Thames Path

The Thames Path National Trail links with the King Charles III England Coast Path at Woolwich Foot Tunnel and continues along the Thames estuary to Grain, the only source-to-sea National Trail. 📷 @JohnMTippetts blogs mywalks.uk/about #fingerpostfriday @EnglandCoastal

👏👏 The Benson Weir Walkway is due to open on 1st April. The Weir has been rebuilt with new radial gates, a new fish pass and wider walkway between Benson Lock and Preston Crowmarsh #fingerpostfriday @MariaHerlihyEA @EnvAgencySE @RomneyWeir

I must have passed this bench at Barnes at least 10 times and never once stopped to read the inscription. Thanks to Wendy the @ThamesPathNT volunteer extraordinaire I now understand its significance to the Thames Path. We owe a lot to David Sharp & wife visitthames.co.uk/ideas-inspirat…

👏👏 Volunteers Ian B and Ian C installed a new #ThamesPath fingerpost (made in our workshop) near Ashton Keynes yesterday, then cleared the path and cleaned waymarkers. Great job guys, thank you 🙏 #fingerpostfriday #footpathfriday #Volunteers @PeterFinch12067

The Prince and Princess of Wales during a visit to the RNLI Tower Lifeboat Station in London 💛

To celebrate 25 years of the amazing @rnli The Prince and Princess of Wales visited the country’s busiest lifeboat station on the River Thames to learn about their work

The Prince and Princess of Wales on the River Thames today 💛

NEW: The Prince and Princess of Wales made a surprise visit to London's Borough Market today, touring the stalls in the iconic food market. The previously unannounced visit saw the couple spend time at a cheese stall, a coffee shop helping homelessness and a dessert business.

Queen Cynethryth was the only Anglo Saxon queen to have her own coins minted. She was Abbess at Cookham Abbey, now adjacent to the Thames Path. The Reading University dig will be open this summer. cookhamabbey.org.uk #InternationalWomensDay @UniofReading #Archaeology

Marlow Bridge Repair work is closing the bridge for weekends: 14-15 March, 11-12 & 18-19 April. @BucksCouncil recommend diversion to Henley via Harleyford and Medmenham to Hambleden Mill. Map🔽 nationaltrail.co.uk/en_GB/short-ro… @MyMarlowUK @BerksWalkers @PeterFinch12067 @PipsticksWalks

The TP now crosses Marlow Bridge due to the long term closure of upstream Temple Bridge.

Old Father Thames ⁦@HamHouseNT⁩ still has a winter coat in case frost returns

Petersham Lodge Woods flooded by Thames high tide

Thames Path runs through farm.

Pollarding willow trees helps to give them long lives and good habitats for bats, insects, birds and plants. They also grow thicker trunks 🤗 as these two on the #thamespath in Oxford show. @TiCLme #trees #thicktrunktuesday

Ewen: The Wild Duck reopens today. Turn right for 0.2 miles. Bar snacks promised. Smoked Haddock, chips & mushy peas £22; b&b for two from £140. Last pub before Source. countrycreatures.com/wild-duck-ewen/

Remembering Rambler David Sharp, born #OTD 100 years ago. David was the 'father' of the Thames Path, leading surveys, relentlessly negotiating the route and writing guide books before it was approved in 1989. Read @CampaignerKate tribute 👇 campaignerkate.wordpress.com/2015/05/13/dav… #ramblers

Butler’s Wharf is next to Tower Bridge

Temple Bridge: Entire footbridge needs replacing says Environment Agency. Diversion to remain for years. bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/25884023.…

The @EnvAgencySE say: '...both side sections are fragile, due to the rot in the deck board and parapets...outline designs for the bridge refurbishment or replacement are planned for completion by 31 March' More 👇 #35166" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">…environmentagency.uk.engagementhq.com/thames-area-as… A sad sight in @JohnMTippetts photos.