In 2000 the pier at Ordnance Wharf was converted into a ‘green jetty’ or nature platform. Turf was laid and native species planted to encourage wildlife. As the pier is not publicly accessible it provides a safe haven for nesting birds including Caspian gulls.

Ordnance Wharf was once part of Blakely’s Ordnance Works, which made heavy guns between the early 1860s and 1870s.