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The Thames Valley is an area in South East England that extends along the River Thames west of London towards Oxford. The area is a major tourist destination and economic hub on the M4 corridor , with a high concentration of technology companies.
After the river took its present-day course, many of the banks of the Thames Estuary and the Thames Valley in London were partly covered in marshland, as was the adjoining Lower Lea Valley. Streams and rivers like the River Lea , Tyburn Brook and Bollo Brook drained into the river, while some islands, e.g. Thorney Island , formed over the ages.
The Thames Valley Housing Association (also Thames Valley housing) was a medium-sized housing association based in Twickenham, South West London, which owned or managed around 15,000 homes at the time of the merge. These included traditional rented housing, shared ownership, key worker and student accommodations.
Thames Valley (European Parliament constituency) (1979–1999) Thames Valley Police, a Police Force covering Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire; Thames Valley University, former name of University of West London; ITV Thames Valley, a former ITV region; M4 corridor, part of which is synonymous with the Thames Valley
The Thames Valley is a non-administrative region in the North Island of New Zealand. Broadly, it is the valley component of the Waihou River catchment (which was formerly known as the Thames River). The lower part of the valley is more commonly known as the Hauraki Plains . [ 1 ]
The Thames Path uses the existing Thames towpath between Inglesham and Putney Bridge wherever possible. The former Thames and Severn Canal entrance is the present-day limit of navigation [13] [14] for powered craft, and is one and a half miles upstream of the highest lock (St John's Lock), near Lechlade. [15]
The Thames's north bank tributary, the Lea, extended its course southwards from Hertfordshire to join the diverted Thames somewhere south of Tottenham. In addition, the Colne river was formed as a new north bank tributary of the Thames, flowing south from Hertfordshire, along part of the former valley of the Thames, to join the Thames at Uxbridge.
Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales.The European Parliament constituencies used under that system were smaller than the later regional constituencies and only had one Member of the European Parliament each.