Month: March 2014

The Convoys Wharf development has been given the go-ahead tonight by Mayor of London Boris Johnson. The controversial development covers historic Deptford Dockyard which with the adjoining Sayes Court Garden have been highlighted by the World Monuments Fund Monuments Watch as being at risk. Trinity House was founded here 500 years ago, Elizabeth I came […]

River Thames News has an important story about a rescue by the Shifford lock-keeper. This comes just after the Abingdon lock-keeper came to the rescue.

“The path is generally walkable,” says the Thames Path National Trail office. It is certainly drying out although there are plenty of signs of the flood damage along the way.

Photographer Peter Marshall is opposing the plan to change the name of Bugsby’s Reach to Waterman’s Reach. His written objection and more can be read on a Peter Marshall website.

Today’s announcement by Mayor of London Boris Johnson that the ‘mini-Hollands’ cyclists programme will include a Thames Riverside Boardway may raise fears of more conflict between cyclists and walkers. The Boardway is planned for Kingston and will be cyclist only. “Pedestrians will be restricted to the existing path on the river-bank,” states the consultation document. […]

From the Thames Barrier to the O2 you are alongside a section the River Thames known as Bugsby’s Reach. It may have been named after a Geenwich Peninsula gardener. However, the Port of London Authority is preparing to rename the river here Waterman’s Reach on Friday 18 September to mark the 500th anniversary of the […]

Early Thames Path walkers will remember when The Roebuck near Tilehurst Station was open and  a natural stop for lunch. The path crosses the railway and passes the side of the pub. The huge window at the back gave a wonderful view across the Chilterns. It changed its name and then closed. It is still […]

Having crossed Maidenhead Bridge you turn upstream through the Bridge Gardens and suddenly you have to briefly  join the road to avoid one building. On Shrove Tuesday Windsor & Maidenhead Council’s rights of way & highways licensing panel agreed that a riverside path should be created. If negotiation with residents fails members are prepared to […]