the Royal National Lifeboat Institution opened the Teddington Lifeboat Station, one of four Thames lifeboat stations, below the lock on the Teddington side. The station became operational in January 2002 and is the only volunteer station on the river.

History

Etymology

The place-name 'Teddington' is first attested in a Saxon charter of 969, where it appears as 'Tudintún' ('The Crawford Collection of Early

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