The Port of Tilbury’s annual community Open Day, held on Saturday 9^th May was a big success with hundreds of local people joining the port team at the London Cruise Terminal for a day of celebration in the sunshine.

A day of free events proved very popular and attendees were treated to vintage bus tours of the port and ecology site tours of Tilbury2. Also, as part of the multimillion-pound restoration of the Railway Station, the community were invited to a behind the scenes, hard hat tour of the works to see for themselves the scale of the project which is due for completion next year.

The Open Day also included a makers market, food and drink stalls, fairground games, performances by local singing community groups – Starmakers Choir and Arts Outburst, and a chance to see the port’s plant and machinery up close. Stallholder’s fees were all donated to local charities.

Paul Dale, Chief Operating Officer from Forth Ports and Chair of Tilbury on the Thames Trust said: “We were thrilled to see so many people come along to the open day at the weekend and we enjoyed showing the community behind the scenes of our busy port. The event team and volunteers did a great job hosting the day and my personal thanks to everyone who worked so hard to make this a big success. I also want to thank the community for joining us and we hope to see you all again next year.”