Police and lifeboats

Estate Agents in London The river is policed by five police forces. The Thames Division is the River Police arm of London’s Metropolitan Police, while Surrey Police, Thames Valley Police, Essex Police and Kent Police have responsibilities on their parts of the river outside the metropolitan area. There is also a London Fire Brigade Estate Agents in London fire boat on the river. The river claims a number of lives each year. As a result of the Marchioness disaster in 1989 when 51 people died, the Government asked the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, the Port of London Authority and the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) to work together to set up a dedicated Search and Rescue service for the tidal River Thames. As a result, there are four lifeboat stations on the river Thames Estate Agents in London based at Teddington, Chiswick Pier, Tower Lifeboat Station and Gravesend.[24]

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Passenger services are operated in summer along the entire non-tidal river from Oxford to Teddington. The two largest operators are Estate Agents in London Salters Steamers and French Brothers. Salters operate services between Folly Bridge, Oxford and Staines. The entire journey takes 4 days and requires several changes of boat.[21] French Brothers operate passenger services between Maidenhead and Hampton Court.[22] Along the course of the river a number of smaller private companies also offer river trips at Wallingford, Reading and Hampton Court.[23] Many companies also provide boat hire on the river.

The leisure navigation and sporting activities on the river have given rise to a number of Estate Agents in London dependent businesses including boatbuilding, marinas, ships chandlers and salvage services.

Navigation
Bray lock, Buckinghamshire Estate Agents in London
Pool of London looking west, from the high-level walkway on Tower Bridge. Click on the picture for a longer description

The Thames is navigable from the estuary as far as Lechlade in Gloucestershire. Between the sea and Teddington Lock, the river forms part of the Port of London and navigation is administered by the Port of London Authority. From Teddington Lock to the head of navigation, the navigation authority is the Environment Agency. Both the tidal river Estate Agents in London through London and the non-tidal river upstream are intensively used for leisure navigation. All craft using the river Thames must be licensed.