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Condition of River Thames:
(Refresh to make sure you are picking up the current information, and not something stored in your computer's cache)-
Details of Red or Yellow board status for each reach of the non-tidal Thames, from the EA[now out of action] -
River Thames boating conditions map[for a while redirected to url above, but now dead link] - River Thames conditions as the above links apparently aren't working. [
link]
- Graphical indication of red/ yellow board status, & other info on Thames conditions from thamesboating.info [ link, but apparently not updated frequently, & colour may not agree with text seen when clicking on a reach]
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State of the Isis at Oxford (Flag status & rainfall; url
again)- Isis level
- Now separate flags for the Isis & for Godstow.
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Maidenhead RC
webcam & river
status
(may no longer be updated)
- Maidenhead flow rates (also apparently not currently updated)
- Kingston flow rate graph (gauge link has been out of action for a while, but try this for the data instead), also on Twitter, & similarly level at Teddington
- Also flow rates at:
- Walton
- Staines
- Windsor Park (now working again)
- Maidenhead + Taplow (Jubilee River)
- Reading
- Sutton Courtenay (out of action again)
- Farmoor
- ...
- and this coming in from the Mole through Esher
- Webcams on the Thames (currently just Henley), & on other rivers around the country.
- Walton Bridge streaming video [may no longer be working]
- Other webcams (both have been offline for some time):
- ...
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Official pages for Thames Regional Rowing
Council
- Old unofficial Thames regional rowing councils pages no longer maintained
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Thames Water - EDM (Environmental Data Monitoring) map [ link]
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EA :
- Thames - river conditions page [link may no longer be working]
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Flood
warning summary for England & Wales, with link to flood warnings
for EA [link may no longer be working]
Thames
Region. [Bear in mind that these warnings refer to risk of flood
levels, rather than to navigation conditions.] [link may no longer be working]
- water level at Trowlock Island (from flood-warning-information.service.gov.uk), and can link from there to other locations. [
url]
- Water level at Trowlock Island from GaugeMap, and can link from there to other locations.
- water level at Trowlock Island (from flood-warning-information.service.gov.uk), and can link from there to other locations. [
- News from the EA on navigation conditions on the Thames is available on the infoline (0845 988 1188 then 1, then 011131 for warnings and flows, or by 011132 for works in progress, or by 011133 for events. Please check there for the latest situation & for the exact wording of the message from the EA.
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Update from the EA:
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Lock
upgrades and other closures and restrictions ( info for 2023-2024)
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PLA [PLA url is now www.pla.co.uk, replacing www.portoflondon.co.uk]
- PLA ebb tide flag warnings came into force Feb 2014:
- Current flag state [new url]
- Current flag state (may need to purge your cache to display current version)
- BR page for tide times & ebb flag status [ link]
- Rowing page
- Guide to lighting - Be safe - Be seen
- Notices
to Mariners:
- 6 of 2020 - COVID-19 restrictions, now superseded by 9 of 2020
- 24 of 2009 Improving Visibility of Small Recreational Craft at Night
- U01 of 2024 - Pre Boat Race fixtures
- River closure notices:
- NABSOs (Notices to Agents, Berths and Ship Operators):
- NABSO01-24 - Planned River Events Impacting Navigation During 2024 [ link]
- NABSO01-24 - Planned River Events Impacting Navigation During 2024 [
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The Rowing Code [in operation from 6 Oct 06]
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Notices
to Mariners:
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U15 of 2006 re Rowing Code - U14 of 2007 about revised buoy positions & crossing zones
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- Old version of the Code (Rowing on the Tideway 2006)
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Rowing
on the Tideway - 2015 version of the code
- Pocket guide
- 2009 version of the chart
- 2015 version of the chart
- For the lower area (around Greenwich): pocket guide and chart.
- Excellent video from TRRC about the Rowing Code [November 2014]
- Amendments to the code - re rowing downstream of Fulham Railway Bridge
- 2019 version of the code
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2024 version of the code
- British Rowing - Quick Guide to Steering on the Tideway
- BBC clip about the proposed new signs
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Notices
to Mariners:
- Event calendar (2023-2024) [ version]
- Tidal Thames Navigators' Club (TTNC)
- PLA ebb tide flag warnings came into force Feb 2014:
- List of charts
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River User Groups- RUG 8 - Bell Weir to Teddington replacing
old url (documents including various reach calendars)
- RUG 8 - Bell Weir to Teddington replacing
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Tide Tables:
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PLA
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Live
tidal info at Richmond, Tower Pier, and points downstream
- Live tidal info at Richmond (including tide height used in determining ebb tide flag status) [ link]
- 2022 tide tables (PDF)
- 2023 tide tables (PDF)
- Live tidal info at Richmond (including tide height used in determining ebb tide flag status) [
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Live
tidal info at Richmond, Tower Pier, and points downstream
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Vesta (Putney Bridge) - Mortlake Anglian (Chiswick Bridge)
- Kew Bridge
- ... and an alternative for Kew Bridge
- Hammersmith Bridge (+ links to other points)
- UK Hydrographic Office
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BBC
- Hammersmith Bridge [changed url] (also links to other locations in the London area & elsewhere)
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PLA
- Tidal stretch river levels, including indication of barrier state
- ... and calculated fluvial flow
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Flood photos - January 2003:
- from Richard Packer in the Weybridge & Staines area
- ... & from Staines BC
- The Isis at Oxford
- ... and more from the Oxford area (0004057 to 0004069 are from Donny Bridge, near CORC, and 0004033 to 0004039 are of the Lake Formerly Known As Port Meadow.)
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And now from
Henley too;
apparently the water has risen another foot since the photos were taken.
- ... also from Henley RC
- ... & an aerial view from the Henley Standard
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And in
Sonning,
photos courtesy of Jane Bowen, then curator of the R&RM
- .. and also from the BBC
- Reading RC
- Marlow RC
