Twice a day, every day, the tides of the River Thames rise and fall, revealing a foreshore that, in the middle of London, has been a focus of human activity for millennia.

Records of mudlarking on the River Thames go back to the mid-1800s when the poor would search the foreshore for metals, rope and coal. Victorian children would often undertake the jobs in ...

The Thames’s contents shift with every tide and the foreshore can change overnight, but generally you will find the most where the river has been busiest. Look at old maps; note the river stairs ...

The river’s tidal nature, rising and falling twice daily, constantly stirs and reshapes the foreshore, periodically revealing and concealing layers of history.

The exhibition features finds from the Thames foreshore and explores the role of mudlarks in uncovering history. Marie-Louise Plum, a mudlarking enthusiast, by the River Thames (PA Assignments ...

In 1991, the remains of a woman were discovered on the early medieval foreshore of the Thames River. The skeletal remains were moved to the London Museum, where they were curated. However, the ...

The Port of London has suspended new ‘mudlarking’ licences on the Thames to “protect the unique historical integrity” of the foreshore. The move means that no new foreshore permits for ...

In London, a small community of amateur archaeologists, or "mudlarks," regularly spend hours combing the banks of the River Thames for relics of human history, everything from human skulls to ...

We are on the foreshore of the Thames at low tide in Fulham, right next to Fulham FC's home, Craven Cottage. The water has gone out very quickly and left behind a very dirty secret. Plastic.

On the banks of the Thames, 2,000 years of history on x (opens in a new window) ... She leads the way, dodging around the boozers and descending a steep set of steps on to the river’s foreshore.

Twice a day, every day, the tides of the River Thames rise and fall, revealing a foreshore that, in the middle of London, has been a focus of human activity for millennia.

Twice a day, every day, the tides of the River Thames rise and fall, revealing a foreshore that, in the middle of London, has been a focus of human activity for millennia. Making use of the limited ...