Places Along the River Thames

Places Along the River Thames

England

• London: Capital city; river flows past Houses of Parliament, Big Ben, Tower of London.
• Oxford: Historic university city ~60 miles upstream.
• Cambridge: On the River Cam, a Thames tributary, ~50 miles northeast.
• Windsor: Royal town ~20 miles west; home to Windsor Castle.
• Greenwich: Historic town ~5 miles east; site of the GMT meridian.

Maritime Neighbors (via North Sea)

The Thames flows into the North Sea, which borders France (Strait of Dover), the Netherlands, and Belgium.