Vanessa Redgrave joined over forty people who demonstrated on the Thames Path outside City Hall on Wednesday morning. The protest was about proposed tall buildings spoiling the view from the towpath opposite Hammersmith. London-SE1 has a report.
The Thames Path passes through several London 2012 Olympic sites. Today there is news of the TV studio on the South Bank near Oxo Tower Wharf.
Those opposed to the tall buildings approved for Hammersmith are gathering on the Thames path outside City Hall on Wednesday 14 December at 10am. The plans approved by Hammersmith & Fulham Council will spoil the skyline from the Thames Path. SOS, Save Our Skyline campaign, is appealing to the Mayor of London Boris Johnson to [...]
The Thames Path running under Blackfriars Railway Bridge reopened during the night. The bridge now carries platforms from bank to bank and today the station’s new Bankside entrance opened at 5am. The station entrance is now on the Thames Path. See the story on the London SE1 website.
Permission has been given for a tall building which will breach the Hammersmith skyline when viewed from the towpath. Full details of the continued campaign are here.
HMS Belfast, moored in the Pool of London, has been closed to the public after the gangway plunged into the river at lunchtime on Tuesday. The Thames Path outside Southwark Crown Court was closed to enable emergency vehicles to be brought to the riverside. Visitors on board the ship had to be ferried to the [...]
The Thames Path route will return to the riverside at Bankside next Monday 5 December. From early morning it will be possible to walk from in front of Tate Modern to Oxo Tower Wharf without leaving the waterside. Thameslink railworks have for some time forced walkers to go inland into Southwark Street. The new access [...]
Proposals for the new Thames Tunnel to intercept untreated sewage overflows have raised construction problems. The west to east underground route is roughly below the River Thames with access points. The good news is that revised plans for the works leave the Thames Path largely untouched. Worksites on the key right bank (or south) have [...]
Southwark Council has removed the statue of Dr Salter’s daughter and the cat on the river wall for safety. Last weekend the sculpture of Dr Alfred Salter was stolen overnight. Meanwhile the council is offering a reward for the return of the much-loved figure. Anyone with news of the whereabouts of the sculpture should phone [...]
Darryl of Greenwich has the latest news on the peninsula’s western path between the Dome (O2) and Greenwich.