Thames Path National Trail
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Follow the iconic River Thames on the Thames Path National Trail. 185.2 miles of history, wildlife, villages, towns, cities and beautiful countryside from its source in Gloucestershire to London. https://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/en_GB/trails/thames-path
Several rivers in the Thames valley have Flood Alerts after Storm Claudia. The Thames Path may not be flooded, yet. Bookmark the Flood Alerts and Warnings page 👇now and check later to avoid flooded sections.
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📷flooding at Day's Lock in Sept 2024
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📷flooding at Day's Lock in Sept 2024
November 14, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Several rivers in the Thames valley have Flood Alerts after Storm Claudia. The Thames Path may not be flooded, yet. Bookmark the Flood Alerts and Warnings page 👇now and check later to avoid flooded sections.
check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk/alerts-and-w...
📷flooding at Day's Lock in Sept 2024
check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk/alerts-and-w...
📷flooding at Day's Lock in Sept 2024
Last Thursday the central span of Temple Bridge was lifted and disconnected from the outer spans of the footbridge across the River Thames. The EA will assess either refurbish or replace the bridge 👇https://engageenvironmentagency.uk.engagementhq.com/thames-area-assets/widgets/131458/faqs#35166
November 11, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Last Thursday the central span of Temple Bridge was lifted and disconnected from the outer spans of the footbridge across the River Thames. The EA will assess either refurbish or replace the bridge 👇https://engageenvironmentagency.uk.engagementhq.com/thames-area-assets/widgets/131458/faqs#35166
Great news from Richmond-upon-Thames, the riverside path will reopen on 8 November after 12 months of repair to the embankment, future-proofing the riverside to cope with rising tides. Join the celebrations 10am on 8 Nov near Richmond Lock.
richmond.gov.uk/news/news_oc...
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October 29, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Great news from Richmond-upon-Thames, the riverside path will reopen on 8 November after 12 months of repair to the embankment, future-proofing the riverside to cope with rising tides. Join the celebrations 10am on 8 Nov near Richmond Lock.
richmond.gov.uk/news/news_oc...
@kristitange.bsky.social
richmond.gov.uk/news/news_oc...
@kristitange.bsky.social
EA contractors removing the central span of Temple Bridge btwn Hurley and Marlow now to assess refurbish or replace. Decision by 31 Oct. Costs to replace the whole bridge by 31 March.
Link 👇 for updates engageenvironmentagency.uk.engagementhq.com/thames-area-...
#thamespath #templebridge
Link 👇 for updates engageenvironmentagency.uk.engagementhq.com/thames-area-...
#thamespath #templebridge
October 2, 2025 at 8:37 AM
EA contractors removing the central span of Temple Bridge btwn Hurley and Marlow now to assess refurbish or replace. Decision by 31 Oct. Costs to replace the whole bridge by 31 March.
Link 👇 for updates engageenvironmentagency.uk.engagementhq.com/thames-area-...
#thamespath #templebridge
Link 👇 for updates engageenvironmentagency.uk.engagementhq.com/thames-area-...
#thamespath #templebridge
Skyscapes above the Thames Traditional Boat festival in July for #CloudAppreciationDay Several of these Dunkirk Little Ships are on the Annual Veterans Cruise this w/e between Chertsey and Staines #riverthames @johnmtippetts.bsky.social @riverthamessoc.bsky.social @patriciastoughton.bsky.social
September 12, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Skyscapes above the Thames Traditional Boat festival in July for #CloudAppreciationDay Several of these Dunkirk Little Ships are on the Annual Veterans Cruise this w/e between Chertsey and Staines #riverthames @johnmtippetts.bsky.social @riverthamessoc.bsky.social @patriciastoughton.bsky.social
Brilliant work by Smallwood Contractors this week regrading and resurfacing the #ThamesPath near Beetle & Wedge, Moulsford, transforming a very muddy section 😒 into a superb route 😀 Today 30+ Walk Works walkers, TP strollers and T184 event runners all approved 👏 #footpathfriday
September 5, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Brilliant work by Smallwood Contractors this week regrading and resurfacing the #ThamesPath near Beetle & Wedge, Moulsford, transforming a very muddy section 😒 into a superb route 😀 Today 30+ Walk Works walkers, TP strollers and T184 event runners all approved 👏 #footpathfriday
Hi Kristi, it may be best to give Bygone Boating a call (phone number on the Benson Ferry sign in the photo) to check they will be running on the day you plan to walk from Wallingford to Abingdon. The walking route is here www.nationaltrail.co.uk/en_GB/short-...
