"The Thames is London’s great secret, hidden in full view. We do very little with it, or on it, except complain how difficult it is to get over and under".- A.A. Gill, New York Times 27th April

"There are two things scarce matched in the universe the sun in heaven and the Thames on earth" Sir Walter Raleigh 1552-1618

Lunch time at the City Road Basin

Waterfront at Wapping

Greenwich at dusk

Regents Park

Canoeing on the Thames

Battlebridge Basin - Kings Cross

St James's Park

The Queen's Row Barge 'Gloriana'

Steps to the Thames

The Pool of London from Tower Bridge

The Pool of London from London Bridge

The Thames flowing through the city

Steps into the Thames from Westminster Bridge

HMS President (1918) permanently moored on Victoria Embankment.

St James Park Lake

Dockhead

The tug Redoubt pulling rubbish out to the estuary. To see where Redoubt is currently on the Thames click here

The Mississippi or the Thames

Old London Bridge

Greenland Pier river bus stop

Canary Wharf

The River Quaggy flows gently through Lewisham. Yes that's Lewisham.

North bank of the Thames between Southwark and Millennium Bridge. Just imagine how many fascinating artifacts are buried beneath that river bank

Little Venice

HMS Belfast in The Pool of London

The Serpentine, in the heart of London


The River Thames from the Shard

WC's in the Shard


The Thames from Lambeth Bridge

Italian Garden, Hyde Park

St Catherines Dock

Svitzer Cecilia on the Thames

HMS Lancaster sailing up the Thames and squeezing through the Thames Barrier

Message in a bottle

Steps in front of The Tower of London.

The Pool of London

Steps to the Thames under Southwark Bridge

Regents Canal at Little Venice

'Silent' fountain in Trafalgar Square

West India Dock, now known as Canary Wharf, looking east towards the O2 Arena

Stairs to the Thames

The beach at Greenwich

Swiftstone was built in 1952 by Richard Dunstone Ltd at Thorne. This 91 ton classic Thames Tug is now being restored by the Swiftstone Trust which was formed in 1999.