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Lord Davies of Abersoch, chairman of the Garden Bridge Trust, has urged the new Transport Secretary Chris Grayling to back the Garden Bridge project. His appeal comes at the time of astonishing news that the Trust is asking the Department for Transport for an extension to the financial support offered by the Government. A Department […]

The Thames Path 20th Anniversary Relay Walk has reached London. This Saturday 23 July 2016 the relay will set out from St George Wharf in Vauxhall at 10.30am to cover the twelve miles to the Thames Barrier. The party will be passing the great landmarks including Lambeth Palace, the Houses of Parliament, Tate Modern, Shakespeare’s Globe, St […]

Swan Upping starts on the Thames today at Sonning. This week walkers will see the skiffs belonging to the Queen and the Vintners’ and Dyers’ livery companies carrying the Royal Swan Uppers and the Swan Uppers upstream as they count the swans and check on their health. The Royal Swan Uppers wear the scarlet uniform. Today’s trip […]

This month July 2016 marks the 20th anniversary of the Thames Path’s opening. Today, Saturday 9 July, a commemorative baton was carried from the Source in Gloucestershire by  a group of walkers. The baton relay reaches Cricklade this afternoon. The series of Rambler-led walks along the length of the Thames Path will take the baton past the Thames […]

The Times 30 Best Summer Pubs includes two on the Thames. The Miller of Mansfield at Goring has won its place thanks to Nick and Mary Galer who have been running the inn for just two years. “Head off on a walk along the Thames Path. Return to the comfortable rooms with quirky wallpaper and […]

The House of Commons’ Serjeant at Arms has given permission for a flower laden dinghy decorated in remembrance of Jo Cox MP to remain on the river in front of the House of Commons. A barge carrying the family of Jo Cox, and towing the dinghy, left Wapping shortly after 2pm preceded by a police boat and a […]

From the Thames Path in London this afternoon (Wednesday 22 June 2016) you may see a craft carrying the family of the late Jo Cox MP who was murdered last week. Today is her birthday. The family is sailing at about 3pm from Jo’s houseboat mooring in Wapping, opposite Bermondsey Wall West, upstream through Tower Bridge to […]

The Thames Path has another attraction. The relaunch of Tate Modern with the opening of its new addition with viewing gallery means that there are even more stopping places for refreshment on Bankside. It is now possible to walk through the middle of the Tate Modern building to the south side. Directly ahead is a […]

Royal Mail Ship St Helena sailed up the River Thames on Tuesday afternoon (7 June) on a farewell visit. The ship is due to be sold and its regular Cape Town to St Helena voyages carrying the Royal Mail replaced by an aircraft. It was exactly 4.55pm as RMS St Helena passed through Tower Bridge. […]

The Thames Path opened twenty years ago on 24 July 1996. This anniversary year 2016 is being marked by a baton relay from source to beyond the Thames Barrier. The first walk is from Kemble to Cricklade. There are sixteen stages with the numner of walkers limited to fifty persons. The start is on Saturday […]