Your floating hotel on the Canals and Rivers of the UK

Our guide to the waterways of the UK in detail.

Pictures of the River Thames.

The Thames at Oxford.

The Thames in its total navigable length of over 146 miles takes many different forms.

After passing the entrance to Duke's cut across to the Oxford canal for four miles the Thames runs parallel to but well separated from the city of Oxford. At first very narrow then very broad but shallow at the edges. Both locks on this stretch are at the upper end. As the river reaches the edge of the built up area Sheepwash channel goes off to the East to connect with the bottom of the Oxford canal.

The river now has housing on both banks, it passes under the very low Osney Bridge and goes down Osney lock, it twist around under several bridges before going under Folly bridge past moored pleasure steamers.

The final stretch through Oxford is once again broad and accompanied by fields but it is rarely quiet. It is the home of the racing boats, everything from a single up to racing eight's can be seen in this stretch above Ifley lock.

Some pictures of this river?

Teddington to Weybridge. / Reading to Oxford / Oxford to Lechlade.

A history of this river. / General information on the river.

Find our information about other canals and rivers on the canal index page.

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