River Thames: current conditions updated for Monday 20 March 2023. Changes to the following reaches - Osney, Whitchurch, Sonning, Cookham, Boulters, Bray and Penton Hook.

Canvey Island in southern Essex (area 18.45km 2, 7.12sqmi; population 40,000 [14]) was once marshy, but is now a fully reclaimed island in the Thames estuary, separated from the mainland of south Essex by a network of creeks. Lying below sea level, it is prone to flooding at exceptional tides, but has nevertheless been inhabited since Roman times. River Thames: current conditions updated for Monday 10 April 2023. Changes to following reaches - Boulters, Bray, Shepperton. River Thames: current conditions updated for Friday 20 October 2023. Changes to following reaches - Grafton, Northmoor, Iffley, Sandford, Abingdon, Culham, Days, Benson, Cleeve, Goring, Whitchurch, Sonning, Romney, Old Windsor, Bell Weir, Penton Hook, Chertsey and Shepperton. Grahame, Kenneth (2009). The Wind in the Willows: An Annotated Edition. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0674034471.Since Roman times and perhaps earlier, the isostatic rebound from the weight of previous ice sheets, and its interplay with the eustatic change in sea level, have resulted in the old valley of the River Brent, together with that of the Thames, silting up again. Thus, along much of the Brent's present-day course, one can make out the water-meadows of rich alluvium, which is augmented by frequent floods. Until the middle of the Victorian era malaria was commonplace beside the River Thames, even in London, and was frequently lethal. Some cases continued to occur into the early 20th century. Draining of the marshes had to do with its eradication, but the causes are complex and unclear. River Thames current river conditions updated for Monday 27 February 2023. No stream warning changes. River Thames Free Fishing". River Thames Alliance. Archived from the original on 29 November 2010 . Retrieved 10 June 2010. River Thames: current conditions updated for Wednesday 1 February 2023. Change to Penton Hook reach.

Between west London to the end of the route at the Thames Barrier in Greenwich, look out for the Thames Path National Trail symbol. Beyond the Thames Barrier, the route is way-marked with the Thames Barge Symbol. Maps and guides River Thames: current conditions updated for Wednesday 6 September 2023. No stream warning changes. Since June 2012, the Port of London Authority has made a by-law, which it enforces, that bans swimming between Putney Bridge and Crossness, Thamesmead (thus including all of central London), without obtaining prior permission, on the grounds that swimmers in that area of the river endanger not only themselves, due to the strong current of the river, but also other river users. [97] Scargill, Naila (18 December 2019). "Stanley Spencer's Love Affair With the Thames Revealed in New Show". Trebuchet. Archived from the original on 25 October 2020 . Retrieved 27 August 2020. River Thames: Current conditions updated for Saturday 6 May 2023. Changes to the following reaches - Grafton, Radcot and Rushey.When travelling upstream, keep red navigation buoys to your left and green navigation buoys to your right. River Thames: current river conditions updated for Wednesday 22 November 2023. No stream warning changes. River Thames: current conditions updated for Thursday 26 January 2023. Changes to the following reaches: Sandford, Abingdon, Culham, Cleeve, Bray, Shepperton and Sunbury.