Recreation Action Group

There’s much more to the Thames Estuary than a famous river. It’s one of the busiest recreation areas in the UK, used by residents and tourists. As more and more people move out to the estuary as part of the Thames Gateway development, there will be an increasing need to improve recreational facilities as people take advantage of the open space for recreation. In recognition of this the Recreation Action Group (RAG) was established in 2001.

Thames Estuary Recreation, Access and Use Workshop Meeting

1 December 2011 2:00pm - 4:30pm

At the meeting we discussed in small groups the future direction of the RAG - see the Workshop Minutes

See the agenda

What does the RAG aim to achieve?

Amongst the objectives of the FAG are the following:

What does the RAG aim to achieve? Among the objectives of the RAG are the following:

to maintain and enhance opportunities for sport and recreational pursuits consistent with the long-term interests of the estuary;
improve communication and understanding between recreational and other users of the estuary;

TEP is collecting local information on how people use the Thames and its banks for recreation and we will feed this back to those organisations planning for the future.

How do you use the Thames and its banks for recreation?

What is good about the way you use it?

What do you wish could be improved?

Please send articles with your view to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or send us a letter to our office address at UCL.

RAG Additional Docs

The Thames Estuary Partnership and its Recreation Action Group have launched the Thames Path: City to Sea brochure in 2005 and the Thames Estuary Path Survey has been published in 2008 [more...]

Action Groups

RAG Meeting Docs

Recreation Action Group members

(alphabetical order) include:

Castle Point Borough Council

Environment Agency

Erith Yacht Club

Gallions Point Marina

Kent County Council

London Borough of Bexley

London Borough of Dartford

London Borough of Greenwich

London Borough of Newham

London Borough of Richmond

RAG members (continued)

London Port Health Authority

Natural England

Port of London Authority

Ramblers

Royal Yachting Association (RYA)

Southend Canoe Club

Sustrans

Thurrock County Council