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BASIC PRINCIPLES of TIDEWAY NAVIGATION a Chart to Accompany the Tideway Code: a Code of Practice for Rowing and Paddling on the Tidal Thames > BASIC PRINCIPLES OF TIDEWAY NAVIGATION A chart to accompany The Tideway Code: A Code of Practice for rowing and paddling on the Tidal Thames > Upper Tideway Code Area (Special navigation rules) Col Regs (Starboard navigation rule) With the tidal stream: Against either tidal stream (working the slacks): Regardless of the tidal stream: PEED S Z H O G N ABOVE WANDSWORTH BRIDGE Outbound or Inbound stay as close to the I Outbound on the EBB – stay in the Fairway on the Starboard Use the Inshore Zone staying as close to the bank E H H High Speed for CoC vessels only E I G N Starboard (right-hand/bow side) bank as is safe and H (right-hand/bow) side as is safe and inside any navigation buoys O All other vessels 12 knot limit HS Z S P D E Inbound on the FLOOD – stay in the Fairway on the Starboard Only cross the river at the designated Crossing Zones out of the Fairway where possible. Go inside/under E piers where water levels allow and it is safe to do so (right-hand/bow) side Or at a Local Crossing if you are returning to a boat In the Fairway, do not stop in a Crossing Zone. Only boats house on the opposite bank to the Inshore Zone All small boats must inform London VTS if they waiting to cross the Fairway should stop near a crossing Chelsea are afloat below Wandsworth Bridge after dark reach CADOGAN (Hammersmith All small boats are advised to inform London PIER Crossings) BATTERSEA DOVE W AY F A I R LTU PIER VTS before navigating below Wandsworth SON ROAD BRIDGE CHELSEA FSC HAMMERSMITH KEW ‘STONE’ AKN Bridge during daylight hours BATTERSEA BRIDGE F A I R W D BRIDGE MIDDLESEX BRIDGE MIDDLESEX CHISWICK AY PARK EYOT All rowing outings below Wandsworth D 3 FUL ALBERT SPS 5 Harbourmaster Pontoon BRENTFORD AITS FULLERS BREWERY (Fulham Reach Crossing) Bridge must be pre-approved by the club Cremone Wharf BRIDGE N OLIVER’S AIT ‘Hog hole’ St NICHOLAS D RIVERSIDE Safety Advisor and rowers must avoid D CHURCH FAIRWAY Chiswick PARK LOT’S AIT KEW KEW ‘RAIL’ BRIDGE outings below Fulham Railway Bridge PIERS reach HARRODS D All small boats must inform BRENTFORD ‘The Petrol Pumps’ 4 3 hrs before and 2 hrs after high tide LOCK CHISWICK D London VTS before navigating UL PIER due to barge traffic movements CHELSEA Grand Union canal Chiswick Steps below Chelsea Bridge (UL Crossing) Crossing tidepredictions.pla.co.uk/ HARBOUR F u l Barn Elms Battersea ‘The h a CHELSEA m reach reach Barges’ F MILE POST HARBOUR PIER A CHISWICK THE I Mortlake R W KEY SURREY MARINA BANDSTAND F reach l A CRAVEN a Y t s KEW DUKE’S Y BARN PEED BATTERSEA COTTAGE S L A D T IM O Port navigation buoy (Mortlake Crossing) W I SYON GARDENS MAA MEADOWS ELMS (FFC) N T TEDDINGTON TO WANDSWORTH BRIDGE R I K RAIL BRIDGE F BBL CYG 8 A QBC WMN A 8 K Coaching launches may only exceed PARK F I N Chiswick T R EMA I BISHOP’S O Starboard navigation buoy W M T I 8 knots if accompanying a crew TSS L Syon Crossing A Corney S P D E PTR Bridge TTR E Y BAE PAR 8 PARK Crossing reach London Heliport ‘THE PINK Y H Passenger vessel stop Beverley Brook A LODGE’ W FAIRWAY BARNES BRIDGE CHISWICK R I D Syon ‘The Black Buoy’ A Commercial freight berth BRIDGE Steps F “THE LONDON reach D FULHAM RAILWAY IMP CRB TRC APPRENTICE” “THE “YE WHITE PUTNEY D D DUL VRC WES BRIDGE Vessels entering the river SHIP” D HART” HSB KCS LRC EMBANKMENT STAG BREWERY HURLINGHAM Plantation Wharf Wandsworth Thames Tunnel site ISLEWORTH SURREY Putney Crossing PARK reach SPEED L PUTNEY