Worlds

London Thames

London

London Thames in RowingBuddy: Down the Thames past Big Ben, the London Eye, St Paul’s and the Shard, and under Tower Bridge.

Row downstream through the heart of London, from Westminster to Tower Bridge, past the city’s landmarks one after another. On a long row, the river brings you round to Westminster again.

What you’ll see

  • The Palace of Westminster and Big Ben, its clock showing London time
  • Westminster Bridge and the London Eye
  • St Paul’s over the rooftops, Tate Modern and the Millennium Bridge
  • London Bridge, the Shard, HMS Belfast and the Gherkin
  • The Tower of London and Tower Bridge with its bascules raised, with Canary Wharf far downstream
  • Red buses, black cabs, bunting and a cheering crowd on the embankments

Rowing here

Every stroke on your rower moves your boat. London Thames has its own music for warming up, racing and the final sprint, and every workout works here, from a 500 m sprint to half an hour of steady rowing. You race three pacers, and your own best row comes back as a ghost.

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