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Goring Lock is a lock and weir situated on the River Thames in England at the Goring Gap in the Chiltern Hills. The lock is located on the Oxfordshire bank at Goring-On-Thames, with Streatley, Berkshire on the opposite side of the river. It is just upstream of Goring and Streatley Bridge.
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 ...
Goring-on-Thames (or Goring) is a village and civil parish on the River Thames in South Oxfordshire, England. Situated on the county border with Berkshire, it is 6 mi (10 km) south of Wallingford and 8 mi (13 km) north-west of Reading. It had a population of 3,187 in the 2011 census and was estimated to have increased to 3,335 by 2019. [2]
Penton Hook Lock with City of London arms on the House. The green box is the hydraulic control system Goring Lock demonstrates the common juxtaposition of weir, lock island, lock keeper's house and lock Choice of Yellow and Red warning boards which are placed on lock gates when navigation is hazardous Kayaker at Boulter's Weir
Streatley is a village and civil parish on the River Thames in Berkshire, England. The village faces Goring-on-Thames. The two places share in their shops, services, leisure, sports and much of their transport. Across the river is Goring & Streatley railway station and the village cluster adjoins a lock and weir.
Whitchurch Lock is the only lock on the River Thames which has no public access other than by boat. Reach above the lock View from near Gatehampton downstream towards Harts Lock Woods Whitchurch Lock from downstream Basildon Park across the river from Harts Lock Woods. The reach passes along the Chiltern Hills, culminating in Goring Gap.
There is a full list of locks and weirs on the River Thames. Pages in category "Locks on the River Thames" The following 47 pages are in this category, out of 47 total.
Goring Gap, geological feature on the River Thames near Reading, England; Goring Heath, village and parish, Oxfordshire; Goring-on-Thames, village and parish, Oxfordshire; Goring Lock, a lock and weir on the River Thames in Oxfordshire, England; Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex