Upcoming ‘Talks by the Thames’
Mothering Sunday Brunch Cruise
CANCELLED Chiswick Pier to Teddington Lock Celebrate Mothering Sunday by joining Chiswick Pier Trust on a river cruise....
Read PostWatch the 2020 Boat Race
CANCELLED Come along to the Pier House where you can not only watch the start and finish of the race on our big screen...
Read PostAn interview with Ben Aaronovitch
CANCELLED Interview with bestselling author Ben Aaronovitch about ‘False Value’, his new book in the Rivers of London...
Read PostWatercolour Painting Day
CANCELLED Chiswick Pier 9.30 – 4.00 Having held three very popular and successful workshops last year we welcome Julia...
Read PostEmergency First Aid at Work
CANCELLED One day course Join us at Chiswick Pier on May 13th from 09.30 – 4.30 to attend an emergency first aid at...
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10,000 Years of Brentford
10,000 Years of Brentford Jon Cotton is a former senior curator at the Museum of London and is a particular expert on all things relating to West London. John got the inspiration for...
Read MoreCapability Brown’s Gardens
Capability Brown’s Gardens along the Thames Author Steffie Shields delivered a talk on ‘England’s Greatest Gardener’ Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown. Brown designed over 170...
Read MoreJohan Zoffany
Was Johan Zoffany Chiswick’s most Colourful Artist?The National Gallery’s Matthew Morgan treated us to a very colourful talk on the subject of royal artist Johan Zoffany. Born...
Read MoreTravelling back in time
Travelling back in time along the Thames The ‘Panorama of the Thames Project’, led by .Jill Sanders and John Inglis, provides insight into how the Thames and its riverbanks have...
Read MoreIs Everything we know about the Thames Wrong?
Is Everything we know about the Thames Wrong? Author and London aficionado Matt Brown visited us at Pier House and dared to tell us that everything we ‘think’ we know about the...
Read MoreLondon’s Sporting Heritage
London’s Sporting Heritage along the Thames From its first century Roman amphitheatre to the 21st century Olympic Stadium at Stratford, London has always been a city of spectacle...
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