August 31, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Hi Kristi, it may be best to give Bygone Boating a call (phone number on the Benson Ferry sign in the photo) to check they will be running on the day you plan to walk from Wallingford to Abingdon. The walking route is here www.nationaltrail.co.uk/en_GB/short-...
#fingerpostfriday the Thames Path across Benson Weir is due to reopen in Spring 2026. The EA contractor is rebuilding the weir with new radial gates, fish pass and a wide walkway. Benson Ferry operates in summer. Thames Path diversion👇
www.nationaltrail.co.uk/en_GB/short-...
#thamespath #benson
www.nationaltrail.co.uk/en_GB/short-...
#thamespath #benson
August 29, 2025 at 8:10 AM
#fingerpostfriday the Thames Path across Benson Weir is due to reopen in Spring 2026. The EA contractor is rebuilding the weir with new radial gates, fish pass and a wide walkway. Benson Ferry operates in summer. Thames Path diversion👇
www.nationaltrail.co.uk/en_GB/short-...
#thamespath #benson
www.nationaltrail.co.uk/en_GB/short-...
#thamespath #benson
Starting today from Malmesbury, the Athelstan 1100 Pilgrim Walk arrives in Kingston-on-Thames on 4 September, 800 years to the day of the coronation of Athelstan. The Pilgrim Walk includes the #ThamesPath Cricklade to Wallingford and Henley to Kingston 👇
athelstan1100.co.uk/events-ticke...
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August 18, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Starting today from Malmesbury, the Athelstan 1100 Pilgrim Walk arrives in Kingston-on-Thames on 4 September, 800 years to the day of the coronation of Athelstan. The Pilgrim Walk includes the #ThamesPath Cricklade to Wallingford and Henley to Kingston 👇
athelstan1100.co.uk/events-ticke...
athelstan1100.co.uk/events-ticke...
🙏 @campaignerkate.bsky.social for your lovely blog post 👇
of your nostalgic walk in the upper reaches of the Thames from Kelmscott. A great route for summer walks this weekend too. The river's low, meadows are high with grasses and riverside trees give shade #fingerpostfriday #thamespath
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of your nostalgic walk in the upper reaches of the Thames from Kelmscott. A great route for summer walks this weekend too. The river's low, meadows are high with grasses and riverside trees give shade #fingerpostfriday #thamespath
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August 15, 2025 at 9:15 AM
🙏 @campaignerkate.bsky.social for your lovely blog post 👇
of your nostalgic walk in the upper reaches of the Thames from Kelmscott. A great route for summer walks this weekend too. The river's low, meadows are high with grasses and riverside trees give shade #fingerpostfriday #thamespath
Archive 📷
of your nostalgic walk in the upper reaches of the Thames from Kelmscott. A great route for summer walks this weekend too. The river's low, meadows are high with grasses and riverside trees give shade #fingerpostfriday #thamespath
Archive 📷
Spot the #ThamesPath fingerpost through the willow leaves at Bellrope Meadow, Cookham, with the fascinating Cookham Abbey University of Reading archaeological dig in the background. Visit 👇
cookhamabbey.org.uk
#fingerpostfriday
cookhamabbey.org.uk
#fingerpostfriday
August 1, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Spot the #ThamesPath fingerpost through the willow leaves at Bellrope Meadow, Cookham, with the fascinating Cookham Abbey University of Reading archaeological dig in the background. Visit 👇
cookhamabbey.org.uk
#fingerpostfriday
cookhamabbey.org.uk
#fingerpostfriday
Good Luck to everyone wearing these bright green t-shirts on the Thames Path Mighty Hike today, starting from Eton to Cookham (half-marathon) and Remenham (marathon) distances, having a great time fund-raising for Macmillan Cancer Support www.macmillan.org.uk/mighty-hikes... 🥾🥾🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️👏👏
July 26, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Good Luck to everyone wearing these bright green t-shirts on the Thames Path Mighty Hike today, starting from Eton to Cookham (half-marathon) and Remenham (marathon) distances, having a great time fund-raising for Macmillan Cancer Support www.macmillan.org.uk/mighty-hikes... 🥾🥾🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️👏👏
The historic tradition of Swan Upping starts today from Sunbury-on-Thames and continues along the River Thames to Abingdon on Friday. Visit Royal Swan website www.royalswan.co.uk for places and times to see this annual census and health-check of swans and cygnets.
