Crossings of the River Thames

This is a list of crossings of the River Thames including bridges, tunnels and ferries. There are almost 214 bridges, over 20 tunnels, six public ferries and one ford. The list starts at the downstream (Estuary) end and follows the river upstream towards the start of the river.

A few of the crossings listed are public pedestrian crossings making use of walkways across lock gates and bridges above or near-by weirs. Most of the other locks on the River Thames also have walkways across their lock gates and weirs, but these either do not fully cross the river, or are for the use of authorised people only, and are so are not listed.

Besides the ferry crossings listed, there are commuter boat services along the river in the city of London, and tourist boat services running both in London and upstream. Although the main purpose of these services is not to carry people across the river, it may be possible to use them to do so.

North Sea to London

proposed Lower Thames Crossing at or east of Dartford Crossing - three options announced in April 2009
Gravesend – Tilbury Ferry, a passenger ferry.
High Speed 1 rail tunnels from Swanscombe in Kent to West Thurrock in Essex. (Two 2.5 km tunnels, 7.15 m internal diameter.)
Dartford Crossing including two Dartford Tunnels (1963 and 1980) and the cable-stayed Queen Elizabeth II Bridge (1991)
Dartford Cable Tunnel (2003; tunnel carrying electrical cable; accessible by authorised personnel only)
380kV Thames Crossing (power line crossing at West Thurrock)

East London

proposed Thames Gateway Bridge, bridge between Beckton with Thamesmead, cancelled in November 2008.
Docklands Light Railway tunnel (between King George V and Woolwich Arsenal stations)
Woolwich foot tunnel (1912)
Woolwich Ferry
Crossrail Tunnel (construction started 15 May 2009)
Millennium Dome electricity cable tunnel
Thames Barrier (includes service tunnel accessible by authorised personnel only)
proposed Silvertown tunnel (bridge or tunnel to relieve the Blackwall Tunnels)
Jubilee Line tunnels (between North Greenwich and Canning Town; 1999)
Blackwall Tunnel (Alexander Binnie, 1897; second bore 1967)
Jubilee Line tunnels (between Canary Wharf and North Greenwich; 1999)
Docklands Light Railway tunnel (between Island Gardens and Cutty Sark; 1999)
Greenwich foot tunnel (Alexander Binnie, 1902)
Jubilee Line tunnels (between Canada Water and Canary Wharf; 1999)
Canary Wharf – Rotherhithe Ferry
Rotherhithe Tunnel (Maurice Fitzmaurice, 1908)
Thames Tunnel (Wapping to Rotherhithe Tunnel) (Marc Brunel, 1843; the world's first underwater tunnel, now part of the East London Line)

Central London

Tower Bridge (1894)
Tower Subway (Peter W. Barlow and James Henry Greathead; 1870. The world's first underground tube railway, cable hauled - now used for water mains and telephone cables and not accessible)
Northern Line (City branch) tunnels (between London Bridge and Bank; 1900)
London Bridge (1973)
City & South London Railway tunnels (This railway's original crossing of the river between Borough and King William Street; 1890. Abandoned in 1900 when the Northern Line City branch tunnels were opened on a new alignment)
Cannon Street Bridge (1982)
Southwark Bridge (1921)
Millennium Bridge (footbridge, 2002)
Blackfriars Railway Bridge (1886)
Blackfriars Bridge (1869)
Waterloo & City Line tunnels (between Waterloo and Bank; 1898)
Waterloo Bridge (1945)
Northern Line (Charing Cross branch) tunnels (between Waterloo and Embankment; 1926)
Hungerford Bridge 1864
Bakerloo Line tunnels (between Waterloo and Embankment; 1906)
Jubilee Line tunnels (between Waterloo and Westminster; 1999)
Westminster Bridge (1862)
Lambeth Bridge (1932)
Vauxhall Bridge (1906)
Victoria Line tunnels (between Vauxhall and Pimlico; 1971)
Grosvenor Bridge (Victoria Railway Bridge) (1859)

