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Moon Clipper on the Thames

Thames Clipper Crashes Into Pier

Moon Clipper made contact with Millennium Tower Pier yesterday evening

Night Carnival by David Banks

The Mayor’s Thames Festival: In Pictures

The end of summer marked by a riverine extravaganza

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The Mayor’s Thames Festival 2011

The Thames in central London becomes one big party this weekend. (Sponsored post)

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Old Photos Of London At Tower Bridge

Fascinating photos of a bygone age in one of London’s most spectacular galleries.

The finish line in 2007 by MykReeve via the Londonist Flickrpool

Fancy A Pint With The Boat Race? 13 Pubs To Pick From

If you want to watch the race with a pint in hand, get there early!

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Surcharge For Reinstated Late Night Thames Clipper Service

Two late night river services may be re-introduced by Thames Clippers but at a premium to season ticket holders.

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Book Review: I Never Knew That About The River Thames

London’s river goes other places as well. This fascinating volume takes you from source to sea on a current of trivia.

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Thames Clipper Evening Services Cut

River commuters watch out: as of Monday 1 November, timetable changes truncate your evening services. The last westbound boat will leave Embankment at 21.10 rather than 23.58 and the last eastbound leaves Royal Arsenal Woolwich at 20.15 rather than 23h – both on weekdays and …

View of Tower Bridge early in the morning

Friday Quiz: The River Thames

We’ve had water on the brain over the past week. As well as paddling in the River Fleet, speculating on a sunken object and hosting a river photography competition, we’re also looking forward to helping clean up the Thames over the weekend. It behooves us, …

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What Lies On The Bed Of The Thames?

An unexploded V2 rocket from the Blitz? A chunk of Old London Bridge? A micro-Nazi spy submarine? King Lud’s treasure chest? The latest site for a Pret A Manger? A filing cabinet full of incriminating documents from City Hall? The coffin where Ken Livingstone sleeps, …

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Cleaner Thames Challenge 2010

Time once again to decrapify the Thames. Each year, Thames21 organises a voluntary cleanup of the river. Old Father Thames is among the cleanest rivers to flow through a capital city, but he’s still prone to a build up of bottles, trolleys and other unsightly …