Updates

The high flow of water has caused the riverside path at North Meadow outside Cricklade to be breached. Indeed it is being described as the Thames “changing course”. One can leave Cricklade on the official route but at West Mill one must now turn away from the river and follow West Mill Lane inland. Keep […]

Good news from the Greenwich Peninsula where the riverside path between the 02 Dome and Greenwich is suddenly open without any diversions. So having walked round the outside of the 02 and reached the restored drawdock you can now again stay beside the Thames. At first the path even has a separate cycle lane marked […]

Today was sunny enough for me to want to walk the Thames Path at Greenwich. Lunch was at Goddard’s pie and mash shop in the former Cricketers pub at the back of Greenwich Market. For years I used to enjoy lunch at Ye Olde Pie House in Greenwich near today’s DLR station. It was not […]

The towpath has been flooded today by the extra high tides. The Mail has pictures.

Running coach Simon Barnes has completed the Thames Path in 57 hours and 10 minutes. He walked upstream without stopping for sleep a year ago this month when the weather was better. A short report appears in the latest Strider, the Long Distance Walkers Association magazine. He might have been even quicker had he not […]

An updated edition of Cicerone’s Thames Path is out now. This just issued guide is the most up to date available. Included are the many changes in London as well as the recovered waterside route at Shiplake. Copies are available from Cicerone.  

The arrival of better weather has allowed work to start on repairing and painting Bourne End Bridge. The iron and steel railway crossing, which carries the Maidenhead-Marlow branch line, was built in 1895 to succeed a wooden one. The work will take all summer but walkers will still be able to use the footbridge which was […]

Some important points are made about the state of the Thames Path by John Orchard of Oxfordshire Ramblers. Writing in the latest South East Walker, he says that the entire Thames was recently under a flood warning. “Vast swathes of land under water” for weeks has been the situation especially in the Abingdon area. An […]

Last week rubbish was dumped in Waterhay car park between Cricklade and Ashton Keynes. The gate was also damaged. It’s already  reopened thanks to a Cotswold Water Park team working with local farmers and the Freeth family.

It appears that the path in front of Lovell’s Wharf is now open. This is almost certainly a temporary measure since the section to the north may be closed when more flats are built. But for now you don’t have go inland. More updates will be posted here. Meanwhile here is the latest report.