The tree alongside the Thames Path in Shad Thames is now subject of a protection order. This prevents the tree from being chopped down and campaigners are hoping that the order will be made permanent. Fears were raised when an application was made by a nearby cafe to remove the tree. The full story is […]
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St Mary’s Church in Mortlake is keeping its 475th anniversary. The church was placed on its present site during a brief period when Henry VIII had control of the manor. The tower is Tudor. Was it built so bells could be rung as the king was rowed past to and from Hampton Court? The village […]
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The long awaited Thames Path missing link between the Thames Barrier and Woolwich will open next week. The new route is being opened by Cllr Denise Scott-McDonald of the Royal Borough of Greenwich and the Mayor of London’s walking and cycling commissioner Dr Will Norman on Wednesday afternoon 20 June. The ceremony will begin at 3.30pm […]
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Reading’s importance owes much to its riverside abbey visited by royalty, archbishops and statesmen. From this Saturday 16 June Reading’s abbey ruins will again be open to the public free of charge following a restoration programme. Grass has been placed along the top of exposed walls to slow crumbling. The monastery opened in 1121 so […]
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A move is being made to fell the only tree in the Butler’s Wharf area. It is the Lombardy Poplar on Portland Wharf which is flanked by Tower Bridge and Horsley Down Old Stairs. The application to Southwark Council is being made by the Horace Jones Vault cafe located in the nearby Tower Bridge undercroft. […]
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This is the first summer when walkers can enjoy the riverside path at Inglesham in Wiltshire. Some people could be setting out on the Thames Path unaware that there is a great improvement upstream of Lechlade. Inglesham has long been the place where the river changes dramatically. Navigation ends and with it the towpath. With […]
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The unofficial Thames Path extension from Erith allows many to begin their long walk where there is a feel of the estuary. But this recent addition does not join the national trail’s start at the Thames Barrier. There is a rather unpleasant detour away from the river between Woolwich’s King Henry’s Wharf and the Thames […]
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The Jack in the Green was on the Thames Path today making its annual May Day appearance. It is the remnant of a widespread south-east London tradition kept by chimney sweeps whose profits had always dropped by May as warmer weather approached. An hidden man encased in a frame covered in greenery would dance his […]
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Closed notices have appeared on the Thames Path just upstream of King’s Lock above Oxford. The towpath footbridge spanning Wytham Stream has been closed on safety grounds by the Environment Agency. “As a precautionary measure, the bridge is closed until further notice,” says a spokesperson who explained that cracks have been reported in the concrete […]
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Construction work on Commercial Pier Wharf in London’s Rotherhithe is a reminder that a long built but still closed section of the riverside path will shortly be opening. The section is between Randall Rents to upstream Barnard’s Wharf adjacent to Surrey Docks Farm. The path already exists on Odessa Wharf and New Caledonian Wharf. The […]
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