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The Thames offers so many outdoor experiences from boating and watersports to walking the Thames Path National Trail and wonderful gardens. Take a look at the Things To Do section. The springs at Seven Springs flow throughout the year, while those at Thames Head are seasonal (a winterbourne). With a length of 215mi (346km), [20] the Thames is the longest river entirely in England. (The longest river in the United Kingdom, the Severn, flows partly in Wales.) However, as the River Churn, sourced at Seven Springs, is 14mi (23km) longer than the section of the Thames from its traditional source at Thames Head to the confluence, the overall length of the Thames measured from Seven Springs, at 229mi (369km), is greater than the Severn's length of 220mi (350km). [21] Thus, the "Churn/Thames" river may be regarded as the longest natural river in the United Kingdom. The stream from Seven Springs is joined at Coberley by a longer tributary which could further increase the length of the Thames, with its source in the grounds of the National Star College at Ullenwood. Anthony David Mills (2001). Oxford Dictionary of London Place Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-280106-7. Archived from the original on 13 September 2016 . Retrieved 25 October 2015.

In the 19th century the quality of water in the Thames deteriorated further. The discharge of raw sewage into the Thames was formerly only common in the City of London, making its tideway a harbour for many harmful bacteria. Gasworks were built alongside the river, and their by-products leaked into the water, including spent lime, ammonia, cyanide, and carbolic acid. The river had an unnaturally warm temperature caused by chemical reactions in the water, which also removed the water's oxygen. [58] Four serious cholera outbreaks killed tens of thousands of people between 1832 and 1865. Historians have attributed Prince Albert's death in 1861 to typhoid that had spread in the river's dirty waters beside Windsor Castle. [59] Wells with water tables that mixed with tributaries (or the non-tidal Thames) faced such pollution with the widespread installation of the flush toilet in the 1850s. [59] In the ' Great Stink' of 1858, pollution in the river reached such an extreme that sittings of the House of Commons at Westminster had to be abandoned. Chlorine-soaked drapes were hung in the windows of Parliament in an attempt to stave off the smell of the river, but to no avail. [60] River Thames current conditions updated for Wednesday 20 September 2023. No stream warning changes. River Thames: current conditions updated for Friday 27 October 2023. Changes to following reaches - Pinkhill, Osney, Iffley, Sandford, Abingdon, Culham, Shiplake, Boulters, Bray, Old Windsor, Bell Weir, Penton Hook, Shepperton and Sunbury.Bailey, David (15 May 2012). "Tracing the source of the Thames". BBC News. Archived from the original on 27 August 2020 . Retrieved 12 September 2018. Martian machine over the flooded Thames. Illustration from H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds (1898) I walked the Thames 2 years ago and thoroughly enjoyed seeing the photos and reading all about it again. Very accurate information" T.G

Treated waste water from all the towns and villages in the Thames catchment flow into the Thames via sewage treatment plants. This includes all that from Swindon, Oxford, Berkshire and almost all of Surrey. 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.Clayton, Phil (2012). Headwaters: Walking to British River Sources (Firsted.). London: Frances Lincoln Limited. p.38. ISBN 9780711233638.

River Thames: current conditions updated for Friday 20 October 2023. Changes to following reaches - Buscot, Radcot, Rushey, Shifford, Eynsham, Kings, Godstow, Osney, Clifton, Days, Benson, Cleeve, Goring, Whitchurch, Mapledurham, Caversham, Sunbury, Molesey and Teddington. French Brothers". Simplon. Archived from the original on 22 September 2020 . Retrieved 27 August 2020. River Thames: current conditions updated for Friday 25 March 2023. Change to following reaches – St John’s, Sandford, Day's, Cleeve, Goring, Hambleden, Hurley, Temple, Cookham, Romney, Old Windsor, Bell Weir, Chertsey, Sunbury and Molesey. River Thames: current conditions updated for Saturday 28 October 2023. Changes for the following reaches - Buscot, Osney, Cleeve, Goring, Marsh, Hambledon, Cookham, Boveney, Romney and Chertsey. a b "History of the northwest European rivers during the past three million years". Quaternary Palaeoenvironments Group. 2007. Archived from the original on 2 November 2007 . Retrieved 28 November 2007.Grahame, Kenneth (2009). The Wind in the Willows: An Annotated Edition. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0674034471. River Thames: current river conditions updated for Tuesday 22 August 2023. No stream warning changes.