River Thames Guide Lite was a lifestyle app developed by Jeff Maynard. It was removed from Google Play Feb 10, 2025 and is no longer available for download.
Download Statistics
River Thames Guide Lite had been downloaded 5.9 thousand times before it became unavailable.
User Ratings
The app had no ratings.
App Information
River Thames Guide Lite was free to download. The APK download size was 1.17 MB. The last available version was 20.07. The last update was on September 18, 2020.
Technical Requirements
River Thames Guide Lite required Android 4.4+ or higher. The app had a content rating of Everyone. The app had been available on Google Play January 2017.
Description
The official British Marine Federation App for users of the tidal and non-tidal River Thames.
The complete planner and guide for travel and leisure on the River Thames including where you can go, how you get there and what’s on the way - includes these key features:
Thames Map and Guide: •Interactive River Map •Journey Planner: time and distance between any two of 102 river points •Locks: need to know detail on every lock •Bridges: headway in metres and feet •River draft (clearance under your keel) •Weather for selected locations •Current river conditions
Boating Advice: •Rules for the River •Preventing Problems •Emergency Help and Guidance (RNLI approved)
INTERACTIVE RIVER MAP: pinch or squeeze to zoom to the required level of detail. Add any combination of locks, moorings, boatyards, marinas, slipways, fuel, sanitation, pubs, restaurants, lodgings and/or bridges; tapping any icon pops up further details including phone number (where appropriate).
JOURNEY PLANNER: select a starting point and destination from the supplied list of 102 landmarks (including locks, marinas, moorings and places of interest) and immediately see the sailing distance, direction (up or downstream), sailing time (at 5 mph, 3 mph and 1 mph) and the number of locks to transit to complete your journey.
LOCK FEATURES: every Thames lock is listed in order from Cricklade Bridge to Teddington with distance to next lock both up and downstream. Touch any lock to see much more information including: telephone number; post code; lock type; width, drop and length; lock keeper’s hours; facilities available (such as WC, water, pump out etc). From the lock detail just tap to put this lock in the middle of the interactive map.
BRIDGE HEADWAY: every bridge listed in order with headway in feet and metres; bridge headways are colour coded for ease of use and instant check to see if you need to lower any masts.
WEATHER: select one of 14 location on the river for an up-to-date weather forecast for today and tomorrow (includes temperature, winds, humidity, visibility, sunrise and sunset). Requires an Internet connection.
CURRENT RIVER CONDITIONS: for safer river use always verify the current official conditions before setting off; these are provided by the Environment Agency (the River Thames authority) and categorised as Red, Yellow or Green – tap to view an explanation of the colours.
IN CASE OF EMERGENCY: River Thames Guide includes an SOS section with information, endorsed by the RNLI, on how to deal with various problems including: Man Overboard; Boat Sinking; Boat on Fire; Boat Drifting. NOTE: these sections should be studied before embarking so that you can react properly to any emergency. Better still: take an appropriate course before using the river.
HELP: tips on using River Thames Guide to help plan your journey, find somewhere to eat or stay, using the map, and more.
Recent changes: Improvements to the weather page easier to use on smaller screens Time to strike your Ensign moved to home page Improved navigation on PLA Advice for smaller screens
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★★★★★
Spot on. Intuitive, easy to use and shareable. Much better than 35mb pdfs you have to download, print and faff about with. Loving your work, Jeff...
★★★★★
The issue with the map is fixed now, it all looks really good. Looking forward to taking it onto the water with me this summer.
★★☆☆☆
Information side of things ok. Interactive map next to useless - current position icon doesn't work, no option for showing water points, very poor facilities filter generally. Could be so good, but isn't.
★★☆☆☆
A great idea and there is nothing to compare it to but it is so slow and
clunky. Downloading map data is especially slow. The full version,
available on the authors website is much better!
★★☆☆☆
Unable to open App just comes up with white scree.
★★☆☆☆
Icon to show one's current location failed to activate on the map, so had to use Google Map when we did our trip. The advice and information in the app are excellent.
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