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These areas would store flood water, reducing the level of storm tides. This would mean that the Thames Barrier would still be able to keep out storm tides and we would upgrade it at a later date. New barrier with a single set of gates in Gravesend Reach

BBC News, 24 July 2014 "Deaths in the River Thames reached 15 last year". BBC News online. Archived from the original on 27 August 2020 . Retrieved 23 January 2019. . They range from policy 3 (P3) to policy 5 (P5), and are based on social, economic and environmental factors. Aquatic mammals are also known to inhabit the Thames. The population of grey and harbour seals numbers up to 700 in the Thames Estuary. These animals have been sighted as far upriver as Richmond. [46] Bottlenose dolphins and harbour porpoises are also sighted in the Thames. [47] Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep! The river glideth at his own sweet will: Dear God! the very houses seem asleep; And all that mighty heart is lying still! The early Ice Age". www.geoessex.org.uk. Archived from the original on 19 January 2016 . Retrieved 7 February 2016.The Thames Estuary Partnership will work with communities, councils, the Environment Agency and other partners to:

Artwork & Design". Illuminated River. Archived from the original on 27 August 2020 . Retrieved 27 August 2020. Clayton, Phil (2012). Headwaters: Walking to British River Sources (Firsted.). London: Frances Lincoln Limited. p.38. ISBN 9780711233638. 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. The transition between the Thames Estuary and the North Sea has been located at various notional boundaries, including: [1] We also use flood alerts and flood warnings to inform people about potential flooding so they can take appropriate action.

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Laville, Sandra (23 January 2023). "Thames Water's real-time map confirms raw sewage discharges". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 21 April 2023.

This is when some upstream defences will need to be around 50cm higher to continue to protect against regular high tides. 2070: deadline for end-of-century option to be operating.Local History – Concrete Barges and The Diver". London Riverside Bid. Archived from the original on 27 August 2020 . Retrieved 27 August 2020. A 1616 engraving by Claes Van Visscher showing the Old London Bridge, with St Mary's Overie (over-the-river), now Southwark Cathedral in the foreground

Competition for the use of the river created the centuries-old conflict between those who wanted to dam the river to build millraces and fish traps and those who wanted to travel and carry goods on it. Economic prosperity and the foundation of wealthy monasteries by the Anglo-Saxons attracted unwelcome visitors and by around AD 870 the Vikings were sweeping up the Thames on the tide and creating havoc as in their destruction of Chertsey Abbey.Upstream of the Thames Barrier, the walls and embankments protect against daily high tides. The Thames Barrier protects these areas against storm tides. Rowing and sailing clubs are common along the Thames, which is navigable to such vessels. Kayaking and canoeing also take place. Major annual events include the Henley Royal Regatta and the Boat Race, while the Thames has been used during two Summer Olympic Games: 1908 ( rowing) and 1948 ( rowing and canoeing). Safe headwaters and reaches are a summer venue for organised swimming, which is prohibited on safety grounds in a stretch centred on Central London. Before bridges were built, the main means of crossing the river was by ferry. A significant number of ferries were provided specifically for navigation purposes. When the towpath changed sides, it was necessary to take the towing horse and its driver across the river. This was no longer necessary when barges were powered by steam. Some ferries still operate on the river. The Woolwich Ferry carries cars and passengers across the river in the Thames Gateway and links the North Circular and South Circular roads. Upstream are smaller pedestrian ferries, for example Hampton Ferry and Shepperton to Weybridge Ferry, the last being the only non-permanent crossing that remains on the Thames Path. Grahame, Kenneth (2009). The Wind in the Willows: An Annotated Edition. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0674034471. Canvey Island in southern Essex (area 18.45km 2, 7.12sqmi; population 40,000 [14]) was once marshy, but is now a fully reclaimed island in the Thames estuary, separated from the mainland of south Essex by a network of creeks. Lying below sea level, it is prone to flooding at exceptional tides, but has nevertheless been inhabited since Roman times.