But a new ranking lists the capital’s most underrated tourist attractions, and it’s likely to leave tourists and locals a little confused. With fewer than 10,000 visitors each year, the Thames Barrier ...

Plans for flood defences along the River Thames have raised environmental concerns among campaigners. A series of flood walls, embankments and temporary flood barriers have been proposed to reduce ...

One stark difference is the looming Barking Flood Barrier which now stands above the Barking Creek, where the River Roding meets the Thames. The barrier was designed and built between 1979 and ...

A map proposing what London's transport network could look like in 70 years has been revealed, with the future of some stations looking uncertain. The illustration shows the River Thames expanding to ...

The decision to drop a scheme to improve flood defences in the Thames Valley has been criticised by a local authority. The Environment Agency (EA) said the benefits of its Thames Valley flood ...

Find out more at the Young Reporter website. In 2014 1,000 homes were flooded from the River Thames, The Thames Flood Defence scheme aims to prevent this from happening by creating a channel ...

A drying Thames river basin in the UK would still face five times the current risk of flooding by 2080, a recent assessment of the effects of climate change has found. A drying Thames river basin in ...

So a lot of money is spent on flood defences to keep people and their houses safe, like the barrier at the River Thames mouth. What river is nearest to where you live? Where does it start?

While Buckingham Palace and the London Eye might get a lot of love from tourists, London has plenty of other attractions that fly under the radar. There’s the Barbican Conservatory, the Postal ...