River Thames (above Oxford)

The maximum dimensions for a boat to be able to travel on the waterway are 109 feet long and 14 feet wide. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is not known.
It has junctions with the River Thames (Sheepwash Channel) at Sheepwash Channel Junction and with the Oxford Canal (Duke's Cut) at Duke's Cut Junction.
The navigational authority for this waterway is Environment AgencyRelevant publications — Waterway Maps:
- Waterway Routes 01M - England and Wales Map
- Waterway Routes 60M - River Thames (All) Map (Downloadable)
- Waterway Routes 58M - River Thames (Upper) Map (Downloadable)
Relevant publications — Waterway Guides:
Osney Bridge Low headroom (7f7 - 2.31m) |
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Thames - Seacourt Stream Junction Junction of the River Thames and the Seacourt Stream |
¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
Sheepwash Channel Junction Junction of the River Thames with the branch to the Oxford Canal |
¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
Medley Footbridge | 6½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
Bossoms Boat Yard | 6¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
Port Meadow | 1 mile and 3½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
Godstow Lock Weir Exit No 2 Channel leading to the Weirs and possibly the Trout Inn (Wolvercote Mill Stream) |
2 miles and 1 furlong | 0 locks | |
Godstow Lock | 2 miles and 1½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
Godstow Lock Weir Entrance No 1 Channel leading to the Weir - No Access |
2 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 1 lock | |
Godstow Bridge | 2 miles and 3 furlongs | 1 lock | |
The Trout Inn PH (Wolvercote) Riverside |
2 miles and 3¼ furlongs | 1 lock | |
Godstow Lock Weir Entrance No 2 Channel leading to the Weir - No Access |
2 miles and 3½ furlongs | 1 lock | |
Thames Bridge | 2 miles and 4½ furlongs | 1 lock | |
King's Lock Weir Exit Channel leading to the Weir |
3 miles and 2¾ furlongs | 1 lock | |
King's Lock (Thames) | 3 miles and 3¼ furlongs | 1 lock | |
Duke's Cut Junction Junction of the River Thames with Duke's Cut (access to the Oxford Canal) |
3 miles and 4 furlongs | 2 locks | |
Thames - Evenlode Junction Junction of the River Thames and the River Evenlode |
4 miles and 7½ furlongs | 2 locks | |
Thames - Cassington Cut Junction Junction of the River Thames and the Cassington Cut |
5 miles and 2½ furlongs | 2 locks | |
Thames - Wharf Stream Junction Junction of the River Thames and the Wharf Stream |
5 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 2 locks | |
Eynsham Lock Weir Exit Channel leading to the Weir - No Access |
6 miles | 2 locks | |
Eynsham Lock | 6 miles and ½ furlongs | 2 locks | |
Eynsham Lock Weir Entrance Channel leading to the Weir |
6 miles and ¾ furlongs | 3 locks | |
Swinford Toll Bridge One of the two remaining toll bridges that cross the Thames. |
6 miles and 1¼ furlongs | 3 locks | |
Oxford Cruisers Marina | 7 miles and ¼ furlongs | 3 locks | |
Pinkhill Lock Weir Exit Channel leading to the Weir |
7 miles and 2¾ furlongs | 3 locks | |
Pinkhill Lock | 7 miles and 3¼ furlongs | 3 locks | |
Pinkhill Lock Weir Entrance Channel leading to the Weir - No Access |
7 miles and 4 furlongs | 4 locks | |
Pinkhill Picnic Moorings | 7 miles and 4½ furlongs | 4 locks | |
Farmoor Reservoir Moorings | 8 miles and 2½ furlongs | 4 locks | |
Bablock Hythe Ferry The Ferryman Inn |
9 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 4 locks | |
Moorings above Bablock Hythe Ferry | 9 miles and 7 furlongs | 4 locks | |
Northmoor Lock Weir Exit Channel leading to the Weir |
11 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 4 locks | |
Northmoor Lock | 11 miles and 2½ furlongs | 4 locks | |
Northmoor Lock Weir Entrance Channel leading to the Weir - No Access |
11 miles and 2¾ furlongs | 5 locks | |
Hart's Weir Footbridge | 12 miles and 2¾ furlongs | 5 locks | |
Newbridge (River Thames) Rose Revived Inn on the north bank and The Maybush Restaurant on the south. |
13 miles and 4 furlongs | 5 locks | |
