Updates

The St Frideswide’s Way is being inaugurated on Wednesday morning when a group of walkers set out from Christ Church Oxford for Reading Abbey. Saint Frideswide, a Saxon princess who died in 727, is the patron saint of Oxford. Her reconstructed shrine is in the cathedral found within the college. Thames walkers may know of […]

There will be a 62 round gun salute from Tower Wharf today Tuesday 25 June at 12.10pm to welcome the Emperor of Japan to London. This will be simultaneous with the Emperor and Empress being greeted by the King and Queen on Horse Guards Parade at the start of a State Visit. The salute in […]

Due to the failure of the Environment Agency to repair the wooden horse bridge at Henley’s Marsh Lock there is a new diversion. This more severe, and at times depressing, 2.7 mile route is necessary as landowner Culden Faw Estate has run out of patience. For more than a year the estate provided a handy […]

Bambers Steps at Richmond have been named after Thames-side resident Bamber Gascoigne who died two years ago today. The television personalty, known for his role in University Challenge, lived by the river in Richmond and often swam from the steps. The water access is found at the end of the length of towpath known as […]

When the Thames Path opened 28 years ago walkers could choose between two pie and mash shops in Deptford High Street. But this year will be the last chance to enjoy pie and mash in Deptford as it has been announced that the surviving one will close early next year 2025. Manze’s at 204 Deptford […]

The 2024 Blessing the River from London Bridge will be on Sunday 14 January at 12.15pm. This year’s slightly later date is due to The Epiphany (6 January) falling at a weekend resulting in church calendars moving ‘Twelfth Night’ on a day to Sunday 7 January. This displaced the Baptism of Christ Sunday which is […]

Pulhams Coaches is now operating a route 64 between Swindon and Lechlade. This is the restoration of a bus service used by walkers in the past. There are four buses out of Swindon and three from Lechlade daily except Sundays. The timetable shows a bus arriving in Lechlade at 9.31am which could be handy for […]

Choral Evensong comes live on BBC Radio 3 this Wednesday 4 October from Greenwich’s Old Royal Naval College Chapel. If you are passing on the Thames Path and wish to attend you should be seated by 3.45pm for the 4pm start. The service, sung by the chapel choir, is led by the Revd Stephen Stavrou, […]

The Benson Ferry (Benson Lock to Benson Waterfront) is at present running daily 9.30am to 6pm. Upstream walkers should cross the downstream lock gate and bear left past the lock cottage for the ferry point. The wait is usually about 15 minutes at most. One way fare: £2 Dogs allowed. Further updates will appear on […]

A long line has been added to the UBR stone on Putney Embankment. The University Boat Race starting post has been moved slightly forward to allow for a large viewing platform to be built behind. The starting line runs across the new land reclaimed from the Thames as a result of the Thames Tideway, or […]