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Source of the River Thames moves fives miles for first time in its history". Gloucestershire Live. 5 August 2022 . Retrieved 12 August 2022. In summer, passenger services operate along the entire non-tidal river from Oxford to Teddington. The two largest operators are Salters Steamers and French Brothers. Salters operate services between Folly Bridge, Oxford and Staines. The whole journey takes four days and requires several changes of boat. [65] French Brothers operate passenger services between Maidenhead and Hampton Court. [66] Port of London Authority. "Terminal locations". Archived from the original on 27 May 2008 . Retrieved 12 May 2008. Dix, Frank L. (1985). Royal river highway: a history of the passenger boats and services on the River Thames. Newton Abbot; North Pomfret, Vt.: David & Charles. ISBN 978-0-7153-8005-5. OCLC 14355016. The river gives its name to three informal areas: the Thames Valley, a region of England around the river between Oxford and West London; the Thames Gateway; and the greatly overlapping Thames Estuary around the tidal Thames to the east of London and including the waterway itself. Thames Valley Police is a formal body that takes its name from the river, covering three counties. In non-administrative use, the river's name is used in those of Thames Valley University, Thames Water, Thames Television, publishing company Thames & Hudson, Thameslink (north–south rail service passing through central London) and South Thames College. An example of its use in the names of historic entities is the Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company.

A network of tidal flood defences provides a very high standard of protection in the Thames Estuary. The network includes:Davies, Caitlin (4 May 2015). "The return of wild swimming: Swimming in the Thames is becoming the norm again". Independent. Archived from the original on 6 December 2016 . Retrieved 27 August 2020. In 2006, British swimmer and environmental campaigner Lewis Pugh became the first person to swim the full length of the Thames from outside Kemble to Southend-on-Sea to draw attention to the severe drought in England which saw record temperatures indicative of a degree of global warming. The 202mi (325km) swim took him 21 days to complete. The official headwater of the river had stopped flowing due to the drought, forcing Pugh to run the first 26mi (42km). [96] In 1909 the powers of the Thames Conservancy over the tidal river, below Teddington, were transferred to the Port of London Authority.

Reading Hydro Official Opening Ceremony". Reading Hydro CBS. Archived from the original on 15 February 2022 . Retrieved 14 February 2022.Laville, Sandra (13 May 2022). "Sewage dumps into English rivers widespread, criminal inquiry suspects". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 21 April 2023.

UK Rivers Guide Book Guide to the River Thames – Jubilee River". Ukriversguidebook.co.uk. 23 January 2011. Archived from the original on 3 May 2010 . Retrieved 2 April 2012. The Head of the River Race and Women's Eights Head of the River Race (8+) (i.e. coxed eights), Schools' Head, Veterans Head, Scullers Head, Fours Head (HOR4s), and Pairs Head (shorter) on the Championship Course There is potential for regeneration around Charlton Riverside including new housing and facilities. There may be potential for improvements to the Thames Path in the Greenwich area. Stevenson, Chris (19 August 2013). "Seal count discovers over 700 in Thames Estuary". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 27 August 2020 . Retrieved 23 August 2013.In 1864 responsibility for maintaining the navigation lights of the River Thames between London Bridge and Yantlet was transferred by Act of Parliament from the Thames Conservancy to the Corporation of Trinity House; responsibility for buoyage was transferred likewise in 1878. [21] In 1885 the beacons at Broadness and Stoneness were replaced with iron-frame experimental lighthouses, each lit by a novel system which would allow the light to function unattended (except for a twice-weekly visit by a boatman for cleaning and maintenance). Broadness was lit by Pintsch gas, and Stoneness by a Lindberg light (which burned petroleum naphtha). [22] At the same time Trinity House began experimenting with the application of lamps to buoys, using Pintsch's oil-gas system, beginning with three in the Thames Estuary (East Oaze, Ovens and Sheerness Middle); the experiment was deemed a success and subsequently further buoys and beacons were lit by Trinity House using the same system, in the Estuary and beyond. [22] There is further development planned on the Greenwich peninsula, with a vision for new homes, jobs and areas of public open space. There will be new infrastructure and public transport links in the waterfront area. Two broad canals link the river to other rivers: the Kennet and Avon Canal ( Reading to Bath) and the Grand Union Canal (London to the Midlands). The Grand Union effectively bypassed the earlier, narrow and winding Oxford Canal which remains open as a popular scenic recreational route. Three further cross-basin canals are disused but are in various stages of reconstruction: the Thames and Severn Canal (via Stroud), which operated until 1927 (to the west coast of England), the Wey and Arun Canal to Littlehampton, which operated until 1871 (to the south coast), and the Wilts & Berks Canal. In the past, commercial activities on the Thames included fishing (particularly eel trapping), coppicing willows and osiers which provided wood and baskets, and the operation of watermills for flour and paper production and metal beating. These activities have largely disappeared. Martyn N. Futter M. A. Erlandsson Daniel Butterfield[...] Andrew John Wade. "Map of the river Thames watershed showing the main branch of the Thames, underlying geology and boundaries for the 8 subcatchments used in the present study" . Retrieved 11 April 2023.