The annual Blessing of the River Thames t0ok place on Baptism Sunday 8 January with prayers for those working on the river. A wooden cross, inspired by the Epiphany Orthodox tradition on twelfth day of Christmas, is cast into the water. Processions of clergy and congregation from Southwark Cathedral on the south bank and St […]
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A statue of Virginia Woolf has been unveiled on the Thames Path at Richmond. The writer lived in the town for a decade from 1914 and liked to walk along the Thames every day. Now she is depicted sitting on a long seat where today’s walkers can join her to look at the river. Virginia […]
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Day’s Lock Meadow beside the River Thames has been voluntarily registered by landowner Keith Ives. Mr Ives bought the land in 2020 and, as a person with a strong sense of community, agreed voluntarily to register the site so that it can continue to be enjoyed by the public. Thanks to a long campaign by […]
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Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, current favourite to win the Conservative leadership and become Prime Minister, is a descendant of the City of London’s famous Navigation Clerk of Works Charles Truss. Truss’s Island in the River Thames is named after him. The island, restored in 1992 with water again on all sides, is on the right […]
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It is like a sudden return to the recent past to find the new path at Wandsworth’s Riverside Quarter closed after being able to enjoy it. Bur construction is not over. After crossing the River Wandle go right with the Wandle to reach the confluence with the Thames. But on turning upstream on the Thames […]
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On Tuesday Greenwich Council is being asked to approve a planning application which will result in the loss of riverside willow trees on the Thames Path. The application is for the construction of conveyor belts over the Thames Path at Tunnel Wharf and associated refurbishment works to the jetty. Tunnel Wharf is next to the […]
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Which is the best pub on the Thames Path at Windsor? Once, arriving in the town from Staines, one might have ended the walk by dropping thankfully into The Donkey House at the end of Romney Walk. It was on the river next to the towpath and within sight of the bridge. But that pub […]
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The towpath between Barnes Bridge and riverside Jubilee Gardens in Mortlake is likely to remain closed until early October. The work by the Environment Agency , which began last month, involves strengthening flood defences. The diversion means that walkers approaching Barnes Bridge must go under the road arch. Beyond the bridge there is only a […]
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It is probably too hot walk along the River Thames for a few days. Hammersmith Bridge is being wrapped in foil to protect the ancient structure and Tuesday’s Doggett’s Coat & Badge scullers’ race from London Bridge to Chelsea is postponed. Stretches which are like woodland walks in summer, such as Putney to Barnes and […]
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Poet Percy B Shelley was drowned at sea and cremated on an Italian beach 200 years ago. The anniversary of his death is Friday 8 July. Shelley was more used to the waters of the River Thames and places associated with him can be found in the upper and lower reaches. He first lived with […]
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