Thames - Windrush Junction Junction of the River Thames and the River Windrush |
13 miles and 4 furlongs | 5 locks | |
Thames - Great Brook Junction Junction of the River Thames and the Great Brook |
15 miles and 5½ furlongs | 5 locks | |
Shifford Lock Weir Exits Navigable to Duxford Ford |
16 miles and ¾ furlongs | 5 locks | |
Shifford Lock Camping Good Friday to 30 September |
16 miles and 1¼ furlongs | 5 locks | |
Shifford Lock Electric Boat Recharging Station An excellent floating pontoon (about 50' long) in the weir stream. |
16 miles and 1½ furlongs | 6 locks | |
Shifford Lock Weir Entrance No 1 Channel leading to the Weir - No Access |
16 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 6 locks | |
Shifford Cut Footbridge Footbridge over the lock cut above Shifford Lock |
16 miles and 3½ furlongs | 6 locks | |
Shifford Lock Weir Entrance No 2 Channel leading to the Weir - No Access |
16 miles and 5¼ furlongs | 6 locks | |
Chimney | 16 miles and 6½ furlongs | 6 locks | |
Tenfoot Bridge | 17 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 6 locks | |
The Trout Inn at Tadpole Bridge. Riverside. Good moorings for patrons of the inn. |
19 miles and 3½ furlongs | 6 locks | |
Tadpole Bridge | 19 miles and 3½ furlongs | 6 locks | |
Rushey Lock Weir Exit Channel leading to the Weir |
20 miles and 1½ furlongs | 6 locks | |
Rushey Lock Campsite open from April to October inclusive |
20 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 6 locks | |
Rushey Lock Weir Entrance Channel leading to the Weir - No Access |
20 miles and 3 furlongs | 7 locks | |
Rushey Lock Short Term Moorings | 20 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 7 locks | |
Old Man's Bridge | 22 miles and 3 furlongs | 7 locks | |
Radcot Lock Weir Exit Channel leading to the Weir - No Access |
22 miles and 4¼ furlongs | 7 locks | |
Radcot Lock | 22 miles and 4½ furlongs | 7 locks | |
Radcot Lock Weir Entrance Channel leading to the weir with a canoe pass. |
22 miles and 5¼ furlongs | 8 locks | |
Radcot mooring Opposite camp site |
23 miles and ¼ furlongs | 8 locks | |
Pidnell Bridge Arm | 23 miles and 2 furlongs | 8 locks | |
Radcot Bridge Backwater Exit | 23 miles and 2½ furlongs | 8 locks | |
Pidnell Bridge Drain Entrance No 2 | 23 miles and 3½ furlongs | 8 locks | |
Ye Olde Swan PH Riverside |
23 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 8 locks | |
Canal Bridge (Radcot) Radcot Bridge is strictly speaking, now on the backwater. |
23 miles and 4 furlongs | 8 locks | |
Pidnell Bridge Drain Entrance No 1 | 23 miles and 4 furlongs | 8 locks | |
Radcot Bridge Backwater Entrance | 23 miles and 5 furlongs | 8 locks | |
Grafton Lock Weir Exit Channel leading to the Weir - No Access |
24 miles and 5½ furlongs | 8 locks | |
Grafton Lock | 24 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 8 locks | |
Grafton Lock Weir Entrance Channel leading to the Weir - No Access |
24 miles and 6½ furlongs | 9 locks | |
Kelmscott The village is a short walk from the moorings. |
26 miles and 1 furlong | 9 locks | |
Eaton Footbridge Footbridge near Eaton Hastings |
26 miles and 5¼ furlongs | 9 locks | |
Buscot Lock Weir Exit No 2 Channel leading to the Weir - No Access |
27 miles and 6½ furlongs | 9 locks | |
Buscot Lock Weir Exit No 1 Channel leading to the Weir |
27 miles and 7½ furlongs | 9 locks | |
Buscot Lock | 27 miles and 7¾ furlongs | 9 locks | |
Buscot Lock Weir Entrance No 1 Channel leading to the Weir |
28 miles | 10 locks | |
Buscot Lock Weir Entrance No 2 Channel leading to the Weir - No Access |
28 miles and ¼ furlongs | 10 locks | |
Cotswold Boat Hire | 28 miles and ¼ furlongs | 10 locks | |
Buscot Church | 28 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 10 locks | |
Bloomers Hole Footbridge | 28 miles and 7½ furlongs | 10 locks | |
St. John's Lock Weir Exit No 2 Channel leading to the Weir. Most boats can wind at the weir end but it can be shallow. |
29 miles and ¼ furlongs | 10 locks | |
Thames - Cole Junction No 2 The second junction of the R. Cole with the Thames |
29 miles and ¼ furlongs | 10 locks | |
