Thames Uncovered Part 3

The Thames Path from Teddington to the Thames Barrier can, in part, be walked on either bank, the south-side being slightly shorter. We start this section of the walk at Tide-End Town, so called because it is the last point at which the Thames is affected by the tides. 

It is here that we meet Teddington Lock which is the largest and longest lock system on the Thames with a barge lock measuring an impressive 650 feet. It was built in 1904 and designed to accommodate a steam tug and six barges. It can still cope with the three-tier pleasure cruisers that now plough back and forth along the river. The Thames gets into the blood of many that work on the river. Ferrymen, watermen, boatbuilders, dockers, whole families and organisations have been bound, through their work, to the Thames for many generations.