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This is a list of crossings of the River Thames, downstream first, including bridges, tunnels and ferries. In all, there are 214 bridges, 17 tunnels, five public ferries and one ford.^[1] However, it does not include the 45 locks where the river may be crossed.

Contents 1 North Sea to London 2 East London 3 Central London 4 West London 5 London to Windsor 6 Windsor to Reading 7 Reading to Oxford 8 Oxford to Cricklade 9 See also

• proposed Lower Thames Crossing, not yet formally announced; possibly to connect the Isle of Grain in Kent with Canvey Island in Essex
• Gravesend - Tilbury Ferry, a passenger ferry.
• Channel Tunnel Rail Link rail tunnels from Swanscombe in Kent to West Thurrock in Essex. (Two 2.5 km tunnels, 7.15 m internal diameter.)
• Dartford Crossing including two Dartford Tunnels (1963 and 1980) and the cable-stayed Queen Elizabeth II Bridge (1991)
• Dartford Cable Tunnel (2003; tunnel carrying electrical cable; accessible by authorised personnel only)

• proposed Thames Gateway Bridge, expected to be built between 2009 and 2013 to connect Beckton with Thamesmead
• under construction Docklands Light Railway tunnel (between King George V and Woolwich Arsenal stations, expected 2009)
• Woolwich foot tunnel (1912)
• Woolwich Ferry
• proposed Crossrail tunnel
• Thames Barrier - connects the banks of the river via a service tunnel accessible by authorised personnel only.
• proposed Silvertown Link bridge or tunnel to relieve the Blackwall Tunnels
• Jubilee Line tunnels (between North Greenwich and Canning Town; 1999)
• Blackwall Tunnels (Alexander Binnie, 1897; second bore 1967)
• Jubilee Line tunnels (between Canary Wharf and North Greenwich; 1999)
• Docklands Light Railway tunnel (between Island Gardens and Cutty Sark; 1999)
• Greenwich foot tunnel (Alexander Binnie, 1902)
• Jubilee Line tunnels (between Canada Water and Canary Wharf; 1999)
• Rotherhithe Tunnel (Maurice Fitzmaurice, 1908)
• Thames Tunnel (Wapping to Rotherhithe Tunnel) (Marc Brunel, 1843; the world's first underwater tunnel, now part of the East London Line)

• Tower Bridge (1894)
• Tower Subway (Peter W. Barlow and James Henry Greathead; 1870. The world's first underground tube railway, cable hauled - now used for water mains and telephone cables and not accessible)
• Northern Line (City branch) tunnels (between London Bridge and Bank; 1900)
• London Bridge (1973)
• City & South London Railway tunnels (This railway's original crossing of the river between Borough and King William Street; 1890. Abandoned in 1900 when the Northern Line City branch tunnels were opened on a new alignment)
• Cannon Street Railway Bridge (1982)
• Southwark Bridge (1921)
• Millennium Bridge (2002)
• Blackfriars Railway Bridge (1886)
• Blackfriars Bridge (1869)
• Waterloo & City Line tunnels (between Waterloo and Bank; 1898)
• Waterloo Bridge (1945) (the "women's bridge")
• Northern Line (Charing Cross branch) tunnels (between Waterloo and Embankment; 1926)
• Hungerford Footbridges (2002)
• Charing Cross (Hungerford) Bridge (1864)
• Bakerloo Line tunnels (between Waterloo and Embankment; 1906)
• Jubilee Line tunnels (between Waterloo and Westminster; 1999)
• Westminster Bridge (1862)
• Lambeth Bridge (1932)
• Vauxhall Bridge (1906)
• Victoria Line tunnels (between Vauxhall and Pimlico; 1971)
• Grosvenor Bridge (Victoria Railway Bridge) (1859)

