City of London

The City of London is a small area within Greater London, England. It is the historic core of London around which the modern conurbation grew and has held city status since time immemorial. The City’s boundaries have remained almost unchanged since the Middle Ages, and it is now only a tiny part of the metropolis of London, though remains a notable part of Central London. It is often referred to as the City or the Square Mile.

London

London is the capital of England and the United Kingdom. It is the UK's largest and most populous metropolitan area and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures.

River Thames London Apartments

This is a blog on apartments by the River Thames, in the South East of England.
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Staines Bridge

Staines Bridge is a road bridge running in a south-west to north-east direction across the River Thames in Surrey. It is on the modern A308 road and links the boroughs of Spelthorne and Runnymede at Staines and Egham Hythe.

The bridge crosses the Thames on the reach between Penton Hook Lock and Bell Weir Lock, and is close to and upstream of the main mouth of the River Colne, a tributary. The bridge carries the Thames Path across the river.

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The Wey and Godalming Navigations

The Wey and Godalming Navigations is the name given to the navigable parts of the River Wey, in Surrey, UK below at . The navigation runs for around 20 miles (32.2 km) between the River ThamesShepperton Lock near Weybridge, to the south-west of London, and the centre of Godalming, in Surrey; it runs through Guildford and Pyrford and is joined by the Basingstoke CanalWest Byfleet, and the Wey and Arun Canal near Godalming. Some parts of the navigation are canal sections and others are the original River Wey which intertwines with the canal sections.
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Folly Bridge

Folly Bridge is a stone bridge over the River Thames carrying the Abingdon Road, south from the centre of Oxford, England. It was erected 1825–27, to designs of a little known architect, Ebenezer Perry (died 1850), who practiced in London.

The bridge is in two parts separated by an island. The origin of the name is uncertain although it has been suggested that it originated about 1650 after a tenant of Bacon's study.
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Thames Water Ring Main

The Thames Water Ring Main (TWRM) — formerly known as the London Water Ring Main (LWRM) — is a major part of London's water supply infrastructure that consists of an approximately 80 km system of mostly 2.54 m (100") concrete pipelines used to transfer potable water from water treatment works (WTWs) in the Thames and River Lee catchments to distribution within London.
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Maidenhead Bridge

Maidenhead Bridge is a Grade I listed bridge carrying the A4 road between over the River ThamesMaidenhead, Berkshire and Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England. It crosses the Thames on the reach above Bray Lock, about half a mile below Boulter's Lock.

Bridge Eyot

Bridge Eyot also known as Bridge Ait is an island in the River Thames in England just above Maidenhead Bridge on the reach above Bray Lock, near Maidenhead, Berkshire.

The island is tree covered and there is also a very small island between it and Grass Eyot just upstream.

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Grass Eyot

Grass Eyot is an island in the River Thames in England above Maidenhead Bridge on the reach above Bray Lock, near Maidenhead, Berkshire.

Out of accordance with its name, the island is tree-covered and there is a very small island between it and Bridge Eyot just downstream.

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Boulter's Lock

Boulter's Lock is a lock and weir on the River Thames in England on the eastern side of Maidenhead, Berkshire. A lock was first built here by the Thames Navigation Commission in 1772. The lock is on the western side of the river between the main (A4094) Maidenhead to Cookham road and Ray Mill Island. The name is also used for the immediate surrounding area.

The weir is some way upstream of the lock, at the northern end of Ray Mill Island. It is one of the most popular whitewater freestyle kayaking areas on the River Thames, as it has had modifications made to it, to allow kayakers to play on it without causing disruption to other river users.

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Species on the Thames.

Various species of bird feed off the river or nest on it, some being found both at sea and inland. These include Cormorant, Black-headed Gull, and Herring Gull. The Swan is a familiar sight on the river but the escaped Black Swan is more rare. The annual ceremony of Swan upping is an old tradition of counting stocks. Non-native geese that can be seen include Canada Geese, Egyptian Geese, and Bar-headed Geese, and ducks include the familiar native Mallard, plus introduced Mandarin Duck and Wood Duck. Other water birds to be found on the Thames include the Great Crested Grebe, Coot, Moorhen, Heron, and Kingfisher. In addition there are many types of British birds that live alongside the river, although they are not specific to the river habitat.
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East India Docks

The East India Docks were a small group of docks in the Blackwall area of East London, just north of the Isle of Dogs.

Following the successful creation of the West India Docks which opened in 1802, an Act of Parliament in 1803 set up the The East India Dock Company, promoted by the Honourable East India Company.

The docks were located to the north east of the West India Docks. They were based on the existing Brunswick Dock, which had been used for fitting out and repairing ships as part of Blackwall Yard. The Brunswick Dock, which had originally been connected directly to the Thames to the south, became the Export Dock. To the north the company built a larger 18 acre (73,000 m²) Import Dock. Both were connected to the Thames via an eastern entrance basin.

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Leamouth

Leamouth is the area to the west of the mouth of the River Lee at the River Thames. The northern part of the area lies within a meander of the Lee; the southern part is bounded in the west by the former East India Docks, on two sides by the Lee and by the River Thames to the south. Forming two 'tongues' of land, sometimes mistakenly identified as a peninsula; the northern known as Good Luck Hope and the east pointing tongue as Orchard House.
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Bow Creek

Bow Creek is a 2.25 miles (3.6 km) long tidal estuary of the River Lee and is part of the Bow Back Rivers. Below Bow Locks the creek forms the boundary between the London Boroughs of Newham and Tower Hamlets, in East London.

This natural channel is accessible from the artificial Lee Navigation by Bow Locks. As this makes a number of meanders before reaching the River Thames, an artificial channel – Limehouse Cut was dug in 1766, running south-west directly to the Thames at Limehouse. This channel now ends in Limehouse Basin.

Ships were built at the Orchard House Yard, in the southern reaches at Leamouth, and launched in the creek where they could travel north along the River Lee Navigation or south to the River Thames. In 1810, an iron bridge was built spanning the creek – just south of the modern A13 bridge. The abutments have been reused for the pedestrian Jubilee Bridge.

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River Lea

The River Lea or River Lee in England originates in Leagrave Park, Leagrave, Luton in the Chiltern Hills and flows generally southeast, east, and then south to London where it meets the River Thames, the last section being known as Bow Creek.
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River Thames

The River Thames is a major river flowing through southern England. While best known because its lower reaches flow through central London, the river flows through several other towns and cities, including Oxford, Reading and Windsor.

The river gives its name to several administrative / political names: The Thames Valley, a region of England centred around the river between Oxford and West London, the Thames Gateway, the area centred around the tidal Thames, and the Thames Estuary to the east of London.

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