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Riverview Halfpenny Bridge, Lechlade-on-Thames, Lechlade GL7 3DL, England
Lechlade on Thames In The Cotswolds.
Lechlade, or Lechlade-on-Thames, is a town at the southern edge of the Cotswolds in Gloucestershire, England. It is the highest point at which the River Thames is navigable. The town is named after the River Leach that joins the Thames near The Trout Inn.
The town is a popular venue for tourism and river-based activities. There are several pubs, some antique shops, a convenience store, food outlets, a garden centre and a Christmas shop. Near the 15th century Church of England parish church of Saint Lawrence, in the centre of the town, there is a large open space which is now a car park. The main roads through the town are busy, as the town is at the crossroads of the A417 and A361. Where the A361 enters the town from the south it crosses the River Thames on Halfpenny Bridge. Another tributary of the Thames, the River Coln, joins the Thames at the Inglesham Round House. Lechlade has hosted a music festival since 2011. In 2015 the festival's headline act was Status Quo.
Lechlade is the highest town to which the River Thames is navigable by relatively large craft including narrowboats. It is possible to travel by river or on foot from here to London. Indeed, in the early eighteenth century goods unloaded in Bristol were transported to Gloucester, carried overland to Lechlade and sent down the Thames to London. The Halfpenny Bridge is therefore the usual start for a water based Thames meander – the term for a long distance journey down the Thames. The Thames Path also continues upstream to the traditional source of the Thames at Thames Head). The river is actually navigable for a short distance further upstream, near the village of Inglesham, where the Thames and Severn Canal joins the River Thames. Rowing boats can reach even further upstream, to Cricklade. Lechlade is a popular resort for Thames boating. Boats of different types can be hired from here, from rowing boats to river cruisers.
The highest lock on the Thames is St John's Lock, at Lechlade, where there is a statue of Old Father Thames overlooking the boating activities. There is a view from St John's Bridge across the lock and the meadows to the spire of St Lawrence's parish church. The River Leach flows into the Thames at St John's Bridge. The poet Percy Bysshe Shelley composed A Summer Evening Churchyard here which includes the lines Clothing in hues of heaven thy dim and distant spire Around whose lessening and invisible height Gather among the stars the clouds of night.
Intro Title Music:-
Cinematic (Sting) by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (
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River Thames - Oxford to Lechlade 20
Filmed in July 2018 this video follows our progress upstream from Oxford to Lechlade. We were fortunate to enjoy this stunning length of the Thames in glorious summer weather. There is little, other than the occasional lock or pub, to break this journey as the river winds a tortuous and sometimes solitary path through open farmland, meadows and woodland to the current head of navigation just beyond Lechlade. I say current, because the still photograph of a round house, featured in this video, marks the eastern end of the Thames and Severn Canal A canal that fell into disrepair and closure that is currently being restored by the sterling work of the Cotswold Canal Trust. When complete it will eventually link the two great waterways at Saul Junction
Background Music
I just wanted to see you smile by Broken Elegance
Lifting Dreams by Aakash Gandhi
With thanks
YouTube Audi Library
Copyright free music
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and Aakash Gandhi - - No copyright music
River Thames - Oxford to Goring 14
Following our Narrowboat journey we head east on the River Thames from Oxford to Goring. A combination of both timelapse and video to providing a record of our journey that we can share with others should they want to sample it for themselves.
Background music provided with Creative Commons and Attribution Licenses from hooksounds.com
with thanks to:
Nazar Rybak for Inspirational Friends and
Nicolai Heidlas for Morning Sun
Episode 16.Oxford to Lechlade and back
Join us on our narrowboat as we leave the Oxford canal and start our cruise on the Lechlade arm of the Thames.
We encounter 2 gale force storms and have to stay moored up due the the Environment Agency issuing strong stream warnings, Battle fallen trees and strong currents.
Video equipment used
Joby Gorilla Pod Mobile
Rode Videomicro Compact On Camera Mic
Ulanzi Ultra Bright LED Video Light 49 led video light
Campark ACT76 Action Camera 4K 16MP
BOYA BY-M1 3.5mm Lavalier Condenser Microphone
Life Jacket
Music
This is a Jazz Space be Midnight North
► Sourse: YouTube Royalty-free Music
► Midnight North (Playlist) -
UK, Windsor Castle - River Thames Boat Trip - October 2018
UK, Windsor Castle Visit - River Thames Boat Trip - October 2018
The River Thames at Lechlade
A short walk along the Thames at Lechlade, Gloucestershire.
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a short video showing the busy town of lechlade on thames and the river thames which is just a few hundred yards from the town.
Iffley Lock river Thames Oxford England
Iffley lock on the river Thames in Oxford England.
Thames journey
Photo story from a narrow-boat trip on the Thames
River Thames - Marlow to Windsor 19
Following our narrowboat journey downstream on the River Thames from Marlow to Windsor. This collection of timelapse, video and still photography records our progress in quicktime to comprehensively share our journey with others.
Background Music:
Atmospheric Piano
by Nicolai Heidlas
and
Acoustic Background
by Alvaro Angeloro
by courtesy of hooksounds
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hooksounds.com
Bridges Boats and People - Cotswold Canals
Cotswold Canals, Gloucestershire UK
a brief look at some of the recent achievements in restoration, in particular the involvement of other community groups, and very much the individual stories of volunteers.
The finale is a snapshot of the four mile section of as yet unrestored canal which will rejoin this to the national network.
This film was premiered at a Cotswold Canals Trust fundraising event on 19th November 2018 to a packed house at Whitminster Village Hall, where the programme of films opened with a special screening of two waterway films generously provided by Huddersfield Film Makers.
Near the end of the film there is an image of Bristol Road lock (at 20.40), with the unusual siting (for the Stroudwater Navigation) of its ground paddles, and in the background is the former Ryde's bridge.
music by Jonny Easton:
Kiss the Sky, Still and Don't Look Back
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Kayak at Lechlade
Helen attempts to launch her new kayak for the first time However, the local Cotswold livestock have other ideas.
The River Thames from Cricklade to Lechlade 1st July 2012
We paddled the River Thames from Cricklade to Lechlade Sunday 1st July 2012.
River high & fast. Many fallen trees. A few in the first few miles were awkward to pass.
Buscot Weir Buscot Oxfordshire England. UK
Cricklade to Lechlade by Canoe
Cricklade to Lechlade
Boating on the Thames in London 2
Boat HoBoat Holiday 2018 Day 2- Along the river thames
Boat Holiday along the river thames
Cricklade to Lechlade on the thames
Canoeing from Cricklade to lechlade on the thames, in an inflatable. May 2017.