London Rivers Week Events
Events
London Rivers Week celebrates the capital’s many rivers, lakes and streams and helps you find them. This year it features a mix of socially-distanced riverside and online events, including webinars, river walks, river clean-ups and a special podcast.
If an event is fully booked then it’s still worth getting in touch to add your name to the next one. And if you head over to the London Rivers Week page you’ll find inspiring guided walks, hands-on river clean-ups, vibrant cultural events, dynamic webinars, and plenty of fun, family-friendly activities to sign up for.
Events
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London Rivers Week 2026: Clean Air Canal art exhibition
The Gramophone Works, 326 Kensal Road, W10 5BZ The Gramophone Works, Kindred Studios, LondonJoin artist Camilla Brendon at Kindred Studios in West London during London Rivers Week for a FREE, fantastic art exhibition called 'Clean Air Canal'. It...
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London Rivers Week 2026: Urban Riverfly Training at Chingford Community Station Hub [FULLY BOOKED – Waitlist available]
Chingford Community Hub Station Approach, Chingford Overground StationJoin Thames21 for a free Urban Riverfly training as part of London Rivers Week 2026 and become an Urban Riverfly Monitor! For more information about...
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London Rivers Week 2026: Deptford Creek Bird Survey [FULLY BOOKED]
Creekside Discovery Centre 14 Creekside, Deptford , London, United KingdomJoin Creekside Discovery Centre for a FREE guided bird survey along Deptford Creek and help record the birdlife that calls this unique urban waterway home....
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London Rivers Week 2026: Riverfly taster session on the Boundary Stream
Windmill LaneJoin Clean Up the River Brent (CURB) enthusiasts at Long Wood Nature Reserve to Collect, Identify, Count and Release invertebrates, key indicators of river health,...
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London Rivers Week 2026: Riverside Creativity Day in Battersea
St Marys Church Battersea Church Road, LondonBadge samples by artist Shona Coyne, who will be holding a workshop at this event. BOOK HERE Celebrate London Rivers Week with a free, fun-filled,...
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London Rivers Week 2026: London’s Last Wilderness – Film Screening & Q&A
Lumiere Cinema II 17 Queensberry Place, LondonAs part of London Rivers Week 2026, London’s Last Wilderness, a visually stunning documentary by Pablo Behrens, will be screened for free at 11:00am on...
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London Rivers Week 2026: The River Brent in Ealing
Hanwell Railway StationJoin West London Ramblers, the Brent River and Canal Society, and volunteers from CURB (Clean Up the River Brent) for a free guided walk as...
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London Rivers Week 2026: Balsam Bash at Ham
Ham Street Car Park 209 Ham Street, RichmondJoin our friends Thames Landscape Strategy for a free, friendly, hands‑on volunteer session helping to control Himalayan Balsam, an invasive plant that poses a threat...
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London Rivers Week 2026: Walk the Lambeth – Riverside Walk [FULLY BOOKED -WAITLIST AVAILABLE]
Riverside Cafe Lambeth Pier, Albert Embankment, LondonAs part of London Rivers Week 2026, join Thames blogger Patricia Stoughton for a leisurely, free guided walk along a step-free section of the Thames...
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London Rivers Week 2026: Brookmill Park Wade [FULLY BOOKED]
Brookmill Park Brookmill Road, Deptford, London, United KingdomJoin Rivers & People for a free wade upstream from the Brookmill Park section of the River Ravensbourne as part of London Rivers Week 2026....
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London Rivers Week 2026: Salmons Brook Site Walk and Citizen Science Demo
Botany Bay Farm ShopJoin Thames21 to learn about the upcoming Upper Salmons Brook Restoration and how to join the team of Citizen Scientists. The restoration aims to: Improve 3km of river and floodplain habitat...
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London Rivers Week 2026: Wetland Walk at Wild Tolworth
Wild Tolworth Meeting Point Tolworth Court Farm, ChessingtonJoin the Citizen Zoo team for a free guided walk as part of London Rivers Week 2026 to celebrate the completion of the wetland restoration,...