PIER D AIT T IM O I T TEDDINGTON TO WANDSWORTH BRIDGE Draw dock N D K 8 PUTNEY D F A I R W 8 K Coaching launches may only exceed AY N T I O WANDSWORTH BRIDGE M BRIDGE T I 8 knots if accompanying a crew Sailing Club L S P D E 8E RICHMOND LOCK & WEIR Lifeboat station WANDSWORTH SMUGGLERS WAY TWICKENHAM RAIL BRIDGE Always navigate according to the visible tidal stream, not the tide PARK River Wandle & WASTE TRANSFER STATION Closed arch Bell Lane Creek D predictions. If in doubt about the tidal stream direction navigate RBC Exclusion zone TWICKENHAM BRIDGE RICHMOND BRIDGE on the Starboard side of the Fairway (e.g. at the turn of the tide) CORPORATION D ISLAND F A I R W 2 A EMERGENCIES Y PRINCIPAL BOATHOUSES: Rowing/Paddling (not all clubs are listed) Everywhere along the tidal Thames always Always carry a mobile phone (in a buoyant MIDDLESEX SURREY 1 Thames Young Mariners LTU Latymer Upper School GLOVER’S water-proof case) for emergency use ISLAND TWK Horse 2 Twickenha m/EPIC SUP SPS St. Paul’s School If life-threatening, immediately call MARBLE HILL reach 999 or 112 and ask for the Coastguard KEEP A GOOD LOOKOUT 2 Richmond Canoe Club FSC “THE SWAN” PARK Furnivall D who will send the appropriate assistance. RBC Richmond Boat Club PETERSHAM by sight and by sound, in front and behind AKN Auriol Kensington Be prepared to give your name, location EEL PIE D D MEADOWS ISLAND TWK 3 EDGE Canoe Club/Active360 SUP FUL Fulham Reach/Blades Canoe Club and the nature of the emergency Large motor vessels have Right of Way over small boats Chelsea Kayak Club FAIRWAY BAE PAR Barn Elms/Parrs Priory HAM 8 INCIDENTS which should always allow them space in the Fairway/ UL5 University of London (incl. colleges) HOUSE EE Putney Bridge/Battersea Canoe SP D L For non-emergencies and near T IM Outrigers & Dragon boats O I N T TEDDINGTON TO WANDSWORTH BRIDGE deep water channel IMP K misses call on HAM 8 Imperial College London VTS 8 K Coaching launches may only exceed PTR N T Putney Town I O 0203 2607711or VHF ch14 M T LANDS I 8 knots if accompanying a crew L S TRC HSB P D E 8E Thames/HSBC All boats in the Fairway have Right of Way and overtaking MAA Mortlake Anglian & Alpha or use the smart phone app > 1 VRC Vesta SWAN boats must give way or wait until it is clear QBC WMN Quintin/Westminster Uni. ISLAND WES Westminster School Never cross in front of a boat in the Fairway, even in a TSS Tideway Scullers School CRB FURTHER INFORMATION TEDDINGTON TTR Thames Tradesmen Crabtree Col Regs Crossing Zone All rowers and paddlers navigating on the LOCK & WEIR DUL EMA Emanuel School Dulwich College Regardless of the tidal stream: tidal Thames must be fully conversant Do not stop, turn, cross, overtake or do slow-moving BBL CYG BBLRC/Cygnet/Civil Service Canoe club KCS Kings College School with The Tideway Code. Also see: Outbound or Inbound stay as close to exercises within 75m of any bridges • www.boatingonthethames.co.uk 4 Chiswick Pier Canoe Club LRC London the Starboard (right-hand/bow side) bank as • PLA Tidal Thames – smartphone app SON Sons of the Thames 5 Kayaking London/EPIC CIC is safe and out of the Fairway where possible Do not spread out across the channel • Recreational Users’ Guide – leaflet Do not scale • This diagram is for general guidance only and not intended to be definitive • Some ‘Local Names’ have been used • Please refer to The Tideway Code (First Edition 2019) and Admiralty Chart 3319 for detailed information • Original illustration by [email protected] for the Port of London Authority • www.pla.co.uk • PLA & Neil Pickford ©2019.
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