Updates

Construction work on Commercial Pier Wharf in London’s Rotherhithe is a reminder that a long built but still closed section of the riverside path will shortly be opening. The section is between Randall Rents to upstream Barnard’s Wharf adjacent to Surrey Docks Farm. The path already exists on Odessa Wharf and New Caledonian Wharf. The […]

It will come as a surprise to many that the Thames Path is about to be extended thanks to the England Coast Path. There is already an unofficial start to the Thames Path at Erith which is eight miles downstream from the official start at the Thames Barrier. Soon it will be possible to start […]

  The River Thames Society‘s central Tideway and Estuary Branch has held its AGM in Rotherhithe. The meeting on Tuesday, followed by lunch, was at The Angel. Chair Peter Finch gave a commentary on vessels passing the window which has  panoramic view of Tower Bridge. The Angel dates from at least 1682 and is the […]

The path outside Tate Modern is wide but on reaching Blackfriars Station the way narrows and between Blackfriars Railway Bridge and Blackfriars Bridge foot tunnel it can be a squash. This has until recently been caused by the footprint of Ludgate House, the former Express Newspapers building, which has just been demolished. The plans for […]

Tonight ITV has a surprise two and a half hour programme on walking. It’s even on at peak time rather than late at night. Britain’s Favourite Walks on ITV at 7.30pm features the Top 100.  “Walking is one of Britain’s best loved pastimes, with around nine million of us enjoying pulling on our hiking boots and […]

Starting today Monday 8 January there is a diversion on the approach to Oxford. When drawing level with the Cherwell and the start of the boathouses on the far bank it is necessary to turn inland. The turning is at first narrow before widening with a hard surface as the Eastwyke Farm Pathway by the Oxford […]

The Christmas holiday has seen a further improvement on the path between Vauxhall and Chelsea Bridge. The new route does not yet follow the riverside at Battersea Power Station but it does take the walker away from the unpleasant  continuation of Nine Elms Lane known as Battersea Park Road. ROUTE UPDATE: Vauxhall to Chelsea Bridge […]

Christmas Morning Service on BBC1 is coming live from All Saints Church in Fulham. It’s the church with the tower seen among the trees at the north end of Putney Bridge. Its peal of bells was often rung when Elizabeth I was being rowed up or down the river between London and Richmond Palace. The […]

The GMB Southern region which is highlighting opposition to the Nine Elms Bridge plan has called on Mayor of London Sadiq Khan to withhold support. The cycle and foot crossing would cost around £100m according to opponents. The union statement follows a written reply by Sadiq Khan to a question in the London Assembly. The […]

May Morris: Art & Life exhibition at the William Morris Gallery in Walthamstow gives  glimpse of her life by the Thames in London and Oxfordshire. May was the daughter of William Morris who lived by the river at 8 Hammersmith Terrace in London and upstream at remote Kelmscott near Lechlade. William founded the Chiswick Press […]