Tide Tables Cafe at Richmond is easily missed but is probably the best place to stop. You find Tide Tables Cafe underneath Richmond Bridge. Walking river thames societupstream you can pass through the tunnel under the bridge. There are two more to the left. One is still a boat builders. The furthest inland is Tide […]
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This Saturday afternoon 18 November sees the first consultation exhibition for the proposed Rotherhithe Bridge. The display is at Canada Water Library, next to the station, from 12.30 to 4.30pm. The plan is to build a crossing between Rotherhithe Street and the Isle of Dogs for walkers and cyclists. It needs to be able to […]
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The river has been dramatically low around Richmond this month. This is because November sees the annual Draw-Off when Richmond lock is opened and its weirs and sluices lifted. This allows the river below Teddington Lock to drain down at low tide. The White Cross pub in Richmond often has a flooded frontage but today there […]
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There is good news for anyone setting out on the Thames Path this half term week. When you reach Inglesham in Wiltshire you will not have to call a taxi to avoid a dangerous road walk. You can now follow the river. Until this autumn the way upstream from Inglesham Church involved a detour of […]
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Lombard Wharf in London’s Battersea is now open. The new building on the site is a controversial 28 storey Barratt Homes tower block. But there is planning gain. The wharf is on the upstream side of Battersea Railway Bridge. Walking upstream from central London along Albion Quay you come up against the railway bridge. In the […]
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The entry into Marlow always requires leaving the water early to find Seven Corner Alley where the towing horses were led into the town. Until next March walkers are leaving the water even earlier. There is a temporary diversion beginning just after you have gone under the Marlow Bypass. Instead of staying by the water […]
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Rotherhithe has a new feature. Public toilets, famous for having Ladies and Gentleman boards in Norwegian, have given way to an extended space in front of the Norwegian Church. St Olav Square was inaugurated this month by Princess Astrid who also unveiled a bust of King Haakon VII. Haakon brought his exiled government to London […]
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The Thames Super Sewer project work is now affecting the Thames Path around Vauxhall. After Lambeth Bridge, the path follows the Albert Embankment where the road gradually leaves the riverside allowing the path to be separated from traffic by welcome grass. However, where the path once went ahead between a building and the water there […]
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The Telegraph’s 20 Best Beer Gardens in London includes five by the River Thames. The Gipsy Moth in Greenwich and The Ship at Wandsworth are on the Thames Path. The three others on the list are The Gun at Coldharbour in Docklands, City Barge at Strand-on-the-Green and The White Swan at Twickenham. The latter two […]
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From Thursday 24 August to Saturday 26 August, during the Reading Festival, the Thames Path will be closed from 9pm to 6am between Caversham Bridge to Scours Lane near Tilehurst. The festival is sold out so 100,000 people can now be expected to attend. A temporary bridge has again been erected across the Thames near […]
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