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Cleeve to Benson, Cleeve to Whitchurch, Environment Agency 'Out and About' Guide
Maps
Right bank, tel: 01491 872608, length: 133'7", width: 18'2"
1580 & 1585: Bishop calls the flashlock “the Earl of Derby’s”.
1787: The poundlock was built in oak timber with open sides
1873: Taunt's Map and Guide to the Thames -
There are about Cleeve some sweet spots that well repay notice. The old mill from Goring-field; and facing the other way, distant Streatley with its splendid background of hills, the river at their feet reflecting in its mirror each inverted object; the old weir, with its broken campsheding; and between the islands, the over-fall spanned by its bridge of simple rustic style, surrounded by lofty trees, the aits fringed with tall rushes and reeds, bordered everywhere with pollard willows, whose feathery foliage bows to each passing breeze.
1873: Cleeve Lock, Henry Taunt -
Cleeve Lock, Henry Taunt, 1873
© Oxfordshire County Council Photographic Archive; HT1347
1874: Cleeve Lock rebuilt in stone
1880: Turner served as lock keeper for a year before transferring to Boulters.
1911: Cleeve Lock and Mill, W. Parker -
Cleeve Lock and Mill, W. Parker, 1911
© Oxfordshire County Council Photographic Archive; D230356a
1999:–
Cleeve Lock is very convenient
[ i.e. there is a lavatory here labelled “Ladies” but any boaters apparently qualify! ]
2005: I punted a TV crew up here in November in a high wind.
("Vanity, all is vanity" saith the preacher). Cleeve Lock was closed
having its gates rehung.
Anon, on a plaque at Cleeve Lock -
Sacred to the memory of Michael O’Day
Who died maintaining his right of way
He was right, dead right, as he sailed along
But he’s just as dead as if he’d been wrong
1881: George Leslie -
Above Cleve(sic) Lock you commence the long weary six miles to Wallingford; hardly any part of the way can be termed good for punting, and there is nothing at all equal in beauty to what one has so recently passed. If sailing can be accomplished, you are in great luck, as probably with very few hitches you will be able to sail right up to Wallingford. I once sailed the distance in about an hour’s time, which against the stream was very good travelling, but on the return journey my luck was against me, for I had to punt the whole way against a strong head wind, and I do not think I ever had harder work.
The railway comes uncomfortably close around here. It cannot be seen – but most definitely can be heard! When mooring for the night on the water meadows the section immediately below the Beetle and Wedge is probably quieter though the railway is still close.
Map: Leatherne Bottel
Left bank restaurant, 01491 872667
Thames Goring Sailing Club
Left bank
Camping and mooring: Right bank above Cleeve Lock for 1 mile. Fee collected.
My tent opposite Thames Goring Sailing Club and the Leathern Bottel
This is the water meadow where the Goring Boat Club hold their annual regatta.
As a rule of thumb anything which Henley Royal Regatta is, Goring Regatta is not,
and vice versa!
Goring Regatta, dongola (paddled punts) racing in progress
(Moulsford)
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