Donkeys were on the Thames Path today alongside Surrey Docks Farm near Rotherhithe.

Marlow’s River: How the Thames shaped our town is the title of a small exhibition at Marlow Museum. This can be found in Pound Lane opposite Burgers in the High Street. The exhibition continues until October; open weekends and bank holidays 1-5pm; free. Meanwhile the Tourist Information Centre has moved into the Library in Institute Road; open […]

There is over two hours of live BBC1 TV coverage from the River Thames this afternoon, Saturday 11 April, thanks to the two Boat Races. Expect  a good commentary from Clare Balding and plenty of shots from the helicopter between Putney and Barnes. Maybe HMS Stork will get a mention.  

The Ravilious exhibition of 80 watercolours Dulwich Picture Gallery has just two featuring the Thames but both are very interesting. In 1931 young Eric Ravilious and his wife Tirzah moved into a riverside flat at Hammersmith. The view was of the Thames with Chiswick Eyot directly opposite. It was this view which Eric painted in […]

Many reasons have been put forward for thinking again about building the Garden Bridge across the River Thames. The crossing would link the South Bank, near the Oxo Tower, with Temple in the City of London. The huge and unexpected cost to the public purse as well as the need to fell trees to build […]

  This spring is a best time to walk the Thames Path on Runnymede near Egham for this summer there will be a growing focus on Magna Carta 800. The document was agreed by King John and his discontented barons at Runnymede in 1215. It is taken as the start of the rule of law […]

After forty years Putney Sea Scouts are in danger of losing their riverside site. Landlord Wandsworth Council is not renewing the lease as it wants the Scout building to be shared with a learning disability project. Scout leaders deem the building to be too small for sharing following an attempt at using the same facilities […]

A sundial has been placed on the Thames Path across the water from the Tower of London. The timepiece has been designed by Piers Nicholson, the son of conservationist Max Nicholson who died in 2003. This stretch of the Thames Path in front of Potters Fields is also part of the Queen’s Silver Jubilee Walkway […]

There is a temporary diversion in Oxford from Monday 9 March. Just upstream of Folly Bridge there will be work on the footbridge carrying the towpath over the main Bulstake Stream channel. DIVERSION DIRECTIONS: Go over the Gas Bridges to follow Castle Mill Stream. At Oxpends Road go left to walk as far as Park […]

A Travelodge has opened at Egham just in time for the Magna Carta 800 celebrations on nearby Runnymede in June. This will be handy for walkers as it is in the town centre, next to the new Waitrose, and near the station. The best approach to the Thames Path is to walk down Hummer Road and across […]