The English Eye » Source of the Thames http://79.170.44.136/theenglisheye.com Just another WordPress site Tue, 09 Apr 2013 12:44:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 FINDING THE SOURCE OF LONDON’S ‘OLD FATHER THAMES’ http://79.170.44.136/theenglisheye.com/finding-the-source-of-londons-old-father-thames/ http://79.170.44.136/theenglisheye.com/finding-the-source-of-londons-old-father-thames/#comments Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:16:00 +0000 david http://79.170.44.136/theenglisheye.com/finding-the-source-of-londons-old-father-thames/

According to the map (circled in the pic) the River Thames rises in a quiet field not far from Cirencester, a handsome old town around 100 miles west of London.

The nearest road to the source is a busy one, but there are some places to park, and after a false start or two, camera and I were marching towards “the spot”, about 20 minutes walk across open fields and over quaint old rural styles.

Click the pic to get a closeup of the map I used, then you’ll be able to see the “Source of the Thames” clearly marked.

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