Goring Lock

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Goring Lock
The view of Goring Lock from Goring and Streatley Bridge
Waterway	River Thames
County	Oxfordshire
Maintained by	Environment Agency
Operation	Hydraulic
First built	1787
Latest built	1921
Length	179’ 5” (54.68m)
Width	21’ 0” (6.40m)
Fall	5’ 10” (1.77m)
Above Sea Level	136'
Distance to Teddington Lock	65 miles
Power is available out of hours

Goring Lock

legend

River Thames

Cleeve Lock

weir

Site of old mill

Goring Lock

Goring Bridge

Goring Mill

River Thames

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.

The first lock was built in 1787 by the Thames Navigation Commissioners from oak and this was replaced in 1886. In the last rebuild in 1921 the lock had intermediate gates installed, making two pounds, but these were removed in the refit in 2003.

The weir runs back to an island under the bridge and then another weir goes from there to the Streatley bank.

[edit] Access to the lock

The lock is situated almost under the bridge and is easily accessible from both Goring and Streatley

[edit] Reach above the lock

The reach is only just over half a mile long.

The Thames Path crosses the bridge to Streatley and continues on the western bank to Cleeve Lock.

[edit] See also

Locks on the River Thames

Next lock upstream	River Thames	Next lock downstream
Cleeve Lock 0.62 miles	Goring Lock Grid reference: SU596808	Whitchurch Lock 1.07 miles