Check Out Our Past Winners & Runners Up

Thames Lens 2023: Private View @ Woods Quay

This year we hosted the winners and runners up with the Port of London Authority at Woods Quay.

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Thames Lens 2025: Winners

Thames Festival Trust Announces Winners of Thames Lens 2025.

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Thames Lens 2023: Winners

Thames Festival Trust in partnership with the Port of London Authority are thrilled to announce our winning Thames Lens 2022 photos.

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Thames Lens 2022: Winners

Thames Festival Trust in partnership with the Port of London Authority are thrilled to announce our winning Thames Lens 2022 photos.

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Thames Lens 2021: Winners

Our annual photography competition inviting non-professional photographers to travel onto and by the river to capture unique shots of the River Thames.

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Thames Lens 2020: Winners

Our annual photography competition inviting non-professional photographers to travel onto and by the river to capture unique shots of the River Thames.

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Thames Lens 2019: Winners

Our annual photography competition inviting non-professional photographers to travel onto and by the river to capture unique shots of the River Thames.

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Thames Lens 2018: Winners

Our annual photography competition inviting non-professional photographers to travel onto and by the river to capture unique shots of the River Thames.

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Thames Lens 2017: Winners

Our annual photography competition inviting non-professional photographers to travel onto and by the river to capture unique shots of the River Thames.

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Seed Funder Programme

Seed Funders are supported by Thames Festival Trust to present their project in September as part of Totally Thames festival. Apply to our Seed Fund and receive up to £1000 budget, marketing, and development support.2025 Seed Fund Programme opens 29 January, close 10 March. 2024 Seed FundersAishwarya Raut showcased Nadī at Rembert. Translating to ‘River’ in Marathi, the contemporary duet was based on stories from the rural Konkan region…

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Sing for Water

A riverside choral event that takes place as part of Totally Thames, bringing together choirs from across the UK to raise money and awareness for WaterAid.

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Totally Thames Festival

Totally Thames Festival is an annual season of unique, diverse and accessible arts and culture throughout the month of September with activity taking place on, beneath, and along the River Thames.Launched in 2014, Totally Thames Festival emerged from the idea to expand and replace the hugely successful two-day Thames Festival along the South Bank and Bankside that ran from 1997-2013.The month-long programme runs the 42-mile stretch of the Thames…

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Reflections

This event took place at dusk on Saturday 24 September 2022, the Reflections flotilla was a tribute by the river community marking the passing of Her Majesty the Queen and the accession of King Charles III. As the boats glided peacefully by, it allowed those viewing to remember the past and think positively about the future. The event aimed to raise up to £20,000 for the RNLI, supporting the construction of a new lifeboat station at Waterloo Bridge.The…

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