Nautical chart print · The Thames Valley

Henley-on-Thames nautical chart print

The Thames valley as a branching sea inlet

Raise the sea to 120 metres above today’s and the Thames valley becomes a long, branching inlet, with the Chiltern valleys running off it as creeks. The deepest water, where the river runs now, is charted as Temple Pit; the town becomes Henley-on-Thames Haven, with Hambleden-under-Sea and Fingest-under-Sea up the side valleys.

Every sounding on the sheet is a real land height turned upside down, so the channels follow the true shape of the valleys. It’s a chart for rowers, for anyone who has walked the Thames Path, and for sailors who live a long way from the sea.

On the chart

Temple Pit · Henley-on-Thames Haven · Hambleden-under-Sea · Roundabout Sound

Sea level

120 m above today’s, chosen by the Studio for this frame. You can change it.

Depths

Every sounding is a real land height, measured from the air, turned upside down.

Style

Drawn after the British Admiralty chart: soundings, depth contours, drying heights and coded lights. About the Admiralty style

Honestly

An imagined sea, marked “not for navigation” on the sheet. The harbour and channel names are invented from real places nearby.

• A1Rolled, to frame yourself£120
• A1Framed, ready to hang£250
• A0Rolled, to frame yourself£175
• A0Framed, ready to hang£375

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