Updates

The summer issue of Thames Guardian, the River Thames Society‘s magazine, has a reminder that  Shillingford Bridge is being restored this summer. The Thames Path runs up the side of the bridge when it leaves the towpath to pass through the hamlet. Stonemasons are working on the bridge’s arches and attractive parapet which means that […]

The confusion over the path closure just downstream of Greenwich continues. As I reported earlier, some of the path is sometimes open and the diversion is not signposted. Walk London has posted a diversion map which may help.

Yesterday Surrey Docks Farm opened its new cafe offering full meals and light refreshments. The operating hours are Wednesday to Sunday 10am to 5pm. The very welcome cafe launch comes just ahead of the Spring Fair this Saturday 22 May. Open from 10am to 5pm. There are lots of attractions planned but the big event […]

The news that the Museum of Docklands has abolished admission charges needs to be spread. Free admission started this month and there is much Thames history to be found there. The Museum is on West India Quay which is a short walk from West India Quay Station and Canary Wharf Station. Open 10am-6pm.

In September last year I reported that the link path from Shiplake’s Mill Road to the towpath will be reopened following an inquiry. Since then there has been an appeal by a landowner heard at the High Court. The judges dismissed the application and today I have been told by Dave Ramm of the local […]

I have just caught up with Peter Marshall’s pictures of the Thames Path around Wallingford on Easter Eve. If you have not walked into Wallingford recently you will find the pictures of the Oxford University Boat Club’s new boathouse.

The Marco Polo building downstream of Chelsea Bridge is hardly noticed by walkers as the Thames Path has to go round the back of its neighbour Battersea Power Station. Marco Polo House has stood on by the river for almost 25 years. For a time The Observer occupied part of the building. According to a […]

There is much concern about the riverside path between the Dome and Greenwich being closed with no diversion signs. I walked the route on Saturday afternoon. It was a fantastic warm afternoon and all went well until after Bay Wharf. (This is an old boatyard which should reopen if plans are realised.) Here at a […]

The annual World Poohsticks Championships at Little Wittenham was cancelled today due to fast running water. Maybe this should be a summer event. There used to be problems when it was held on the first Sunday in January. In 1997 the fun contest was cancelled due to the river being frozen. I understand that there […]

Today is the start of Holy Week and this holiday walkers may like to pause at Southwark Cathedral where a cross has been erected in the churchyard on the south side. It stands where the Christmas Tree is found in December. The cross is large like the original and has a crossbar made from wood […]