The barrier, built in 1982 on the Thames on the eastern side of the capital at Woolwich, was designed to protect 48 sq miles (125 sq km) of central London from flooding caused by tidal surges.

A Thames Barrier-style tidal defence is being considered in Bristol to prevent future flooding. About 1,000 properties in the city are currently at risk from a tidal surge, according to Bristol ...

By holding back the tide, the barrier creates more space in the river for excess water from upstream to flow down. At low tide, the Thames barrier is then opened and the floodwaters flow to the sea.

Since its opening, the Thames Barrier has protected the capital from tidal and fluvial flooding 221 times. It is also part of a more robust flood protection system that includes walls, embankments ...

The Barrier has survived 15 ship collisions and it played a largely unsung role in the 2012 Jubilee celebrations, taming the tidal Thames into a gigantic lake, safe for the hundreds of small boats ...

Since it opened in 1982, it has closed on 186 occasions, 99 times to protect against tidal flooding and 87 times to protect against combined sea and river flooding. Will the Thames Barrier be ...

If all this draining water were to meet an incoming tide, it could back up, damaging properties in west London. The Barrier holds the water in the wider reaches of the Thames until tidal ...

Engineers and other Thames Barrier staff members are planning to ... the barrier workers have specifically chosen dates during which the tide is expected to be particularly high.

When the Thames Barrier was being designed in the 1970s ... "The defences we have at the moment allow for sea level rise and the tidal levels we're expecting by 2030. That is still some time ...

The barrier, built in 1982 on the Thames on the eastern side of the capital at Woolwich, was designed to protect 48 sq miles (125 sq km) of central London from flooding caused by tidal surges.

A Thames Barrier-style tidal defence is being considered in Bristol to prevent future flooding. About 1,000 properties in the city are currently at risk from a tidal surge, according to Bristol ...