South West London

Chelsea Bridge (1937)
Albert Bridge (1873)
Battersea Bridge (Sir Joseph Bazalgette, 1890) (Henry Holland, 1771)
Battersea Railway Bridge (1863)
Wandsworth Bridge (1938)
Fulham Bridge and Footbridge (1889)
Putney Bridge (Sir Joseph Bazalgette, 1886) (Phillips & Ackworth, 1729)
Hammersmith Bridge (Sir Joseph Bazalgette, 1887)
Barnes Bridge and Footbridge (1849)
Chiswick Bridge (1933)
Kew Railway Bridge (1869)
Kew Bridge (John Wolfe-Barry, 1903)
Richmond Lock and Footbridge (1894)
Twickenham Bridge (1933)
Richmond Railway Bridge (1848)
Richmond Bridge (1777)
Hammerton's Ferry (F) (Marble Hill Twickenham to Ham House)
Teddington Lock Footbridge
Kingston Railway Bridge (1863)
Kingston Bridge (1828)
Hampton Court Bridge (1933)
Hampton Ferry (F) (to Hurst Park, East Molesey, 1519)

London to Windsor

Walton Bridge (1953 and 1999)
Shepperton to Weybridge Ferry (F)
Chertsey Bridge (1785)
M3 Motorway Bridge (1971)
Staines Railway Bridge (1856)
Staines Bridge (1832)
M25 Runnymede Bridge (Edwin Lutyens, 1961; widened 1983 and 2005)
Albert Bridge (1928)
Victoria Bridge (1967)
Black Potts Railway Bridge (1892)
Windsor Bridge (1824)
Windsor Railway Bridge (Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1849)
Queen Elizabeth Bridge (1966)

Windsor to Reading

Summerleaze Footbridge (1992)
M4 Bridge (incorporates footbridge) (1961)
Maidenhead Railway Bridge (Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1838)
Maidenhead Bridge (1777)
Cookham Bridge (1867)
Bourne End Railway Bridge (1895; incorporates footbridge)
Marlow By-pass Bridge (1972)
Marlow Bridge (William Tierney Clark, 1832)
Temple Footbridge (1989)
Hambleden Lock (incorporates public footbridge)
Henley Bridge (1786)
Shiplake Railway Bridge (1897)
Sonning Bridge (c.1775) & Sonning Backwater Bridges (1986)
Caversham Lock (incorporates public footbridge)
Reading Bridge (1923)
Caversham Bridge (1926)

Reading to Oxford

Reading Festival Bridge (2008, a temporary footbridge on permanent footings for the Reading Festival)
Whitchurch Bridge (1902, a toll bridge from Whitchurch-on-Thames to Pangbourne)
Gatehampton Railway Bridge (Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1838)
Goring and Streatley Bridge (1923)
Moulsford Railway Bridge (Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1838)
Winterbrook Bridge (1993)
Wallingford Bridge (1809)
Benson Lock (incorporates public footbridge)
Shillingford Bridge (1827)
Little Wittenham Bridge
Day's Lock (incorporates public footbridge)
Clifton Hampden Bridge (George Gilbert Scott,1867)
Appleford Railway Bridge (1929)
Sutton Bridge
Culham Bridge (across Swift Ditch, a backwater and former main course of the river near Abingdon)
Abingdon Bridge (1416)
Abingdon Lock (incorporates public footbridge)
Nuneham Railway Bridge (1929)
Kennington Railway Bridge (1923)
Isis Bridge (1962)
Donnington Bridge (1962)
Folly Bridge (1827)
Oxford Footbridge
Osney Footbridge
Osney Rail Bridge
Osney Bridge (1885)

Oxford to Cricklade

Medley Footbridge (1865)
Godstow Bridge (1792)
A34 Road Bridge
Swinford Toll Bridge (1777)
Pinkhill Lock (Incorporates public footbridge)
Hart's Weir Footbridge (1879)
Newbridge (13th century)
Tenfoot Bridge
Shifford Cut Footbridge and Duxford Ford
Tadpole Bridge
Old Man's Bridge (1868)
Radcot Bridge (1787)
Eaton Footbridge (1936)
Bloomers Hole Footbridge (2000)
St. John's Bridge (1886)
Halfpenny Bridge (James Hollingworth, 1792) - the start of the navigable Thames
Hannington Bridge
Castle Eaton Bridge
Water Eaton House Bridge
Eysey Footbridge
A419 Road Bridge
Cricklade Town Bridge

Beyond Cricklade

Waterhay Bridge
High Bridge, Ashton Keynes
Three Bridges, Ashton Keynes
unnamed road bridge at grid reference 020946
Neigh Bridge
unnamed road bridge at grid reference 004972
Parker's Bridge, Ewen
A429 Road Bridge
A433 Road Bridge

Related pages

Tunnels underneath the River Thames
Locks and weirs on the River Thames
London River Services
Islands in the River Thames
Thames Path
River Thames