The National Trail staff has published a useful list of toilet and water points on the Thames Path.
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Month: April 2014
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Venice Preserv’d at Deptford
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 be found on the Venice Preserv’d website.
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The Thames after the floods
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 route will again touch on the Thames Path downstream at Deptford Creek (about 12.30pm) and soon after in Thames Street in Greenwich.
The tour continues during the afternoon around Greenwich pubs.
The Fowlers Troop Jack in the Green website has the full details.
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Streatley area: Flooding report
The National Trail website is still reporting flooding and a closed towpath upstream of Goring Bridge.
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London Live launched on Thames Path
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.
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Nag’s Head at Abingdon on CAMRA shortlist
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 Path passing the door. Indeed it is on Abingdon Bridge and after along closure reopened in 2012. Within a year it was Oxfordshire’s pub of the year.
Real ale includes Abingdon brewed Abingdon Bridge ale and the food is good.
Meanwhile there are plans for a theatre on the downstream end of Nag’s Head Island.
The 350-seat theatre would only be used in the summer with daytime availability for amateur groups and buskers. The project team is seeking funding.