The River Thames
he Thames is England's premier river and much of English history has been lived, worked and fought over alongside this river. London, was a Roman trading centre and port, boats travelled up to Oxford from the the twelfth century onwards, and palaces, castles, country houses, abbeys, water mills, historic villages and inns are heavily scattered along the Thames Valley, far too many to mention them all here
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Oxford is renowned for it's Universities and churches and there's a wonderful view of its spires from the river. Dorchester Abbey dates back to the 7th century while Reading is the capital of England's Silicon Valley. The Henley Royal Regatta is held on the river each July, Marlow has many fine Georgian buildings and Cliveden House and gardens, famous for their Churchill connections, sit high above a beautiful steeply wooded stretch of river.
Windsor has its Castle and Great Park and a few miles further on Runnymede is where King John signed the Magna Carta in 1215 and the Kennedy Memorial is sited, an English acre given to the American people. Then comes Hampton Court Palace.
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