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South Stoke is a village and civil parish on an east bank of the Thames, about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of Goring-on-Thames in South Oxfordshire. It includes less than 1 mile (1.6 km) to its north the hamlet and manor house of Littlestoke (a.k.a. Stoke Marmion).
Goring is on the left bank of the River Thames in the Goring Gap between the Berkshire Downs and Chiltern Hills, about 8 mi (13 km) north-west of Reading and 16 mi (26 km) south of Oxford. Across the river is the Berkshire village of Streatley, often seen as a twin village. They are linked by Goring and Streatley Bridge and its adjacent lock ...
The village is mostly surrounded by National Trust land: Lardon Chase, the Holies and Lough Down. Nearby villages include Aldworth, Goring-on-Thames, Lower Basildon, Moulsford and Pangbourne The Ridgeway long-distance path passes through the village, which is the finishing line for the annual "Ridgeway 40" walk and trail run. [2] The Thames ...
The bridge links the twin villages of Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, and Streatley, Berkshire, and is adjacent to Goring Lock. The present bridge was built in 1923, and is in two parts: The western bridge is from Streatley to an island in the river (overlooking The Swan hotel, once owned by Danny La Rue ); The eastern bridge is from the island ...
This is a list of settlements in both the non-metropolitan shire and ceremonial county of Oxfordshire, England.. Places marked ¹ were in the administrative county of Berkshire before the boundary changes of 1974.
The village is covered only by a Tuesday bus service running between Goring-on-Thames and Reading. The nearest railway station is Goring and Streatley (2.6 miles; 4.2 km) which offers stopping trains between Didcot and London Paddington. The main A329 road connects the village with Goring and Reading.
Goring and Streatley are twin villages in the English counties of Oxfordshire and Berkshire respectively, separated by the River Thames and joined by a bridge. The villages are administratively separate entitles but are sometimes treated as one village for the purpose of naming shared buildings. For the villages, see: Goring-on-Thames; Streatley
It is located just upstream of Goring and Streatley villages, on the eastern side of the river within the village of Goring. There was a hamlet of Cleeve, after which the lock is named, but it dropped out of use, as always part of Goring. [2] [3] The first lock was built in 1787 by the Thames Navigation Commissioners. The reach above the lock ...