river thames
Discover the royal River Thames
From its spring in the Cotswolds, a wild river winds past dreaming spires and palaces to the city and the sea. Ben Lerwill marks Her Majesty the Queen's Platinum Jubilee by exploring the rich, regal heritage of a great river.
Podcast: Looking for historical artefacts on the River Thames with the London mudlarker
Lara Maiklem spends her spare time looking for historical 'treasures' on the banks of the River Thames. Hear about her extraordinary finds and strange experiences in episode 13, series 10 of the BBC Countryfile magazine podcast
Podcast: The quest to find the source of the Thames: part 2
Having explored the 'official' source of the Thames near Cirencester, the team head north along another tributary that may hold a secret about England's most famous river
Podcast: A watery search for the true source of the River Thames: part 1
Join us on a mystery adventure walking up the Thames to find exactly where this historic river begins deep in the Cotswolds.
Wild People: writer Jerome K Jerome
A boating trip from Oxford to Kingston inspired Jerome K Jerome to write the comic classic Three Men in a Boat one of the great novels about an English river
Walk: Goring-on-Thames to Pangbourne, Oxfordshire
Take a walk from the lamplit streets of an Oxfordshire village through the Goring Gap – a winter-worn valley of naked trees and frozen paths, carved by the River Thames
Thames Path, Oxfordshire
See city spires, boathouses and a Turner landscape with the river as your guide.