Thames Braced For Festival Fever

This weekend will see Londoners say goodbye to the summer and hello to the autumn at the Thames Festival. The festivities will take place between Westminster Bridge and Tower Bridge over this weekend, September 13 - 14, 2008.

A whole host of activities will be taking place on, over and along side the river. Highlights will include the Feast on the Bridge. Londoners and visitors alike will be able to get in the Festival mood at what the organiser describe as a "spectacular 'harvest supper' that will take place on Southwark Bridge on Saturday from 12:00pm - 22:00.

If you enjoyed watching the rowing at the Olympics, then the Great River Race could be for you. The Great River Race celebrates its twentieth birthday this year. Around 300 boats ranging from gigs, skiffs, Chinese dragon boats, gigs, war canoes, Viking longboats, Irish curraghs and whalers will compete in a twenty-two mile race to find the UK Traditional Boat Champions. The race which begins in Richmond is scheduled to pass under Westminster Bridge at 16:30 and arrive at Tower Bridge fifteen minutes later. The finish line will be marked by a vessel beyond Canary Wharf. The first boats are expected to cross the line at 17:20. Commentary on the race will be provided on Millennium Bridge.

Londoners and independent travellers can hear about the once thriving 'Pool of London' - the stretch of water between London and Tower Bridges - with the Ride & Stride podcast guided tour or the City & South Bank, London travel guide. To hear an audio sample from the Ride & Stride, London audio walking tour please click here.

Both the City & South Bank Circular, London city walking tour and the Ride & Stride mp3 guided tour pass the Scoop by City Hall. Various cabaret acts will be performing over the course of the weekend. Lord Foster of Thamesbank was responsible for designing City Hall and the Millennium Bridge as listeners to the Ride & Stride London city guide will discover.

The Thames Festival will finish with a fireworks display that will begin at 21:45 on Sunday evening.

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