For the
first time, the Mayor's Thames Festival will take place across an entire
month from 1st to 30th September 2014. Last year's event extended the
weekend-long festival to ten days and this year the dates are lengthened even
further. Another first: the festival will take place across a 42-mile stretch
of the river between Hampton Court Bridge in the west and the Dartford Crossing
in the east. One event, the River Relay, will go even further, covering the
whole 215 mile course of the Thames from its source to the sea. The
festival - much of which is free - celebrates the main waterway which winds its
way through the heart of the city, through a diverse mix of art, music, and
educational events both on the water and along its banks and bridges at various
riverside locations from Westminster Bridge to Tower Bridge and beyond.
The
present Blackfriars Bridge, open to walkers and drivers, was opened in 1869 by
Queen Victoria to whom the bridge was dedicated - a statue of her can be seen
on the north side of the bridge. It was originally named 'William Pitt Bridge'
(after the Prime Minister William Pitt) but was soon renamed after Blackfriars
Monastery, a Dominican priory which once stood nearby. More about Blackfriars Bridge
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