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Chloe Dewe Mathews

Kemble, Gloucestershire: A honey jar in a hollow, possibly an offering, at what has been suggested as source of the Thames at Kemble in Gloucestershire. An unidentified symbol is drawn on the label.

Southwark, London: A full-moon ritual to celebrate the birth of goddess Isis, conducted in front of the Tate Modern, on the Thames South Bank.

Lechlade, Gloucestershire: Druid Chris Parks in a self-built coracle which he used to row the Thames from source to sea in 2010. He called the mission a 'Pilgrimage for Peace.'

Red Sands, Thames Estuary. The structures are an example of Maunsell Sea Forts, built during the Second World War, in this case to protect the ports of Felixstowe and Harwich. The forts have since fallen into disrepair, with local volunteers attempting restoration.

Southend-on-Sea, Essex: in the Thames estuary, the ‘Big Sunday’ Pentecostal group from London gather to perform a mass baptism of everyone in the group.

Southend-on-Sea, Essex: floral tributes drift on the water at a place where ashes were scattered. The Southend pier, which stretches over a mile out into the Thames estuary, is a popular place for this funerary ritual.

Southend-on-Sea, Essex: girls drink by the water near the Southend amusements.

Southend-on-Sea, Essex: Day trippers from East London perform Islamic evening prayer, Maghrib, at the edge of the Thames estuary,

Grays, Essex: a man reads the Sunday paper in a quiet spot near Tilbury docks.

Southwark, London: Congregations of St Magnus the Martyr and Southwark Cathedral meet on London Bridge on Epiphany in early January, which marks the baptism of Jesus Christ in the River Jordan. Prayers are said, then a priest throws a wooden cross into the river.