It rarely includes either the source of the Thames at Thames Head in Gloucestershire, or any part of Wiltshire, and does not include the informal entities Central London or the Thames Gateway which surrounds the Thames Estuary.
Vanquis also operate a call centre in Chatham, Kent, making it one of the larger employers in the Thames Gateway area.
River Thames | Thames | Thames Television | Kingston upon Thames | Henley-on-Thames | Gateway | Thames Ditton | Thames Estuary | Gateway Arch | Thames & Hudson | Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank | Thames Valley | Thames, New Zealand | Thames Ironworks F.C. | Sunbury-on-Thames | London Borough of Richmond upon Thames | Thames Path | Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company | Talkback Thames | Gateway of India | Common Gateway Interface | Thames Hub | Thames and Severn Canal | Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames | Gateway Region | Walton-on-Thames | Thames Valley Police | Thames Tunnel | Thames Gateway | Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant |
DP World received Government approval for the development of London Gateway in May 2006, identified by Gordon Brown as one of the four economic hubs needed for the regeneration of the Thames Gateway.
The college runs some courses in partnership with Havering College of Further and Higher Education at the Centre for Engineering and Manufacturing Excellence, under the name Thames Gateway College.