River Stories will be performed to an audience watching from the banks of the Thames at Caversham Court Gardens on Saturday, September 16, taking inspiration from folklore, traditions and ecology ...

Tim, one of the oldest and longest serving skippers on the Thames, brought the Princess Marina up-river to Reading in the 90s and refitted her to be an opulent 1930s style river cruiser.

A renewable hydroelectricity scheme to generate power from the the River Thames has been launched in Berkshire. Two turbines beside Caversham Weir in Reading will harness the power of the river to ...

The £30m flood defence plans along the River Thames aim to protect homes in Reading.

Riverside residents are concerned their view will be spoiled by the construction of flood walls and embankments A new flood alleviation scheme has been proposed along the banks of the River Thames ...

The River Kennett is a chalk stream that runs from Avebury down to Reading where it joins the River Thames. Arc runs a nature reserve in the area for outreach work and children's education days ...

The River Thames is perhaps the best known river in the Anglo-Saxon world - it's been part of the English consciousness since the Romans crossed it in 50 BC, and it has featured in much literature ...

No doubt erasing “Thames” for a different name would cause upheaval, but it wouldn’t be a first. A summary report from USGS on past names for the river includes 11 entries.

Declines in freshwater mussel density, size and productivity in the River Thames over the past half century. Journal of Animal Ecology, 2022; DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.13835 ...

A third crossing would link Thames Valley Park in Earley, Wokingham Borough with Caversham Park Road and Henley Road, which is on the borough boundary with South Oxfordshire. Dreams for the new ...

Mussel populations in the river Thames in the UK have dropped by as much as 99 per cent between 1964 and 2020. Why isn’t clear, but the researchers involved suspect it is down to the effects of ...

The results of our survey also suggest that River Thames mussels are smaller than they were at the time of the original survey. Their total size and rates of growth have fallen by 10%-35% compared ...