Walls

Generally the walls and fences that surround property and fields are erected and maintained by the land owner.

These are erected to provide security, privacy and to mark boundaries between different landowners. If you want to report a wall or fence in a state of disrepair please complete the online form below.

Highways and Transportation Service, as a local authority, will maintain and repair:

• walls supporting the structure of the highway - these are called Highway Retaining Walls

The council maintains the following walls

• Aldgate City Side (agreement with City of London 2 No subways)
• Garnet Street
• Prestons Road subway No 2
• Prestons Road subway No 3 (not opened to the public)
• Prestons Road subway No 4
• Twig Folly
• Vaughan Way
• Wapping Lane

Other highways authorities

For walls that do not fall within the council’s remit, you should contact the relevant highways authority.

Further details

E-mail: roadsandhighways@towerhamlets.gov.uk
Phone: 020 7364 6752
Fax: 020 7364 6885

Pid Nos: 552, 563