Today, Sunday 23 August, is the 250th anniversary of Humphrey Gainsborough’s death. His brother, the painter Thomas who lived for another twelve years, is buried in Kew churchyard. Engineer and inventor Humphrey Gainsborough lived in Henley where he was a Congregational minister for almost thirty years. Towards the end of his ministry he helped to […]
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The Thames path is now closed between Isis Farmhouse pub and Donnington Bridge near Oxford. Short signed diversions are in place. The closure is to allow for towpath bank repairs. The riverside path is expected to reopen in November.
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Famous Thames mudlark Lara Maiklem has been appointed Southwark Cathedral’s first Mudlark-in-Residence. Lara Maiklem curates the permanent free-to-view mudlarking display inside the cathedral’s main entrance on the Thames Path. It is a changing display showcasing recent finds. Admission to the Cathedral is also free. Lara has been mudlarking on the River Thames for almost 25 […]
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The Thames Path is being diverted for a year on the west side of the Greenwich Peninsula. Shortly after the O2 and the drawdock, the path enters Delta Wharf. However, Victoria Deep Water Terminal beyond is closed to walkers as is Bay Wharf and Morden Wharf. The diversion is left, inland, at the end of […]
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A month after leaving the Source in Gloucestershire, the Thames Path 30th Anniversary baton has arrived in Woolwich. The baton relay has involved hundreds of walkers and path volunteers and taken 24 days to complete. The first party set out from the Source on Friday 5 June. Those there included Kate Ashbrook, Open Spaces Society […]
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The Tunnel House Inn near the Source of the Thames has reopened. In the early days of the Thames Path this was where many walkers would rest after completing their walk. Instead of turning back towards Kemble, or climbing up to The Thames Head pub, there was the option of walking a mile along the […]
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Today the village church in Kemble, the last (or first) village on the river, is hosting the wedding of Princess Anne’s son Peter Phillips. His bride is Harriet Sperling, a nurse who is coming upstream from St Thomas’ Hospital in London. All Saints has the welcome landmark spire seen by walkers about to complete their […]
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There will be the annual Beating the Bounds on the river near Tower Bridge this Thursday. The boundary between the parish of All Hallows-by-the-Tower and St Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey runs mid-stream along the Thames. This means that those involved in the annual Ascension Day Beating the Bounds around All Hallows have to take to the […]
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Leigh Hatts writes: The Thames Path was inaugurated in 1996 with an opening ceremony at the Thames Barrier which was then the limit of the eastern, or downstream, end. I recall that the occasion began with the arrival of a small party walking from Greenwich. It included David Sharp, the distinguished Ramblers’ lead on the […]
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The United States of America is celebrating the 250th anniversary of its declaration of independence from Britain in 1776. The key associations with England are mainly to be found along the River Thames. The most obvious link that comes to mind is the Pilgrims Fathers since the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower setting sail from […]
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