: Signature List Feed http://www.gopetition.com/signatures/dont-let-thurrock-conservatives-sink-the-tilbury-ferry.html Online petition signatures en-us Sat, 25 Apr 2026 02:58 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Mr Peter Caton [Signature #621] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12000320?utm_medium=rss I used this fery last week. It is a useful link to Kent and should be retained.

]]> Sun, 15 Jan 2012 02:56:56 UTC 12000320 Mr John Bensted [Signature #620] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9965485?utm_medium=rss Sat, 12 Mar 2011 05:46:42 UTC 9965485 mr graham jennings [Signature #619] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9958487?utm_medium=rss My wife and i spent 2 lovely weeks in Gravesend in 2009 and we had many trips on that little ferry We had a unit on the edge of the river and we spent many hours watching her struggle against the tides. We loved the "picture" in the cabin of the duchess on Sydney Harbour. Please let her sail on.

]]> Fri, 11 Mar 2011 11:49:35 UTC 9958487 Dick Bowman [Signature #618] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9901045?utm_medium=rss Wed, 9 Mar 2011 03:01:12 UTC 9901045 Mr Ken Challans [Signature #617] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8364500?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 Aug 2010 05:10:03 UTC 8364500 Mr Martin Botting [Signature #616] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7415328?utm_medium=rss Tue, 20 Apr 2010 01:44:26 UTC 7415328 Anonymous [Signature #615] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7407831?utm_medium=rss The ferry is essential for the economic and social wellbeing of people in Kent and Essex. It would be a mindless folly to discontinue it.

]]> Mon, 19 Apr 2010 07:19:29 UTC 7407831 mr michael perry [Signature #614] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7402930?utm_medium=rss Sun, 18 Apr 2010 07:29:14 UTC 7402930 Mrs. Kathleen Austen [Signature #613] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7317551?utm_medium=rss We like to travel by train and ferry to visit our friends and family. Don't force us to go by car.

]]> Thu, 8 Apr 2010 03:41:34 UTC 7317551 Mr. Michael Austen [Signature #612] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7317509?utm_medium=rss I use the ferry to visit friends and family without it I would have to drive.

]]> Thu, 8 Apr 2010 03:37:51 UTC 7317509 Mr Matt Austen [Signature #611] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7313139?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Apr 2010 08:04:29 UTC 7313139 Mrs Sylvia Cheeseman [Signature #610] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7297658?utm_medium=rss My late husband's first job was as a boy on the ferry where he worked for several years. He later became a Freeman of the River and worked on the Thames all his life.
I, myself, journeyed on the ferries regularly as my grandparents lived in Grays and I lived in Gravesend. Happy memories!

]]> Tue, 6 Apr 2010 08:49:32 UTC 7297658 Mr Angus McLoughlin [Signature #609] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7283377?utm_medium=rss I am on a long term project to cycle around Britain. The Tilbury to Gravesend ferry is a key part of my trip and I will be making the crossing with my bike in June.

I was very shocked to hear that the funding for the ferry might have been withdrawn. However, I'm delighted that it's been saved.

]]> Sun, 4 Apr 2010 03:27:58 UTC 7283377 Mr Alan Peake [Signature #608] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7276224?utm_medium=rss As a lifelong Tory supporter, I really do consider that the Conservatives on Thurrock Council should look to their laurels and be ashamed of themselves. They should wholeheartedly support the continued existence of a necessary local amenity and piece of maritime heritage. The five minute crossing of London's River is a vital link used by people of both Essex and Kent and people from further afield. Without it, an hour long journey has to be faced .
Come on Thurrock Council SAVE THE FERRY

]]> Fri, 2 Apr 2010 12:39:14 UTC 7276224 mr brian allen [Signature #607] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7275909?utm_medium=rss Fri, 2 Apr 2010 11:13:51 UTC 7275909 mr colin riley [Signature #606] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7275768?utm_medium=rss Fri, 2 Apr 2010 10:44:15 UTC 7275768 Mr Leonard Bicheno [Signature #605] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7275417?utm_medium=rss Fri, 2 Apr 2010 09:17:24 UTC 7275417 Mr Graham Smith [Signature #604] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7275072?utm_medium=rss This is a charter that goes back to ancient times which should not be broken. Is this a ploy to strengthen the case for a lower Thames crossing - which we do NOT want.

