River Thames

:This article is about the River Thames in southern England. For other meanings of the word Thames, see Thames (disambiguation)

Course

The Thames has a length of 346 km (215 miles). Its source is about a mile north of the village of Kemble, near Cirencester in the Cotswolds; it then flows through Oxford (where it is called the Isis, a truncation of Tamesis, its Latin name), Wallingford, Reading, Henley-on-Thames, Marlow, Maidenhead, Eton and Windsor and London.

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Km - Mile - Kemble - Cirencester - Cotswolds - Oxford - Latin - Wallingford - Reading - Henley-on-Thames - Marlow - Maidenhead - Eton - Windsor - London

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The Thames rises in Gloucestershire, traditionally forming the county boundary, firstly between Gloucestershire and Wiltshire, between Berkshire on the south bank and Oxfordshire on the north, between Berkshire and Buckinghamshire, between Berkshire and Surrey, between Surrey and Middlesex, and between Essex and Kent. Before the 1974 boundary changes, the current boundary between Berkshire and Surrey was between Buckinghamshire and Surrey. The Thames is still used as an administrative border, though less so than it has been.

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Gloucestershire - County - Wiltshire - Berkshire - Oxfordshire - Buckinghamshire - Surrey - Middlesex - Essex - Kent

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From the outskirts of Greater London, it passes Syon House, Hampton Court, Richmond (with the famous view of the Thames from Richmond Hill) and Kew, before it passes through London proper, then Greenwich and Dartford and entering the sea in a drowned estuary, The Nore. Part of the area west of London is sometimes termed the Thames Valley whilst east of Tower Bridge development agencies and Ministers have taken to using the term Thames Gateway.

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Greater London - Syon House - Hampton Court - Richmond - Kew - Greenwich - Dartford - Estuary - The Nore - Thames Valley - Thames Gateway

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