St. John's Bridge | 29 miles and 1 furlong | 10 locks | |
St. John's Lock Weir Exit No 1 Channel leading to the Weir - No Access |
29 miles and 1¼ furlongs | 10 locks | |
St. John's Lock | 29 miles and 1½ furlongs | 10 locks | |
St. John's Lock Weir Entrance Channel leading to the Weir - Access unadvisable (see photo text) |
29 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 11 locks | |
Lechlade Public Moorings | 29 miles and 6 furlongs | 11 locks | |
The New Inn Hotel Riverside. Limited mooring for patrons. |
29 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 11 locks | |
Ha'penny Bridge (Lechlade) | 29 miles and 6½ furlongs | 11 locks | |
Ha'penny Bridge Winding Hole | 29 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 11 locks | |
The Riverside PH Riverside. Also an EA 24-hour public mooring and wide enough for most boats to wind (with care due to the flow through the bridge). |
29 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 11 locks | |
Lechlade Marina | 29 miles and 7½ furlongs | 11 locks | |
Inglesham Footbridge | 30 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 11 locks | |
Thames - Thames and Severn Canal - Coln Junction Junctions of the River Thames, Thames and Severn Canal and the River Coln (Inglesham) |
30 miles and 4 furlongs | 11 locks |
- Ye Olde Swan PH — associated with Ye Olde Swan PH
- Public House
- The Ferryman Inn - Bablock Hythe - River Thames — associated with Bablock Hythe Ferry
- The Ferryman Inn, Oxfordshire is located on the banks of the River Thames about 10 miles from Oxford on the Thames Path making this a beautiful location to relax, drink, eat and sleep. Steeped in history, The Ferryman Inn is one of the oldest ferry crossing points and made famous by the Matthew Arnold poem…
- The Riverside PH — associated with The Riverside PH
- Public House
- — associated with Oxford Cruisers Marina
- The Trout Inn - Wolvercote — associated with The Trout Inn PH (Wolvercote)
- Public House
- The New Inn Hotel — associated with The New Inn Hotel
- Public House and Hotel
- The Trout at Tadpole Bridge — associated with The Trout Inn at Tadpole Bridge.
- Public House
- Lechlade Marina - Boat Mooring on the River Thames - Gloucestershire — associated with Lechlade Marina
- Lechlade Marina - narrowboat and cruiser mooring on the River Thames, Lechlade, Gloucestershire. Beautiful Cotswolds surroundings.
Wikipedia has a page about River Thames
The River Thames ( (listen) TEMZ), known alternatively in parts as the River Isis, is a river that flows through southern England including London. At 215 miles (346 km), it is the longest river entirely in England and the second-longest in the United Kingdom, after the River Severn.
It flows through Oxford (where it is called the Isis), Reading, Henley-on-Thames and Windsor. The lower reaches of the river are called the Tideway, derived from its long tidal reach up to Teddington Lock. It rises at Thames Head in Gloucestershire, and flows into the North Sea via the Thames Estuary. The Thames drains the whole of Greater London.
Its tidal section, reaching up to Teddington Lock, includes most of its London stretch and has a rise and fall of 23 feet (7 m). Running through some of the driest parts of mainland Britain and heavily abstracted for drinking water, the Thames' discharge is low considering its length and breadth: the Severn has a discharge almost twice as large on average despite having a smaller drainage basin. In Scotland, the Tay achieves more than double the Thames' average discharge from a drainage basin that is 60% smaller.
Along its course are 45 navigation locks with accompanying weirs. Its catchment area covers a large part of south-eastern and a small part of western England; the river is fed by at least 50 named tributaries. The river contains over 80 islands. With its waters varying from freshwater to almost seawater, the Thames supports a variety of wildlife and has a number of adjoining Sites of Special Scientific Interest, with the largest being in the remaining parts of the North Kent Marshes and covering 5,449 hectares (13,460 acres).