Saturday, 31 August 2019

Regatta London: The Tide Will Be Stopped For Thames Paddlesports Event | Londonist

Regatta London: The Tide Will Be Stopped For Thames Paddlesports Event | Londonist

... King Cnut couldn't hold back the tide, but the Thames Barrier can. During a test closure on 29 September, hundreds of craft will take to the water for ... ...

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria found in Thames - BBC News

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria found in Thames - BBC News

... Bacteria which are resistant to antibiotics has been found within the tonnes of sewage dumped into the River Thames. Scientists at the University of ... ...

London's lost beach that everyone's forgotten about - MyLondon

London's lost beach that everyone's forgotten about - MyLondon

... Sadly, Tower Beach was finally closed in 1971 over fears regarding the quality of the Thames water. In modern day the stretch of the River Thames ... ...

Thames Barrier Annual Closure - GOV.UK

Thames Barrier Annual Closure - GOV.UK

The Thames Barrier, which protects 125 square km of London from tidal flooding, is to carry out its annual full tide test closure on Sunday 29 September.

Saturday, 17 August 2019

Tragedy on the Thames: 30 years on, remembering the Marchioness disaster | The Independent

Tragedy on the Thames: 30 years on, remembering the Marchioness disaster | The Independent

... Thirty-one, at most 41, seconds later, very many revellers and their skipper were dead, drowned in the muddy, oily waters of London's River Thames. ...

Mudlarking by Lara Maiklem review – lost and found on the River Thames | Books | The Guardian

Mudlarking by Lara Maiklem review – lost and found on the River Thames | Books | The Guardian

... A fascinating insight into the discarded objects and lost things that wash up on the foreshore ...
... A vast and mobile archaeological site, the Thames is uniquely suited to mudlarks because it is tidal, which means that every day, as Maiklem explains, ... 

Thursday, 15 August 2019

London's Bridges on Film

London's Bridges on Film

A special selection of films capturing a century of life along the Thames and the iconic structures spanning it, to mark the launch of Illuminated River, a major new public art commission.

Thriving seals signal revival of the Thames: Surge in wildlife living happily in cleaner river | London Evening Standard

Thriving seals signal revival of the Thames: Surge in wildlife living happily in cleaner river | London Evening Standard

... A surge in wildlife in the Thames should make it as celebrated a habitat as parks and woodlands, experts say. The river, biologically dead 50 years ago, is now ... ...