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A Thames Journey The Thames River is famous for its history scenery and wildlife It follows a winding course through southern England flowing from the Cotswold hills east toward London and beyond You will follow its 219 mile 352 km journey from source to sea V The Thames is the longest river entirely in England and the second longest river in the United Kingdom Before reaching London it passes through several towns England's River The Thames has shaped England's landscape since prehistoric times In the first century bc Roman London grew up on its banks In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries ships traveled the river carrying raw materials from all over the British Empire Many famous events took place on or near the Thames and your journey will take you past many of England's best known
A Cleaner River Where is the source Sixty years ago the Thames was so polluted that scientists thought it would never recover In the 1960s a big cleanup began and fish once more began to appear in it Now it is one of the world's least polluted urban rivers The Thames starts as a tiny spring bubbling out of the ground at Thames Head near the village of Kemble in Gloucestershire Or does it Some say it should be measured from a place called Severn Springs which is near Andoversford I miles 18 km farther north Severn Springs is the source of the Churn River which joins the Thames at Cricklade No Sea fathy Seven Spring Colm River Port Meadow Ashton Cricklade Marlow Greater London Going Gap Do wNS Windsor Reading River Rather title Tunnel Port of London Heather Burmese Thames Ltuary Southwark Otters once disappeared from the Thames but they are slowly returning as the river becomes Thames Barrier Elizabeth II Bridge Hampton Greenwich Bridge Greater London Cleaner
