River User Group

Supporting a living working Tidal Thames

Directory

These listing and videos promote user members with goods and services on the Tidal Thames – a comprehensive guide of companies, organisations and individuals providing activities to maintain the utility and the enjoyment of the tidal Thames.

So if you wish to do anything on the Thames this is the place to look. Ordinary members are not included within this guide.

Click on the category in the menu (left) for the member and scroll down to find a member covering your interest. The members are listed by location, starting at Teddington and working downstream to the North Sea.

Attractions

Tourist hotspots & Great houses – 1

River Thames Visitor Centre

Riverside, Richmond, Surrey, TW10 6UJ

 A permanently moored, tastefully converted Thames barge, moored near Richmond Bridge with a progressive environment exhibition about the River Thames. A great attraction to take your kids to for education and great food.

0208 940 7500

www.riverthamesvisitorcentre.com

email@riverthamesvisitorcentre.com

River Thames Visitor Centre – YouTube

Health clubs – 0

Pubs, restaurants, cafes – 3

Sammy’s Bar

172 High St, Teddington, Middlesex, TW11 8HU

American style bar and grill just a few hundred yards from Teddington Lock with a wonderful atmosphere and live music on Thursday night from 7.30pm www.sammys-teddington.co.uk

mail@sammys-teddington.co.uk

Barmy Arms

Embankment, Twickenham, TW1 3DU Tel: 0208 892 0863

An attractive riverside family pub, with great british food, a super seating area next to the unique working Twickenham Riverside.

alecdunlop@aol.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gpf34eA1EU 

Orleans Gardens Cafe

Riverside Rd, Twickenaham, Middlesex, TW1 3DG

A pleasant family cafe next to the Thames, with childrens playground and easy access to Hammerton Ferry to Ham and Petersham

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPguX38srWM

Venues – 0

Hotels – 0

Waterway Infrastructure

Wharves, Piers and Jetties – 0

Passenger services, freight – 1

Parr Boats

48 Victoria Rd, Teddington, Middlesex, TW11 8SR

Boat trips daily April to October hourly 11-15 to 4-15 45 mins return Richmond Pier to Teddington Lock.

0208 977 8850

www.parrboats.co.uk

Boat builder/yards/repairers, surveyors – 3

Phoenix Wharf

Eel Pie Island, Twickenham, Middlesex, TW1 3DY. Tel: 0208 891 5904

This is a sustainable development of boatyard and design studios purpose built at a unique location on an historic riverside setting.

www.eelpie-riversideproperty.co.uk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkPTOXXAwkI

B J Woods & Sons Ltd

Lion Wharf Rd, Isleworth, Middlesex, TW7 7BW. Tel: 0208 560 4848

Dry docking craft up to 130ft x 20ft steel fabrication and repairs, painting and woodwork.

bjwoodsandsonsltd@btconnect.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yH1yYKGIcg

MSO Marine

Dock Rd, Brentford, Middlesex, TW8 8AG. Tel: 0208 560 5159

Dry docks, tidal grid and surveys, UHP, steel fabrication and paint application.

www.msomarine.co.uk

info@msomarine.co.uk

Motor boating, chandleries – 1

The Boat Shop

Ferry Rd, Teddington, Middlesex, TW11 9NN. theboatshop@btconnect.com

Chandlery, boat sales and repair and moorings. Located next to Teddington Lock, the Boat Shop is at the gateway to the Tidal Thames and the ideal place to discover boating.

Moorings, houseboats & other uses – 1

Hammertons Ferry

Orleans Rd, Twickenham, Middlesex. TW1 3PL

Ferry and moorings from Marble Hill House to Ham House. Providing overnight stays, boat mooring, boat restoration within a beautiful setting.

0208 892 9620

www.hammertonsferry.co.uk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1i4B_AtmtHE

Recreation & Leisure

  • Rowing – 0
  • Angling – 0
  • Sailing – 0
  • Walking, running, cycling – 0 
  • Canoeing – 0
  • Swimming – 0

Utilities & resources

  • Riverside Industries – 0 
  • Waters supply – 0 
  • Electricity – 0
  • Housing, office space – 0
  • Agriculture – 0
  • Education – 1

Radnor House School

Pope’s Villa, Cross Deep, Twickenham, Middlesex. TW1 4QG

An independent and day scchool for boys and girls aged 7 to 18 located on a beautiful stretch of the River Thames.

www.radnorhouse.org

dpaton@radnorhouse.org

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ore_9NuSD-c

Environmental Quality

  • Biodiversity – 0
  • Archaeology, architecture – 0
  • Flooding – 0
  • Open spaces, parks – 0
  • Pollution, litter, river clean-ups – 0
  • Other physical features – 0
  • Waterway management – 0