]]> Fri, 2 Apr 2010 07:38:05 UTC 7275072 Mr Brian Richard Hunt [Signature #603] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7275025?utm_medium=rss Fri, 2 Apr 2010 07:27:31 UTC 7275025 james andrews [Signature #602] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7274536?utm_medium=rss Fri, 2 Apr 2010 04:35:52 UTC 7274536 Jeffrey Wood [Signature #601] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7272879?utm_medium=rss A vital link from Kent to Essex for pedestrians and cyclists

]]> Thu, 1 Apr 2010 05:32:23 UTC 7272879 Mrs Lee Clarkson [Signature #600] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7263386?utm_medium=rss Wed, 31 Mar 2010 12:37:30 UTC 7263386 Mrs Joyce Appelyard [Signature #599] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7263385?utm_medium=rss Wed, 31 Mar 2010 12:36:01 UTC 7263385 ms K Reals [Signature #598] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7261469?utm_medium=rss Tue, 30 Mar 2010 03:13:02 UTC 7261469 mrs CHRISTINE SAVAGE [Signature #597] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7259326?utm_medium=rss Tue, 30 Mar 2010 07:43:28 UTC 7259326 Linda & Steve Howson [Signature #596] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7249110?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Mar 2010 04:43:23 UTC 7249110 MR GRAHAM BAGSHAW [Signature #595] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7239694?utm_medium=rss When I lived in Gravesend the ferry was vital for many of us that worked in Tilbury Docks. How much traffic uses the Tunnel and Bridge simply because people gave up on the downgraded ferry service? A properly supported and promoted ferry service could help reduce the M25 congestion at a bargain price! The benefits to the freight industries alone could be appreciable -where should some of the funding for the ferry come from? How about the massive kitty from the Tolls collected?

]]> Sat, 27 Mar 2010 03:43:28 UTC 7239694 Mrs Sandra Walker [Signature #594] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7235939?utm_medium=rss Fri, 26 Mar 2010 01:09:20 UTC 7235939 Mrs Tracey Crisp [Signature #593] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7233657?utm_medium=rss Fri, 26 Mar 2010 08:45:35 UTC 7233657 MR STEPHEN HARVEY [Signature #592] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7233471?utm_medium=rss Fri, 26 Mar 2010 08:23:40 UTC 7233471 Mrs Audrey Brett [Signature #591] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7232673?utm_medium=rss Fri, 26 Mar 2010 06:16:02 UTC 7232673 Mrs Sharon Brown [Signature #590] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7232489?utm_medium=rss Fri, 26 Mar 2010 05:20:02 UTC 7232489 mr paul halling [Signature #589] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7229086?utm_medium=rss Thu, 25 Mar 2010 03:33:34 UTC 7229086 Peter Coates [Signature #588] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7227669?utm_medium=rss Thu, 25 Mar 2010 12:22:49 UTC 7227669 mr john clark [Signature #587] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7227623?utm_medium=rss Thu, 25 Mar 2010 12:15:18 UTC 7227623 mr rick pedler [Signature #586] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7226000?utm_medium=rss THEY MUST BE CRAZY TO TRY TO SHUT THIS VITAL LINK TO ESSEX, i STILL USE THIS TODAY TO TAKE MY CHILDREN OVER TO SEE THE FORT AND WATCH THE BOATS AS MY FATHER DID WITH ME.
PLEASE DONT SHUT THIS DOWN

]]> Thu, 25 Mar 2010 08:38:24 UTC 7226000 MRS JANE JEFFERY [Signature #585] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7225356?utm_medium=rss Thu, 25 Mar 2010 06:39:57 UTC 7225356 mr colin evans [Signature #584] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7224100?utm_medium=rss Thu, 25 Mar 2010 01:43:36 UTC 7224100 Ms Collette Watts [Signature #583] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7221085?utm_medium=rss Wed, 24 Mar 2010 03:35:04 UTC 7221085 Miss Clair Brown [Signature #582] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7220411?utm_medium=rss Wed, 24 Mar 2010 02:27:28 UTC 7220411 Mrs Eileen Hewson [Signature #581] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7216237?utm_medium=rss Wed, 24 Mar 2010 06:03:29 UTC 7216237 mr Gary Punton [Signature #580] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7215734?utm_medium=rss Wed, 24 Mar 2010 04:00:49 UTC 7215734 Mr Alex Ridley [Signature #579] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7215518?utm_medium=rss Wed, 24 Mar 2010 02:43:40 UTC 7215518 Mr John Havercroft [Signature #578] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7211415?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Mar 2010 01:54:18 UTC 7211415 mr Nicholas Hurrell [Signature #577] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7210657?utm_medium=rss i remember using the ferry as a child going across to Gravesend with my family many years ago, what is needed is more publicity with regards to both ferry service and bus service
and long may we have both services.

