Maps
Holme Park
1881: George Leslie -
The great tall trees of Holme Park rise up behind the church, and form the snuggest of backgrounds to the church tower, and the tow-Path for a good distance above the lock, is beneath the shade of these trees.
1947: The Reading Bluecoat School moved to Holme Park -
Reading Bluecoat School at Holme Park
Maps
Site of Breach’s Weir, Earley Point
Now two lovely bends
1585: Bishop - Weir No. 13 ?
1632: John Taylor mentions Breach's Weir
1775: Lord Mayor’s View -
a troublesome and dangerous place; in High water almost impossible to bring a barge into the present channel except she be thrown round and her stern go foremost
[ sounds like a recipe for Oxford Punting to me! ]
1783: Breach's Weir - “a notorious nuisance”
1794: All removed.
Map: Dreadnought Reach
1881: George Leslie -
... the “famous town of Reading” becomes unpleasantly visible, and the embankment of the Great Western railway nears the river. The stream is sluggish, the water dirty, and the punting anything but good, many of the banks on the tow-path side being fringed with the soft sedges so frequently mentioned in this book as a bad sign for the punter.
On the right bank a modern architectural development (not in Virtual Earth View)
On the left bank over a low bank
the Redgrave and Pinsent rowing course in the gravel pits (not in Virtual Earth View)
Along Dreadnought Reach are speed
calibration markers. There are two red
triangles on black and white poles.
If, in a mechanically propelled boat, you pass the poles in less than one minute you are speeding.
i.e you are exceeding an over the ground speed of 8kph = 4.97 mph = 4.32 knots
Some boats are perfectly safe and friendly to banks and small boats alike at that speed.
Others are already too fast and risk damaging banks and moored craft.
If in doubt you are too fast!
You ought to be in more doubt than you think you are ...!
Thames & Kennet Marina Left Bank (changed since Virtual Earh View was taken)
Dreadnought Reach, the Rowing Course and the Marina
The Redgrave and Pinsent Rowing Lake (see Oxford University Boat Club)
[The Rowing Course] has been constructed by Sport England on land either donated or previously owned by David Sherriff, a keen OUBC supporter and benefactor, who has made the project possible through a great act of philanthropy. The course is for the exclusive use of the British National rowing squad and Oxford University Boat Club and - David's personal wish - the 1st VIII's of University College, Oxford, and this state of affairs has been contractually covenanted for all time.
The Thames Traditional Boat Society has a base in the Marina at Port Fonty.
Reading Town Regatta and Thames Valley Park Regatta
(Kennet & Avon Canal)
Estuary
PLA
QEII Br
Barrier
Tower Br
Custom Ho
London Br
; Frost Fairs
Cannon St Rb
The Great Stink
Southwark Br
Millenium Br
Blackfriars Rb
Blackfriars Br
Waterloo Br
Charing Cross Rb
Westminster Br
Lambeth Br
Vauxhall Br
Victoria Rb
Chelsea Br
Albert Br
Battersea Br
Battersea Rb
Wandsworth Br
Fulham Rb
Putney Br
Hammersmith Br
Barnes Rb
Chiswick Br
Kew Rb
Kew Br
RICHMOND
Twickenham Br
Richmond Rb
Richmond Br
TEDDINGTON
Kingston Rb
Kingston Br
Ditton Slip
Hampton Br
MOLESEY
SUNBURY
Walton Br
Desborough Cut
SHEPPERTON
Chertsey Br
CHERTSEY
M3 Br
Laleham Slip
PENTON HOOK
Staines Rb
Staines Br
Runnymede Br
BELL WEIR
Magna Carta Is
OLD WINDSOR
Albert Br
Datchet
Victoria Br
Black Potts Rb
ROMNEY
Eton
Windsor Br
Windsor Rb
Windsor Slip
Elizabeth Br
BOVENEY
Dorney Lake
York Cut
Summerleaze Fb
MonkeyIsland
New Thames Br
BRAY
Bray Slip
Maidenhead Rb
Maidenhead Br
Below Boulters
BOULTERS
Cliveden
Hedsor
COOKHAM
Cookham Slip
Cookham Br
BourneEnd RFb
Quarry Woods
A404 Br
MARLOW
Marlow Br
Bisham
TEMPLE
HURLEY
Medmenham
Culham Ct
Aston Slip
HAMBLEDEN
Temple Is
Fawley Ct
Remenham
Regatta
Phyllis Ct
Henley Slip
Leander
Red Lion
Henley Br
Angel on Br
Landing
Hobbs Boatyard
Hobbs Slipway
MARSH
Hennerton
Bolney
Wargrave
Shiplake Rb
R.Loddon
SHIPLAKE
Sonning Br
SONNING
Dreadnought
K&A Canal
CAVERSHAM
Reading Br
Caversham Br
Reading Slip
Purley
MAPLEDURHAM
Hardwick Ho
Whitchurch Br
WHITCHURCH
Hartswood Reach
Gatehampton Rb
Goring Gap
Goring Br
GORING
Swan
CLEEVE
Moulsford
Moulsford Rb
Papist Way Slip
Winterbrook Br
Wallingford Br
BENSON
Shillingford Br
R.Thame
DAYS
Burcot
Clifton Hampden
Clifton Church
Clifton H Br
Barley Mow
Long Wittenham
CLIFTON
Appleford Rb
Sutton Courtenay
Sutton Br
CULHAM
Culham Cut Fb
Abingdon Slip
Abingdon
Abingdon Br
ABINGDON
Nuneham Rb
Nuneham
Nuneham Park
Radley Boats
SANDFORD
Rose Island
Kennington Rb
Isis Br
Iffley Mill
IFFLEY
Oxford Rowing
Isis
Donnington Br
Riverside Slip
Boathouses
Punting
Lower Cherwell
Upper Cherwell
Islip
Head of River
Salters Steamers
Folly Br
Bacons Folly
Oxford Fb
Osney Fb
Weir stream
Osney Rb
Bullstake Stream
Osney Marina
OSNEY
Osney Br
Four Rivers
OLD RIVER
CANAL
Medley Weir Site
Medley Fb
Bossoms
Perch
Trout
GODSTOW
Godstow Nunnery
Godstow Br
Thames Br
KINGS
River Evenlode
EYNSHAM
Swinford Br
Oxford Cruisers
PINKHILL
Farmoor
Stanton Harcourt
Bablock Slip
Arks Weir Site
NORTHMOOR
Harts Fb
//Rose Revived
Newbridge
//Maybush
River Windrush
below Shifford
SHIFFORD
Shifford Fb
Tenfoot Fb
Trout Inn
Tadpole Br
RUSHEY
Old Mans Fb
RADCOT
Radcot Cradle Fb
Swan Inn
Radcot New Br
Radcot Old Br
GRAFTON
Eaton Hastings
Kelmscott
Eaton Fb
BUSCOT
Bloomers Hole Fb
Trout Inn
St Johns Br
ST JOHNS
Halfpenny Br
Marina Slip
LIMIT
Inglesham
Hannington Br
Kempsford
Castle Eaton Br
Marston Meysey
A419 Br
Cricklade
SOURCE?
THAMES HEAD
SEVEN SPRINGS