River Thames Source Dries Up For First Time During Drought Rivers
The source of the river has shifted from its official starting point outside Cirencester during the ongoing dry weather and is now more than 5 miles (8 km) downstream. Dr Rob Collins, director of policy and science at the Rivers Trust, said: “Following prolonged dry weather, the source of the Thames in Gloucestershire has dried up, with a weak flow now only discernible more than 5 miles downstream (at Somerford Keynes)....