Hampton Court Landing Stage - Thames River Boats — Attraction in London

What to do on an extremely hot, very sunny, and incredibly humid Sunday? We decided to catch the public boat from Hampton Court to Richmond. Just one of many trips and locations. We were not disappointed! Oh, cruising along on the top deck, the breeze was just perfect. We could forget about the humidity for an hour and a half! Highly recommend a trip, it was so different to anything else. Be mindful, the directions to the landing stage are excellent, but there's a couple of different company's boarding points - make sure you read the signs properly. Thames River Boats is practically parallel to the Palace, and it has a small hut. The vessel was bang on time. No problems getting en board and very safe. Once seated, our captain gave a short but obviously essential safety talk. Boring.. not! Our captain was absolutely hysterical! Thankfully, there wasn't much commentary, but when he did, it was so funny! Essential: Bar (reasonably priced) and toilets below deck, albeit a different flushing system. The 90 minutes flew by. Extremely relaxing, plenty to see and going through the lock at Teddington was interesting. We took a one way trip only to Richmond. Drop off point is just before the main, traffic bridge, not by the White Swan pub (which I assumed it would). All of a 5 minute stroll. I wish I'd got our host's name, but sadly, I didn't. £14 one way. As a treat, well worth it. Value for money and a great trip for locals and visitors alike. Just a couple of landmarks along the way. P.S. return journeys are readily available. We chose to take the ferry/boat to Richmond, enjoy the Riverside, then catch the bus home. 20 minutes was far more attractive towards the...

These guys were superb, from the minute I enquired about hiring the boat to the minute we got off. Hired the boat for 120 football lads to go down the Thames before a game! Boat was very good plenty of room on top deck and bottom to accommodate everyone! Bar was constantly stocked didn't run out of anything and as you can imagine we drank more than a fair amount! Paddy (who I organised it through) and rest of the team on board were brilliant!! Option of plugging in iPhone as they have speakers on board which was decent! Throughly good trip will defiantly book again!! Top day out by all the Norwich lads!! Thanks again Paddy and everyone on...

Went on the trip today and the journey from Westminster to Hampton court is a real treat and you see different parts of London that other trips dont do. Takes 3 hours. The downside is that times may change because of the tides. Fair enough. But if planning a trip a few days ahead it is necessary to know expected leaving times. If you phone them and leave a message to phone back they dont. On the trip today at the bar and being the first customer requesting alcohol they had run out of wine after our two...