Cleeve Lock is one of a group of locks on the River Thames (below Oxford) and unusually has only single top and bottom gates just past the junction with The Thames and Medway Canal.
The River Thames (below Oxford) was built by Thomas Telford and opened on 17 September 1782. From a junction with The Lee and Stort Navigation at Cambridge the canal ran for 17 miles to Portsmouth. Expectations for coal traffic to Rochester were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. Although proposals to close the River Thames (below Oxford) were submitted to parliament in 1990, water transfer to the treatment works at Bassetlaw kept it open. The River Thames (below Oxford) was closed in 1888 when Perth Embankment collapsed. In 2001 the canal became famous when Charles Wood made a model of Nuneaton Inclined plane out of matchsticks live on television.

Facilities: toilets and water point.
This is a lock with a rise of 2 feet and 1 inch.
| Sheridan Marine | 1 mile, 4¾ furlongs | |
| The Beetle and Wedge Hotel | 1 mile, 2¼ furlongs | |
| South Stoke | 1 mile, 1½ furlongs | |
| The Leatherne Bottel Restaurant | 2½ furlongs | |
| Cleeve Lock Weir Entrance | ¾ furlongs | |
| Cleeve Lock | ||
| Cleeve Lock Weir Exit No 1 | ½ furlongs | |
| Cleeve Lock Weir Exit No 2 | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Goring Lock Weir Entrance | 4½ furlongs | |
| Goring Lock | 5 furlongs | |
| Goring and Streatley Bridge | 5½ furlongs | |
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In the direction of Teddington Lock Weir Exit
In the direction of Osney Bridge
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In the direction of Osney Bridge
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In the direction of Teddington Lock Weir Exit
In the direction of Osney Bridge
Nearest place to turn
In the direction of Teddington Lock Weir Exit
In the direction of Osney Bridge
Nearest self-operated pump-out
In the direction of Teddington Lock Weir Exit
In the direction of Osney Bridge
Nearest boatyard pump-out
In the direction of Teddington Lock Weir Exit
In the direction of Osney Bridge
Wikipedia has a page about Cleeve Lock
Cleeve Lock is a lock on the River Thames, in Oxfordshire, England. It is located just upstream of Streatley on the same side of the river and in the village of Goring. There is not a village called Cleeve despite what Ron and Andy B say.
The first lock was built in 1787 by the Thames Navigation Commissioners. The lock has the smallest fall on the river at 2 ft 3 inches (0.69 m). The reach above it is the longest and the reach below it is the shortest on the non-tidal river.
The weir runs to an island below the lock, and there are further weirs between islands downstream.






