#riverthames #thames #swanupping
#riverthames #thames #swanupping
July 14, 2025 at 7:28 AM
The historic tradition of Swan Upping starts today from Sunbury-on-Thames and continues along the River Thames to Abingdon on Friday. Visit Royal Swan website www.royalswan.co.uk for places and times to see this annual census and health-check of swans and cygnets.
#riverthames #thames #swanupping
#riverthames #thames #swanupping
Check our interactive map 👇 for information about diversion routes while the river's embankment and the Thames Path are being repaired through Oxford.
www.nationaltrail.co.uk/en_GB/trails...
www.nationaltrail.co.uk/en_GB/trails...
July 9, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Check our interactive map 👇 for information about diversion routes while the river's embankment and the Thames Path are being repaired through Oxford.
www.nationaltrail.co.uk/en_GB/trails...
www.nationaltrail.co.uk/en_GB/trails...
Here's the link 👇 to the short diversion route to take between Folly Bridge and Donnington Bridge in Oxford thru' July into September while essential repairs are made to the embankment and path.
www.nationaltrail.co.uk/en_GB/short-...
www.nationaltrail.co.uk/en_GB/short-...
July 8, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Here's the link 👇 to the short diversion route to take between Folly Bridge and Donnington Bridge in Oxford thru' July into September while essential repairs are made to the embankment and path.
www.nationaltrail.co.uk/en_GB/short-...
www.nationaltrail.co.uk/en_GB/short-...
Ouch @thewateriswide.net toes take time to heal! Look forward to seeing you on the Thames Path as soon as you've recovered. 🥾🥾
July 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Ouch @thewateriswide.net toes take time to heal! Look forward to seeing you on the Thames Path as soon as you've recovered. 🥾🥾
😍😍 your 🧵 @kristitange.bsky.social That section of the Thames Path east of Tower Bridge is so different from west London into the City! Did you know the Thames Path is also on the north bank of the Thames? More fascinating history and another perspective on the river 👏👏
June 22, 2025 at 8:50 PM
😍😍 your 🧵 @kristitange.bsky.social That section of the Thames Path east of Tower Bridge is so different from west London into the City! Did you know the Thames Path is also on the north bank of the Thames? More fascinating history and another perspective on the river 👏👏
📢 We're recruiting a Project & Volunteer Coordinator to work on the busy and popular Thames Path and Ridgeway National Trails with a great team of volunteers. Apply now and/or share this post 👇
careers.oxfordshire.gov.uk/jobs/job/Nat...
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careers.oxfordshire.gov.uk/jobs/job/Nat...
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June 15, 2025 at 5:40 PM
📢 We're recruiting a Project & Volunteer Coordinator to work on the busy and popular Thames Path and Ridgeway National Trails with a great team of volunteers. Apply now and/or share this post 👇
careers.oxfordshire.gov.uk/jobs/job/Nat...
@nationaltrailsuk.bsky.social @theridgewaynt.bsky.social
careers.oxfordshire.gov.uk/jobs/job/Nat...
