Updates

Abingdon has changed its name to Abingdon-on-Thames to attract more visitors. The town used to call itself Abingdon-on-Thames and now the town council has won approval from the district council to make the old name official. The welcome signs will be changed soon although the best welcome would be the reopening of the Nag’s Head […]

The plan to replace the stolen Altwood statue on Ray Mill Island with a new cast looks like being fulfilled soon thanks to generous donations from Maidenhead councillors. The story is in the Maidenhead Advertiser. See Boulter’s Lock on pages 99 and 100.

The Thames path will be closed again this year in early July for the Henley Festival. The always slightly complicated arrangements are in the Henley Standard. Locally-based Open Spaces Society general secretary Kate Ashbrook continues to speak up for the Thames Path not being so easily diverted every year.

Greenwich becomes a Royal Borough this weekend. The street signs are being changed to include the Royal Borough of Greenwich. There is one already in Creek Road which includes a short stretch of the Thames Path. The royal palace has been replaced by the Royal Naval College buildings now occupied by the University of Greenwich. […]

The National Trails website has posted advice to walkers on the Thames Path who reach Inglesham in Wiltshire. It suggests that “the section of Thames Path between Upper Inglesham and Inglesham is currently best negotiated by taxi or bus”. The section is just over a mile long and follows a main road rather than the […]

The Thames Path upstream of Tate Modern by the southern exit of Blackfriars Station will close for further work on the station during the following weekends: 11 and 12 February;  18 and 19 February and  25 and 26 February. There is advance notice of a much longer closure from the evening of Friday 9 March to […]

All next week from Monday 16 January the Metropolitan Police and Royal Marines are taking part in  a joint security exercise  ahead of the London Olympics. Expect to see fast craft on the water and helicopters above from time to time day or night.

The Thames Path under Blackfriars Railway Bridge will be liable to closure from 10.30pm to 5am until April. There  will also be some weekend closures. These measures are to allow the construction of the new Blackfriars Station to be completed this Spring. The new southern station entrance will remain open on weekdays.

The lectern stolen from Ashton Keynes Church last September has been found in Romania. The Daily Telegraph has the story today. The partly Saxon church, restored by William Butterfield, is near the Thames Path which runs through the Wiltshire village near Cricklade.    

Unusual high and low tides to be seen in the capital this week. LBC 97.3 has released this video of conditions at Richmond on Tuesday.