The River Thames runs through the heart of the borough for 21 miles linking Hampton Court Palace, Richmond town centre and Kew Gardens with central London. The river is a great way to see many of the attractions in the area including Marble Hill House, Ham House and Hampton Court Palace.

You can see what the river actually looks like by clicking on one of the following links
Eel Pie Island, Twickenham
Mortlake
Hampton Wick

If you have your own boat then you may wish to view information on the tide tables website (link below), otherwise there are a number of companies in the area who operate boat trips including Turk Launches (Richmond, Kingston and Hampton Court), Westminster Passenger Services (from Westminster to Kew, Richmond and Hampton Court) and Parr’s Circular Cruises (from Richmond Pier to Teddington Lock Tel: +44 07956 902646 or +44 (0)20 8977 8850).

Tide Tables website (Port of London Authority)
Turks Launches website
Westminster Passenger Services website

Ferries

There are two ferry services along our stretch of the river:

Hammertons Ferry runs between Marble Hill Park and Ham House. Daily between March and October and weekends only in December, January and February Tel: +44 (0)20 8892 9620.

Hampton Ferry runs from opposite the Bell Inn, Hampton to Hurst Park, East Molesey daily between April and October. In the event of bad weather please contact the ferry man to check or to arrange a crossing. Tel: +44 (0)20 8979 7471.

For further information view the Hampton Ferry Boat House website