SHOCKING: Hammersmith bridge - You Need To See This

Waterloo Bridge could be forced to close 'within four years' with major repairs needed

An inspection of the bridge has found water damage and 2 millimetre cracks, with Westminster City Council asking for £6 million to fund the repairs

Evening Standard · Sep 28

London council rejects funding bid to keep Hammersmith Bridge open to pedestrians

Wandsworth Council wrote to Hammersmith and Fulham Council stating it could not support the bid for essential repairs to the bridge as it fell short of what residents and businesses wanted to see

Evening Standard · Aug 14

Hammersmith Bridge could use driverless cars after closing to traffic

A non-for-profit group in west London has proposed using driverless cars over the Hammersmith Bridge.

Evening Standard · Jul 19

£1million redesign of junctions by Putney Bridge branded a 'disaster'

Residents claim expensive project has wreaked havoc on their lives

Evening Standard · Jan 24

Military-style Thames crossing should be built so Hammersmith Bridge can be repaired, say Tories

Conservative councillors are proposing a temporary structure across the river just north of the existing bridge

Evening Standard · Jan 23

Nearly one in three Outer London motorists driving less due to parking, congestion and bills, new poll shows

Three out of ten Londoners are getting behind the wheel less, according to new survey

Evening Standard · Jan 9

Five million wet wipes cleared from disgusting 'island' in Thames — as false teeth and trousers also found

Diggers scooped up wipes, towels, scarves, trousers, a car’s engine timing belt and a set of false teeth from the river foreshore in west London

Evening Standard · Sep 11, 2025

Welcome to ‘Wet Wipe Island’: my day at London’s grimmest new landmark

Two tennis courts’ worth of wet wipes have accumulated in a rotting pile by Hammersmith Bridge. I went along to witness the horrors – and the cleanup operation

The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2025

OPINION - Our wasteful culture has led us to Wet Wipe Island - it needs to change

Authorities are resorting to desperate measures to remove Wet Wipe Island near Hammersmith Bridge. It’s fallen to the Port of London Authority, which once ran London’s docks, to remove the equivalent of 15 double decker buses of waste from the Thames.

Evening Standard · Aug 12, 2025

London's disgusting 'wet wipe island' to be removed as work begins to excavate 180 tonnes of congealed waste

Work is under way to excavate the estimated 180 tonnes of congealed waste near Hammersmith Bridge

Evening Standard · Aug 10, 2025