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The River Thames (/ tɛmz / ⓘ TEMZ), known alternatively in parts as the River Isis, is a river that flows through southern England including London. At 215 miles (346 km), it is the longest river entirely in England and the second-longest in the United Kingdom, after the River Severn. The river rises at Thames Head in Gloucestershire and ...
List of crossings of the River Thames. London Bridge, in central London. Newbridge, in rural Oxfordshire. The River Thames is the second-longest river in the United Kingdom, passes through the capital city, and has many crossings. Counting every channel – such as by its islands linked to only one bank – it is crossed by over 300 bridges.
0.60 m 3 /s (21 cu ft/s)14 September 1990. • maximum. 53.1 m 3 /s (1,880 cu ft/s)4 February 1990. The River Thame / ˈteɪm / is a river in Southern England. A tributary of the River Thames, the river runs generally south-westward for about 40 mi (64 km) from its source above the Buckinghamshire town of Aylesbury to the Thames in south-east ...
Thames Estuary. Coordinates: wiki 51°30′N 0°35′E. The half of the estuary that lies east of its narrow Tideway -named part, by the Operational Land Imager. The Thames Estuary is where the River Thames meets the waters of the North Sea, in the south-east of Great Britain.
Mapledurham Lock. The English River Thames is navigable from Cricklade (for very small, shallow boats) or Lechlade (for larger boats) to the sea, and this part of the river falls 71 meters (234 feet). There are 45 locks on the river, each with one or more adjacent weirs. These lock and weir combinations are used for controlling the flow of ...
Sheppey - Minster from Elmley Marshes. Oliver's Island looking downstream. Glover's Island from Richmond Hill. Raven's Ait from Queen's Promenade. Platts Eyot - Port Hampton. Ham Island - The Cut. Bavin's Gulls and Cliveden. Temple Island, Henley. The islands are listed in order upstream from the sea.
The Thames Path is a National Trail following the River Thames from one of its sources near Kemble in Gloucestershire to the Woolwich foot tunnel, south east London. It is about 185 miles (298 km) long. [1][2] A path was first proposed in 1948 but it only opened in 1996. [3][4]
The Dartford–Thurrock River Crossing, commonly known as the Dartford Crossing and until 1991 the Dartford Tunnel, is a major road crossing of the River Thames in England, carrying the A282 road between Dartford in Kent in the south and Thurrock in Essex in the north. It consists of two bored tunnels and the cable-stayed Queen Elizabeth II Bridge.