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Walking along the Thames Path, a designated long distance National trail. This scene is at Lechlade on the section of the path between Halfpenny Bridge and St John's Lock the first (or last) on the Thames. Here moored boats are visited by inquisitive cattle! Lechlade, a picturesque market town at the southern end of the Cotswolds marks the highest navigable pont on the river. Above here it soon becomes narrower and shallower - no place for river boats!!

Looking across the River Thames - invisible here behind the thick growth of riverside plants - to the town of Lechlade in Gloucestershire. This is a picturesque market town at the southernmost edge of the Cotswolds, close to the Oxfordshire border. Behind the Riverside pub and restaurant can be seen the spire of the parish church of St Lawrence - a local landmark. The Thames Path starts close by, near to the town of Cricklade and continues all the way to the Thames Barrier in London.

A view across the Thames in the early stages of its life at Lechlade in Gloucestershire. In The background is the church of St Lawrence - the spire a local landmark. Lechlade, at the southernmost tip of the Cotswolds marks the beginning (or end depending on your direction oif travel) of the navigable Thames. Fuirther upstream past Halfpenny Bridge it gradually becomes narrower and shallower - no place for river cruisers and narrowboats! This image has added textures.

A narrowboat moored on the banks of the Thames at Lechlade in Gloucestershire on an overcast afternoon, close to the Oxfordshire border and right at the southernmost tip of the Cotswolds. Here we are also at the highest navigable point of the river - St John'sLlock just below this scene being the first (or last) to navigate. Just further upstream the river becomes narrower and shallower - the river looking very little like the mighty Thames flowing through London!

The view of the River Thames looking downstream from Halfpenny Bridge in Lechlade, Gloucestershire. This is the highest navigable point on the river as just a little further upstream it becomes narrower and shallower. Here though, boats are moored by the meadows where cattle graze while swans preen and wait for handouts of food! Lechlade is an attractive market town at the southern tip of the Cotswolds close to the Gloucestershre and Oxfordshire border.

'Nice Item' - an aptly named narrowbooat moored up against the Thames Path at Lechlade, Gloucestershire. This is about as far upstram as you can get on the thames as after Lechlade it becomes narrower and shallower! In the background is the parish church of St Lawrence at Lechlade its spire being a local landmark. Lechlade is at the southern tip of the Cotswolds and is very close to the Oxfordshire border. This image has added textures in the style of an oil painting.

Looking across the River Thames at Lechlade in Gloucestershire, towards the parish church of St Lawrence. This picturesque market town, at the southernmost tip of the Cotswolds, is also the highest navigable point on the Thames. Further west and it becomes increasingly narrower and shallower. St John's Lock just down river from here is the first (or last if you're travelling westward) on the Thames. This is a digital art image with added textures.

A textured image of the scene just above Halfpenny Bridge in Lechlade-on-Thames in Gloucestershire close to the Oxfordshire border. This picturesque market town, at the southernmost tip of the Cotswolds, is also the highest navigable point on the Thames. Further west and it becomes increasingly narrower and shallower. St John's Lock just down river from here is the first (or last if you're travelling westward) on the Thames. In the background is the spire of St Lawrence church - a local landmark.

Halfpenny Bridge at Lechlade in Gloucestershire, right at the southern tip of the Cotswolds. This bridge is the last road crossing over the River Thames before the river becomes un-navigable. Just further upstream through the arch it gradually becomes narrower and shallower - no place for river cruisers! This bridge dates from 1792 and its name stems from the toll paid by pedestrians to cross, this ending in 1839. Lechlade is a market town very close to the border with Oxfordshire.

Halfpenny Bridge and its old tollhouse as seen from the Thames Path at Lechlade in Gloucestershire. This bridge dates from 1792 and marks the start (or finish) of the navigable Thames. Pass through this arch en route upriver and it soon becomes narrower and shallower - no place for river boats! The bridge's name stems from the ha'penny toll paid by pedestrians to cross - this ending in 1839. Lechlade is a picturesque market town at the southern tip of the Cotswolds near the Oxfordshire border.

The scene just below Halfpenny Bridge in Lechlade, Gloucestershire. Here the Thames Path National Trail can clearly be seen as it wends its way towards London. This bridge marks the start of the navigable Thames as above this it becomes increasingly narrower and shallower. The bridge dates from 1792 and gets its name from the halpenny toll for pedestrians which lasted until 1839. It is now a Grade 2 listed building. Lechlade is a picturesque market town close to the Oxfordshire border

Looking over the parapet of Halfpenny Bridge in Lechlade at the final navigable stretch of the River Thames for launches and narrowboats. Now it quickly becomes shallower and narrower - so only small craft such as canoes can carry on travelling upstream. Lechlade is at the southern most edge of the Cotswolds in Gloucestershire and boasts the first (or last) lock on the Thames - St John's. Lechlade itself is a picturesque market town with plenty of welcoming cafés and pubs.

This is about as far as you can take a boat upriver on the Thames. This is Lechlade - and beyond here the river becomes narrower and shallower. In the distance is the round house marking the start of the sadly derelict Thames and Severn Canal (currently being restored). Lechlade itself is a picturesque market town in Gloucestershire near the border with Oxfordshire and boasts the first (or last) lock on the Thames - St John's.

This is as far you can take a river boat on the Thames. The scene is just above Lechlade and the boats moored in the distance cannot go further upstream for here it narrows and becomes shallower as it heads towards Cricklade. Just behind us is the roundhouse which marks the beginning of the now derelict Thames and Severn Canal which once allowed working narrow boats to travel further. In the distance is the spire of St Lawrence's church at Lechlade - a picturesque market town.

The highest navigable stretch of the River Thames (except if you're in a canoe!) at Lechlade in Gloucestershire at the southernmost edge of the Cotswolds. Here, above Halfpenny Bridge, the river gradually becomes narrower and shallower. Lechlade, a picturesque market town is close to the border with Oxfordshire and has the first (or last) lock on the river (St. John's).Here too the Thames Path long distance National Trail is close to its start near Cricklade and the source of the Thames.