Month: April 2014

The National Trail staff has published a useful list of toilet and water points on the Thames Path.      

The arches on Payne’s and Borthwick Wharf at Deptford are being preserved as part of the massive redevelopment. They are often likened to a Venetian facade so the Venice Preserv’d Restoration play is being staged there until Sunday 8 June. Full details of the play, tickets and where to meet (it’s nearby in Greenwich) can […]

Thames Admirer has some interesting before and after flood photographs of the river above Oxford.

On May Day Thursday 1 May the traditional Jack in the Green will be on the Thames Path as it leaves the Dog & Bell in Deptford’s Prince Street at 11.30am. The Jack will be dressed the night before from 8pm. The pub is on the Thames Path, behind Convoys Wharf, and the May Day […]

The National  Trail website is still reporting flooding and a closed towpath upstream of Goring Bridge.

The very first programme on London’s new TV station London Live came live from the Thames Path on Monday evening. Marleena Pone opened the broadcast from the riverside next to Waterloo Bridge. London SE1 has the story and pictures. On the second night the crew was downstream broadcasting live from the Greenwich Peninsula.

CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale, has announced a list of 210 Local Pubs of the Year to help launch its Community Pubs Month. This is the shortlist for the CAMRA National Pub of the Year to be declared in early 2015. On the list is The Nag’s Head at Abingdon which has the Thames […]