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Useful Tools for
River Conditions:

Email Alerts

This service is currently not available either from the EA or from River Thames Guide.

 

  

Home Screen Widget

Owners of iOS devices (iPhone, iPad, iPod) or Android devices can install one or more widgets on a home screen for real-time conditions on selected stretches.

 

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Conditions by phone

If you are away from any connected (on-line) device you can hear spoken conditions for selected stretches of the River Thames from a simple phone call

 

What the boards mean

Non-tidal Thames

Yellow board

Caution Stream Increasing

YELLOW warning: users of unpowered boats are advised (by the Environment Agency) not to navigate; users of powered boats are advised to navigate with caution; a yellow board is displayed on the lock gates; for current conditions, click here

Yellow Board

Caution Stream Decreasing

YELLOW warning: users of unpowered boats are advised (by the Environment Agency) not to navigate; users of powered boats are advised to navigate with caution; a yellow board is displayed on the lock gates; for current conditions, click here

Red Boards

Caution Strong Stream

RED warning: users of all boats are advised (by the Environment Agency) not to navigate because strong river flows make it both difficult and dangerous; a red board is displayed on the lock gates; for current conditions, click here