• Chelsea Bridge (1937)
• Albert Bridge (1873)
• Battersea Bridge (Sir Joseph Bazalgette, 1890) (Henry Holland, 1771)
• Battersea Railway Bridge (1863)
• Wandsworth Bridge (1938)
• Fulham Railway Bridge (1889)
• Putney Bridge (Sir Joseph Bazalgette, 1886) (Phillips & Ackworth, 1729)
• Hammersmith Bridge (Sir Joseph Bazalgette, 1887)
• Barnes Railway Bridge (1849)
• Chiswick Bridge (1933)
• Kew Railway Bridge (1869)
• Kew Bridge (John Wolfe-Barry, 1903)
• Richmond Lock and Footbridge (1894)
• Twickenham Bridge (1933)
• Richmond Railway Bridge (1848)
• Richmond Bridge (1777)
• Teddington Lock Footbridge
• Kingston Railway Bridge (1863)
• Kingston Bridge (1828)
• Hampton Court Bridge (1933)
• Hampton Ferry (F) (1519)

• Walton Bridge (The 1953 temporary road bridge has been for pedestrians only since 1999, vehicles use a new (1999) temporary bridge, designed to last 10 years)
• Shepperton to Weybridge Ferry (F)
• Chertsey Bridge (1785)
• M3 Motorway Bridge (1971)
• Staines Railway Bridge (1856)
• Staines Bridge (1832)
• Runnymede Bridge (1961) (Originally designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens for the Staines bypass; M25 motorway bridge added 1983; M25 widened 2004)
• Albert Bridge (1928)
• Victoria Bridge (1967)
• Black Pott's Railway Bridge (1892)
• Windsor Bridge (1824)
• Windsor Railway Bridge (1849) Brunel's GWR Bridge
• Queen Elizabeth Bridge (1966)

• Summerleaze Footbridge (1992)
• M4 Bridge (incorporates footbridge) (1961)
• Maidenhead Railway Bridge (Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1838)
• Maidenhead Bridge (1777)
• Cookham Bridge (1867)
• Bourne End Railway Bridge (1895; incorporates footbridge)
• Marlow By-pass Bridge (1972)
• Marlow Bridge (William Tierney Clark, 1832)
• Temple Footbridge (1989)
• Henley Bridge (1786)
• Shiplake Railway Bridge (1897)
• Sonning Bridge (c.1775)
• Caversham Lock (incorporates footbridge)
• Reading Bridge (1923)
• Caversham Bridge (1926)

• Whitchurch Bridge (1902) - Toll Bridge from Whitchurch-on-Thames to Pangbourne
• Gatehampton Railway Bridge (Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1838)
• Goring and Streatley Bridge (1923)
• Moulsford Railway Bridge (Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1838)
• Wallingford By-pass Bridge (1993)
• Wallingford Bridge (1809)
• Shillingford Bridge (1827)
• Day's Lock Footbridge (1870)
• Clifton Hampden Bridge (George Gilbert Scott,1867)
• Appleford Railway Bridge (1929)
• A415 road bridge
• Abingdon Bridge (1416)
• Nuneham Railway Bridge (1929)
• Kennington Railway Bridge (1923)
• Isis Road Bridge A423 (1962)
• Donnington Bridge (1962)
• Folly Bridge (1827)
• Oxford Footbridge
• Osney Footbridge
• Osney Rail Bridge
• Osney Bridge (1885)

• Medley Footbridge
• Godstow Bridge (1792)
• A34 Road Bridge
• Swinford Toll Bridge (1777)
• Hart's Weir Footbridge
• Newbridge (13th century)
• Tenfoot Bridge
• Tadpole Bridge
• Radcot Bridge (1787)
• Eaton Footbridge
• Bloomer's Hole Footbridge
• St. John's Bridge (1886)
• Halfpenny Bridge (James Hollingworth, 1792) - the start of the navigable Thames
• Hannington Bridge
• Castle Eaton Bridge
• Water Eaton House Bridge
• Eysey Footbridge
• Cricklade High Bridge

• Tunnels underneath the River Thames
• Locks on the River Thames
• River Thames