Leigh Hatts

Work is due to start this morning on removing the central span of Temple Bridge. The footbridge, upstream of Marlow, has been closed since 2023 when it was suddenly deemed to be unsafe. The work should take about a week. However, no decision has been made about restoration or rebuilding and there is certainly no […]

The last Sunday in September sees sheep being driven across Southwark Bridge. In medieval times sheep farmers drove their sheep northwards across London Bridge into the City of London to sell them at Smithfield Those farmers who were Freemen of the City were excused paying the bridge toll. This century the City’s ancient Woolmen’s Company, […]

Walkers will find the path between Albert and Victoria Bridges in Datchet closed today Wednesday 17 September due to the US State Visit. Datchet has good views of Windsor Castle and its Home Park across the river. The Red Arrows will be over Datchet just before 4.45pm but the best place to view the fly […]

Doggett’s Coat and Badge rowing race is on the River Thames today Wednesday 10 September. You may see the single sculling boats being raced by apprentice watermen from London Bridge to Chelsea. Founder Thomas Doggett used to commute by water from his home in Chelsea to the City of London. This is the world’s oldest […]

Award-winning author Georgina Moore’s second novel is set around her home on the River Thames. Her houseboat is moored at Tagg’s Island a little upstream from East Molesey and Hampton Court. The island is named after Royal Waterman Tom Tagg who ran a boatyard and hotel there in the 19th century. It was originally Walnut […]

The Ferry inn at Cookham is closed for refurbishment. Reopening is planned for Friday 26 September. The riverside terrace is depicted in Stanley Spencer’s 1936 painting The Ferry Hotel Lawn, Cookham.

The Norwegian Saga Farmann arrived in the Pool of London on Tuesday night and moved to St Katharine Dock on Wednesday afternoon for a week’s visit.

Goring’s Royal Mail sorting office which closed last year has been listed by Historic England. The building next to the bridge will be familiar to many walkers who take a break at the next door Pierreponts Café. The former sorting office, which is now for sale, is a boathouse best seen as you start to […]

The Saga Farmann longship is being rowed up the Thames on Tuesday evening 26 August. Tower Bridge is due to open at 10pm but there will be chance to see the Viking vessel depart in daylight at 4pm the following day when she will berth for a week at nearby St Katharine Dock. The Saga […]

Walking from Vauxhall towards Battersea Power Station it has long been necessary to briefly join the main road opposite Waitrose before returning to the river at Tideway Walk. The obstruction was the Heathwall Quay pumping station but following completion of the Tideway Tunnel Project work there is now a continuous path joining Prescott Wharf to […]