Flow data.
Mean flow 36.9 cumecs; high flow exceeded 10% of the time 95.6 cumecs; low flow exceeded 95% of the time 5 cumecs
Caversham to Mapledurham,
Caversham to Sonning, Environment Agency 'Out and About' Guides
Maps
Right bank, tel: 0118 957 5764, length: 131'4", width: 17'11"
871: The life of King Alfred -
In the year of our Lord's incarnation 871,
which was the twenty- third of King Alfred's life,
the pagan army, of hateful memory, left the East-Angles,
and entering the kingdom of the West-Saxons,
came to the royal city, called Reading, situated on the south bank of the Thames,
in the district called Berkshire;
and there, on the third day after their arrival, their earls,
with great part of the army, scoured the country for plunder,
while the others made a rampart between the rivers Thames and Kennet
on the right side of the same royal city.
They were encountered by Ethelwulf, earl of Berkshire, with his men,
at a place called Englefield; both sides fought bravely,
and made long resistance. At length one of the pagan earls was slain,
and the greater part of the army destroyed;
upon which the rest saved themselves by flight,
and the Christians gained the victory.
1493: The Old Lock, the mills and mill
barge, the ferry and its boat, all granted to Notley Abbey
1593: Bishop mentions the flash lock and weir
1778: A pound lock was built
1813: The first steam boat seen at Reading.
1871: The Corporation of Reading obtained leave to
build a swingbridge across the cut, just above the lock. It was not built.
1875: Lock rebuilt
1878: Breakwater below lock built.
1881: George Leslie -
Just beyond Caversham Lock there is a walled-in bathing-place for the town of Reading. The river is decidedly ugly here, and does not recover itself until after Caversham Bridge is past. There are one or two little eyots and backwaters on the right just beyond the lock, where white water-lilies grow when allowed to do so by the townspeople. Reading folks do not seem much addicted to aquatics, and the boats let out for hire here are just the sort to suit what Mr. Calderon used to call “drowning parties”.
1890: Caversham Lock, Henry Taunt -
Caversham Lock, Henry Taunt, 1890
© Oxfordshire County Council Photographic Archive; HT6417
1890: Above Caversham Lock, Francis Frith -
1890: Above Caversham Lock, Francis Frith
1890: Caversham Weir, Francis Frith -
1890: Caversham Weir, Francis Frith
1890: Below Caversham Lock, Francis Frith -
1890: Below Caversham Lock, Francis Frith
1890: The Clappers Footbridge, below Caversham Lock by W F Austin -
The Clappers, W F Austin, 1890
1924: From above Caversham Lock Cut, Francis Frith -
1924: Above Caversham Lock Cut, Francis Frith
1931: Lock keepers house rebuilt
1999:-
Caversham Lock, 1999
(Reading Bridge)
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