Aerial view of the Thames at dusk
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Take a journey with ICONS along the Thames, from its source in Gloucestershire to its emptying into the sea at Essex. The river has seen Viking longboats and coronation barges float along it, been spanned by a wobbly bridge and made safe with a gigantic flood barrier.
Made dirty with sewage and industrial pollution in the 19th and 20th centuries, the Thames has now cleaned up its act, and has welcomed back many species of fish that hadn't been seen in its waters for generations. At the beginning of 2006, there was even a bottlenose whale...
Biography
The Thames is a river of history. We reveal how it has changed over the years, and expose the mudflats and marshes of the Thames Estuary.
Features
Meander down the Thames with us and relive the period when the river would sometimes freeze. We stop off along the way to search for treasure the Thames may hold, and catch up with water-poet John Taylor.