]]> Tue, 23 Mar 2010 12:27:50 UTC 7210657 Miss Sharon Smith [Signature #576] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7209632?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Mar 2010 10:36:06 UTC 7209632 C Norrington [Signature #575] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7209601?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Mar 2010 10:33:00 UTC 7209601 Mr Ryan Hodgson [Signature #574] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7208955?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Mar 2010 09:35:24 UTC 7208955 Mr Dave Wolstenholme [Signature #573] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7208710?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Mar 2010 09:08:23 UTC 7208710 Mr Christopher Hall [Signature #572] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7208690?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Mar 2010 09:06:40 UTC 7208690 Miss Victoria Rowan [Signature #571] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7208174?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Mar 2010 08:06:29 UTC 7208174 MR DARREN WHITE [Signature #570] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7208133?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Mar 2010 08:00:51 UTC 7208133 Mr Kevin Rowan [Signature #569] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7208085?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Mar 2010 07:53:44 UTC 7208085 MRS DENISE BLACKALL [Signature #568] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7207945?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Mar 2010 07:34:40 UTC 7207945 Mrs Julie Rowan [Signature #567] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7207922?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Mar 2010 07:32:37 UTC 7207922 Mr and Mrs Alan and Daphne Revell [Signature #566] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7207787?utm_medium=rss This ferry was proved by an Act of Parliament to allow travellers to get to Canterbury Cathedral - it should be saved as we (our family) like to use it to takethe children over to Gravesend in the summer. it is also very useful to the dockers and local population.

]]> Tue, 23 Mar 2010 07:09:19 UTC 7207787 Mr Philip Smith [Signature #565] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7207300?utm_medium=rss I use this Ferry and ilove it. It is part of our heritage. See the bool called 'The five minute crossing'

]]> Tue, 23 Mar 2010 05:58:49 UTC 7207300 Mr Tony Reeve [Signature #564] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7207274?utm_medium=rss We sopport the fact that the council should carry on to support the ferry

]]> Tue, 23 Mar 2010 05:55:09 UTC 7207274 Mrs Olive Law [Signature #563] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7207187?utm_medium=rss When we lived in Chadwell St Mary I used this ferry great deal to get to Gravesed. Keep it open and reduce traffic through the tunnel/over the bridge.

]]> Tue, 23 Mar 2010 05:42:55 UTC 7207187 |Mrs Sharon Smith [Signature #562] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7207154?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Mar 2010 05:36:09 UTC 7207154 Ms Kathryn Taylor [Signature #561] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7206969?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Mar 2010 05:06:25 UTC 7206969 Mr John Death [Signature #560] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7206742?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Mar 2010 04:30:47 UTC 7206742 Mr Douglas Thomson [Signature #559] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7206527?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Mar 2010 03:57:01 UTC 7206527 Mrs Sandra Wilkins [Signature #558] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7206234?utm_medium=rss This is an historic link and should be maintained for future generations. We are forever been told to cut down on car journeys but without the ferry the congestion and pollution at the Dartford crossing will just get worse. I use it for pleasure and my husband has used to it for work in the past.

]]> Tue, 23 Mar 2010 02:50:31 UTC 7206234 Mr John Loughlin [Signature #557] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7203441?utm_medium=rss The Gravesend-Tilbury ferry has been operating for about 600 years. We owe it to our descendants to keep this essential link across the Thames estuary running.

]]> Mon, 22 Mar 2010 06:09:51 UTC 7203441 Mrs Suze Endean [Signature #556] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7202596?utm_medium=rss I use the ferry every day for work along with a number of people from Thurrock. I'd hate to see this service and part of the area's history lost.

]]> Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:56:29 UTC 7202596 Mrs Susan Bradley [Signature #555] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7202518?utm_medium=rss Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:48:03 UTC 7202518 Mr Matt Endean [Signature #554] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7201394?utm_medium=rss Mon, 22 Mar 2010 03:14:29 UTC 7201394 mr geoffrey poole [Signature #553] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7200828?utm_medium=rss please leave our history and heritage alone.what would be next?.

]]> Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:34:48 UTC 7200828 MR Daniel Whittington [Signature #552] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7200017?utm_medium=rss There are insufficient routes over the Thames already, do not take this away!

]]> Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:37:37 UTC 7200017 Mr kenneth Chalk [Signature #551] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7199684?utm_medium=rss should not be shut, how am I supposed to get across when my wife does not drive and she visits the parents

]]> Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:11:16 UTC 7199684 Mr Stephen Carr [Signature #550] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7199097?utm_medium=rss Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:26:54 UTC 7199097 MR JON LANE [Signature #549] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7198774?utm_medium=rss It's essential we keep this vital and ancient crossing.

