Opened in 1996, the Thames Path National Trail weaves with the river, from its source near Kemble (an often-dry patch in a field) to the Woolwich foot tunnel. To walk the whole route is a lengthy ...

I’m attempting to travel from the source to the sea down the River Thames. That’s 210 miles of wading, swimming and kayaking along Britain’s busiest waterway. And to make things harder I’m ...

This article was first published on January 28 and has since been updated. An early sign of the crisis about to engulf Thames Water came when part of its £14bn debt pile crashed to a record new low.

A study led by a University of Waterloo researcher has learned that climate change is increasing the potential for algal blooms in the United Kingdom's River Thames despite a four-decade-long ...