@nationaltrailsuk.bsky.social @theridgewaynt.bsky.social
Thank You to all our wonderful #volunteers who make and install these fingerposts on the Thames Path National Trail: at the Source in Trewsbury Mead Gloucestershire, in Cotswold Water Park, at Gatehampton near Goring, and Dumsey Meadow, Chertsey. #VolunteersWeek #fingerpostfriday @ramblers.org.uk
June 6, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Thank You to all our wonderful #volunteers who make and install these fingerposts on the Thames Path National Trail: at the Source in Trewsbury Mead Gloucestershire, in Cotswold Water Park, at Gatehampton near Goring, and Dumsey Meadow, Chertsey. #VolunteersWeek #fingerpostfriday @ramblers.org.uk
Starting a week's celebration of our #volunteers with their work in Dec '24 reinstating the Source to Sea fingerpost (they made) in Trewsbury Mead. The post hole was so waterlogged one remarked: 'put out deckchairs around this pool!' #nationalvolunteersweek @nationaltrailsuk.bsky.social
June 2, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Starting a week's celebration of our #volunteers with their work in Dec '24 reinstating the Source to Sea fingerpost (they made) in Trewsbury Mead. The post hole was so waterlogged one remarked: 'put out deckchairs around this pool!' #nationalvolunteersweek @nationaltrailsuk.bsky.social
😀😀 there was 🍰 at Pierreponts Café with memories of this celebrity endorsement a couple of years ago @andysin33.bsky.social 😀😀
May 30, 2025 at 6:22 PM
😀😀 there was 🍰 at Pierreponts Café with memories of this celebrity endorsement a couple of years ago @andysin33.bsky.social 😀😀
Long-distance hiker John Tippetts is 155 miles into The Great Chalk Way from Lyme Regis in west Dorset to Hunstanton in north Norfolk, and spent a few moments today on the #ThamesPath in Goring reading our new magazine. #NationalWalkingMonth @johnmtippetts.bsky.social @theridgewaynt.bsky.social
May 30, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Long-distance hiker John Tippetts is 155 miles into The Great Chalk Way from Lyme Regis in west Dorset to Hunstanton in north Norfolk, and spent a few moments today on the #ThamesPath in Goring reading our new magazine. #NationalWalkingMonth @johnmtippetts.bsky.social @theridgewaynt.bsky.social
A few views you'll find on a @gojauntly.bsky.social Riverside Wander at Henley-on-Thames. Looking forward to sunny scenes like these at the #weekend.
#thamespath #walks #nature
#thamespath #walks #nature
May 29, 2025 at 2:46 PM
A few views you'll find on a @gojauntly.bsky.social Riverside Wander at Henley-on-Thames. Looking forward to sunny scenes like these at the #weekend.
#thamespath #walks #nature
#thamespath #walks #nature
Happy 10th Birthday to Osney Hydro and the local residents who campaigned to build this community-owned renewable energy scheme in Oxford. Enjoy the history of Osney in 'The Oxford Sausage' blog 👇 which features the Osney Heron!
theoxfordsausage.com/power-to-the...
#riverthames #oxford
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#riverthames #oxford
May 25, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Happy 10th Birthday to Osney Hydro and the local residents who campaigned to build this community-owned renewable energy scheme in Oxford. Enjoy the history of Osney in 'The Oxford Sausage' blog 👇 which features the Osney Heron!
theoxfordsausage.com/power-to-the...
#riverthames #oxford
theoxfordsausage.com/power-to-the...
#riverthames #oxford
#WildFlowerShow on the Thames Path in Cholsey where Liz is growing wildflowers in her garden and riverbank to improve the biodiversity of this section. Thank you Liz!!
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@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
May 25, 2025 at 7:50 PM
#WildFlowerShow on the Thames Path in Cholsey where Liz is growing wildflowers in her garden and riverbank to improve the biodiversity of this section. Thank you Liz!!
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social