]]> Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:57:46 UTC 7198774 Mr Graeme Haines [Signature #548] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7198655?utm_medium=rss Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:46:58 UTC 7198655 mr Graham Murfet [Signature #547] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7198544?utm_medium=rss Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:37:31 UTC 7198544 Mr. Noel Edwards [Signature #546] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7198527?utm_medium=rss Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:35:54 UTC 7198527 Mr David Wills [Signature #545] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7198473?utm_medium=rss Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:31:26 UTC 7198473 Dr Angela Davey [Signature #544] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7198350?utm_medium=rss Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:21:03 UTC 7198350 mr Raymond French [Signature #543] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7198205?utm_medium=rss The ferry link has been and still is a valuable link for Thamesiders to cross the river either for work, leisure, or to board a Tilbury pleasure boat. There are some icons of tradition that are worth preserving even if susidised and I believe the Gravesend /Tilbury ferry is certainly one for posterity.

]]> Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:06:58 UTC 7198205 Mr John William hall [Signature #542] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7197937?utm_medium=rss Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:40:15 UTC 7197937 Dr Patrick Moss [Signature #541] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7197424?utm_medium=rss Mon, 22 Mar 2010 09:52:16 UTC 7197424 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #540] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7197112?utm_medium=rss I used to live in Gravesend and used the ferry on a regular basis, I now injoy taking my children across on the ferry to Gravesend to shop and show them where I was born. It will not be the same if the ferry no longer runs and will be missed.

]]> Mon, 22 Mar 2010 09:26:09 UTC 7197112 Mrs J Sheen [Signature #539] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7195930?utm_medium=rss Mon, 22 Mar 2010 08:12:46 UTC 7195930 mrs heather geeson [Signature #538] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7194431?utm_medium=rss This ferry provides an excellent link between Essex and Kent. Train users can get from Tilbury station across to Gravesend.

]]> Mon, 22 Mar 2010 06:08:11 UTC 7194431 Mrs Susan Keys [Signature #537] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7194276?utm_medium=rss Mon, 22 Mar 2010 05:21:54 UTC 7194276 Mr Thomas Wilkes [Signature #536] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7194248?utm_medium=rss I have used the ferry for over 50yrs and seen the demise of the car service and the reduction in the passenger service. If politicians are so keen on reducing travel miles the ferry makes obvious sense. How else will people cross the river without a 25 mile round trip? Not everyone has a car. Promote the service, don't close it!

]]> Mon, 22 Mar 2010 05:11:32 UTC 7194248 mrs Diane Wadey [Signature #535] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7194227?utm_medium=rss Mon, 22 Mar 2010 05:03:56 UTC 7194227 Mrs Sue Robinson [Signature #534] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7194213?utm_medium=rss Mon, 22 Mar 2010 05:00:52 UTC 7194213 Mrs Lynda Owers [Signature #533] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7194188?utm_medium=rss Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:50:24 UTC 7194188 Mrs Suzanne Perry [Signature #532] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7194168?utm_medium=rss Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:44:59 UTC 7194168 Mrs Anne Goodrem [Signature #531] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7194140?utm_medium=rss Why take away something that works very well

]]> Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:35:59 UTC 7194140 Mr Andrew Mayell [Signature #530] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7194135?utm_medium=rss I teach at Palmers College and this ferry allows teachers and students who have moved to come to college easily.

]]> Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:34:31 UTC 7194135 Mrs Tracy Downes [Signature #529] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7194108?utm_medium=rss Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:27:17 UTC 7194108 Miss Victoria Moore [Signature #528] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7194101?utm_medium=rss Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:25:41 UTC 7194101 Ms Melinda Jupp [Signature #527] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7194084?utm_medium=rss Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:20:51 UTC 7194084 Mr Scott Freeland [Signature #526] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7194072?utm_medium=rss Incredibly useful service, using the Ferry takes more cars off the roads. It creates a link that would be missed by many and also would mean more job losses.

]]> Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:18:10 UTC 7194072 Mrs Yvette Telling [Signature #525] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7194049?utm_medium=rss Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:11:19 UTC 7194049 V James [Signature #524] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7194047?utm_medium=rss Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:10:49 UTC 7194047 Mr Rob Miller [Signature #523] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7194004?utm_medium=rss Mon, 22 Mar 2010 03:54:10 UTC 7194004 mr B Thomas [Signature #522] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7193996?utm_medium=rss a service for the majority. Save money and cut minority projects

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