Goring Gap

About

The Goring Gap is a topographical feature on the course of the River Thames. The Gap is located in southern England where the river, flowing from north to south, cuts through and crosses a line of chalk hills in a relatively narrow gap between the Chiltern Hills and the Berkshire Downs. The Gap is approximately 10 miles (16 km) upstream of Reading and 27 miles (43 km) downstream of Oxford. The Gap is named after the town of Goring-on-Thames in Oxfordshire. That town is on the east bank of the river at Goring Gap, and Streatley (in Berkshire) is immediately opposite, on the west bank.

At Goring Gap, the Thames is at an altitude of about 45 metres (148 ft). The ground rises steeply on either side, reaching 100 metres (330 ft) within a kilometre to the east and west, and continuing to higher ground at around 160 metres (520 ft).

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