Kingston River Festival 2025: river restriction notice
Published 18 August 2025
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When
Saturday 6 September 2025, 11am to 9pm.
Where
Teddington reach, Canbury Gardens to Raven’s Ait.
Details
On Saturday 6 September 2025 at 12pm as part of Kingston River Festival, a flotilla of boats will make its way from Raven’s Ait to Canbury Gardens. Boats will muster above Raven’s Ait from 11am.
After the flotilla there will be a series of demonstration events from local sailing clubs who will show different craft with crews of all ages in a series of races between Raven’s Ait and Kingston Bridge. Whilst below the Railway Bridge in front of Canbury Gardens, the different unpowered craft will demonstrate their racing skills.
Masters of all boats to maintain a safe speed and lookout between Canbury Gardens and Raven’s Ait.
All boats must be navigated in accordance with any instructions given from Environment Agency control points or patrol launches.
Those in charge of boats should be aware that they are responsible for avoiding collision and should use all available means appropriate to the circumstances and conditions to decide if there is a risk of immediate danger and avoid it.
Byelaws
Nothing contained in these directions shall supersede those parts of the Thames Navigation Licensing and General Byelaws 1993 and the UK Merchant Shipping (Distress Signals and Prevention of Collisions) Regulations 1996 as may be relevant. Particular attention should be paid to byelaws 24-42 of the Thames Navigation Licensing and General Byelaws 1993, Steering Sailing and Speed.
And Notice is hereby given, that it is provided by Byelaw 52 of the Thames Navigation Licensing and General Byelaws 1993 that:
The master of any vessel shall except in an emergency not pass any boat-race regatta public procession or gathering for the launch of a vessel or any other event or function which may cause a crowd to assemble on or by the river nor station his vessel thereon in such a manner as would risk obstructing impeding or interfering with such boat-race regatta procession launching event or function or endangering the safety of persons assembling on the river or preventing or interfering with the maintenance of order thereon.
The maximum penalty for breach of the Byelaws is £1,000.
Read our Thames Navigation Licensing and General Byelaws 1993.