London Rivers Week’s eighth edition is happening between the 22nd to the 30th of June. This year’s theme is ‘London is a river city’, focusing on health, well-being, and culture
London Rivers Week 2024
River wade in Beckenham Place Park with Thames 21
Join Thames 21 for a river wade along the Ravensbourne River in Beckenham Place Park. Learn about your river while making a positive difference with other locals.
Chinbrook Meadows Nature Discovery Day
With thanks to the Quekett Microscopical Club. We thought your post was so great we wanted to share it with our readers. You can find our more about Quekett on their website. They write...(Report and most photographs by Alan Wood) London Rivers Week is an annual event run by the environmental charity Thames21. As a contribution to London Rivers Week, CPRE London coordinated an event involving the Friends of Chinbrook Meadows, the Quaggy Waterways Action Group, the Chinbrook Action Residents Team, Glendale and the Quekett Microscopical Club – providing a free and family-friendly Nature Discovery Day.
Plasticblitz 2023! Sign up now
Thames21 has once again joined forces with the Environment Agency and Rotary to call on volunteering, community and environmental groups to come forward and sign up to the Plasticblitz 2023 and take part in a mass clean-up of waste from water bodies between Sat 27th May to Sun 11th June 2023. The Plasticblitz event has grown in numbers year … Continue reading Plasticblitz 2023! Sign up now
London Rivers Week – Saturday 23 October – Sunday 31 October 2021
London Rivers Week is a week-long annual campaign inspiring the public to celebrate London’s rivers and the projects taking place to rewild and renaturalise them and connecting them with their local communities.
Ravensbourne Catchment Improvement Plan
The River The river Ravensbourne rises, 4 miles south of Bromley town centre at Caesar's Well in Keston. It then flows through the London Boroughs of Bromley, Lewisham and Greenwich where it then joins the River Thames at Deptford, where its 1/2 mile muddy tidal reach is known as Deptford Creek. The Ravensbourne is 11 miles (17 km) … Continue reading Ravensbourne Catchment Improvement Plan
Friends of Ladywell Fields and Thames21 River Clean Up
Thames 21 and the Friends of Ladywell Fields are holding a river clean up on Sunday 13th December from 10am-1pm. They will be meeting by the 10,000 Hands Cafe in the northern field at 10am. Come along for some wet fun!
River Ravensbourne catchment improvement plan
The Catchment Improvement Plan is an initiative being led by Thames 21 and supported by several partners, including Lewisham Council, to encourage those with an interest in their local rivers to express their views and have a say about the future of the River Pool, the River Quaggy and the River Ravensbourne. The project has … Continue reading River Ravensbourne catchment improvement plan
Ladywell Fields clean up with Thames 21
Join Thames 21 at Ladywell Fields on Sunday 11 November for a family friendly clean up. Email Vic Richardson of Thames 21 for more details. The meeting point is by the cafe in the northern fields. The nearest train station is Ladywell, easily accessible from London Charing Cross, Canon Street or London Bridge on the … Continue reading Ladywell Fields clean up with Thames 21
Coppicing at Manor Park
Please note that this event is in Manor Park and not Manor House Gardens!
Nature Conservation Lewisham 