
Start your boating adventure from our base in the ancient market town of Wallingford in the upper Thames Valley. From here it is a pleasant cruise downstream to Goring and Streatley or upstream towards Benson and Shillingford.
Self-drive Day Boat Hire on the River Thames
Start your boating adventure from our base in the ancient market town of Wallingford in the upper Thames Valley. From here it is a pleasant cruise downstream to Goring and Streatley or upstream towards Benson and Shillingford.
The two villages of Goring and Streatley, now in Oxfordshire and West Berkshire respectively, have grown up on opposite banks of the Thames. The Romans built a causeway to ford the river here. In 1000 AD, this area was on the border between Wessex and Mercia when Ethelred the Unready was the Anglo-Saxon King of England.
Whether you are tying the knot one of Wallingford’s many charming historic listed buildings, or indeed at the riverside church, then the Thames is just a stone’s throw from your ceremony. Let our skipper take you by boat to The Beetle and Wedge or to the Leatherne Bottel and arrive in style at your reception.
Anniversaries, birthdays, marriage proposals – every day is fun on the river but it is even more memorable to spend a few hours afloat with your loved ones. Grab a bottle or even a diamond and head upstream.
Why not hire two or three of our boats and have a corporate day out ? Ask us to map out a treasure hunt combined with a quiz or simply check into a riverside hostelry and celebrate your latest success.