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London Rivers Week 2026: Photography Competition Awards and Film Screening
The Leaside Trust Spring Lane,, Clapton,, London, United KingdomJoin us for our London River's Week Photography Competition awards. We will also be screening the short film We the Lea | Pollution, People and...
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London Rivers Week 2026: Aquatic Vegetation with Richard Lansdown
Meet at Hackney Marshes Homerton Road, London, United KingdomJoin RewildLea and renowned botanist and ecologist, and Chair of the IUCN SSC Freshwater Plant Specialist Group, Richard Lansdown, for a free guided walk as...
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London Rivers Week 2026: Guided Bat Walk [FULLY BOOKED]
Home Park Terrace Home Park Terrace, Kingston upon Thames, United KingdomJoin Thames Landscape Strategy for an enchanting spring evening exploring the secret world of bats in the beautiful grounds of Home Park at Hampton Court...
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London Rivers Week 2026: Enfield Beaver Tours [FULLY BOOKED]
Explore the Enfield’s beaver site on a guided tour and learn how they transform rivers for nature during London Rivers Week. BOOK HERE. Date: Wednesday...
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London Rivers Week 2026: Sensory walk through Headstone Manor Park [FULLY BOOKED]
Headstone Manor Park Pinner View, London, United KingdomJoin the Friends of Headstone Manor Park on this free walk to discover The Copse at Headstone Manor Park as part of London Rivers Week...
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London Rivers Week 2026: Keeping Our Rivers Healthy with CABI and the Stonebridge Lock Coalition
Stonebridge Lock, Waterside Café N17 0XD Stonebridge Lock, London, United KingdomDrop by CABI and the Stonebridge Lock Coalition’s stalls to learn all about the local waterways, the wildlife that lives there and how we are...
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London Rivers Week 2026: Family Crafternoon
Meet at Riverside Gardens, Orpington Riverside Gardens, Orpington, Greater London, London, United KingdomEnjoy a family crafternoon with South East Rivers Trust at Riverside Gardens for London Rivers Week, learning more about what lives in the river while...
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London Rivers Week 2026: A River Rights Charter for the Channelsea Creek – lecture and workshop
Loughborough University 3 Lesney Avenue, The Broadcast CentreJoin the Climate Ecological Transitions Hub at Loughborough University London (LUL) for a River Rights Charter event as part of London Rivers Week 2026, with...
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London Rivers Week 2026: Estuary Edges – From creek to open water [FULLY BOOKED]
SE8 3GL Meet on the lifting bridge over Deptford Creek, East of 2 Creative RdJoin a member of the Environment Agency for a free walk around Greenwich, looking at ways to improve tidal walls for wildlife as part of...
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London Rivers Week 2026: River Litter Detectives at Limekiln Dock
Limekiln Dock Junction of Three Colt St/Milligan St, London, United KingdomBook your FREE place here! Come along and join Thames21 as a river citizen scientist on the River Thames. We will collect the litter we...
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London Rivers Week 2026: Can London be a Wetland City?
London Zoo, Huxley Lecture Theatre, Nuffield Building, Outer Cir, London Outer Circle, London, England, United KingdomJoin ZSL for a (in-person) free talk on freshwater habitats and species as part of London Rivers Week. Beavers, water voles and wetlands... come and...
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London Rivers Week 2026: Twilight Elver Watch- Guided Field Evening [FULLY BOOKED]
Ladywell Fields Ladywell Fields, London, United KingdomJoin the Thames21 team for a FREE guided evening walk along the River Ravensbourne to discover one of the UK’s most remarkable and endangered...
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London Rivers Week 2026: Evening stroll along River Crane at Mill Road, Twickenham
Crane Park, TW2 5HA Mill RoadJoin Friends of the River Crane (FORCE) for this fantastic evening walk along the River Crane. This FREE guided walk will start at Mill Road...