Editing Goring-on-Thames (section)

{{Short description|Village and civil parish in Oxfordshire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2015}}
{{Distinguish|Goring-by-Sea}}
{{infobox UK place
|type = [[Village]] and [[civil parish]]
|official_name = Goring-on-Thames
|static_image_name = GoringMill01.JPG
|static_image_caption = Goring mill and parish church from the bridge
|coordinates = {{coord|51.523|-1.135|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|os_grid_reference = SU6080
|population = 3187
|population_ref = ([[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 census]])<ref name=ons>{{Cite web |url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/ |title=Key Statistics: Dwellings; Quick Statistics: Population Density; Physical Environment: Land Use Survey 2005 |access-date=21 March 2010 |archive-date=11 February 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030211201309/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|area_total_km2 = 9.61
|civil_parish = Goring-on-Thames
|shire_district = [[South Oxfordshire]]
|shire_county = [[Oxfordshire]]
|region = South East England
|country = England
|post_town = READING
|postcode_district = RG8
|postcode_area = RG
|dial_code = 01491
|constituency_westminster = [[Henley and Thame (UK Parliament constituency)|Henley and Thame]]
|website = [https://www.goringparishcouncil.gov.uk Goring Parish Council]
}}
'''Goring-on-Thames''' (or '''Goring''') is a village and [[Civil parishes in England|civil parish]] on the [[River Thames]] in [[South Oxfordshire]], England. Situated on the county border with [[Berkshire]], it is {{convert|6|mi|km|0|abbr=on}} south of [[Wallingford, Oxfordshire|Wallingford]] and {{convert|8|mi|km|0|abbr=on}} north-west of [[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]]. It had a population of 3,187 in the [[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 census]] and was estimated to have increased to 3,335 by 2019.<ref>[https://citypopulation.de/en/uk/southeastengland/admin/south_oxfordshire/E04008131__goring_on_thames/ City Population. Retrieved 6 January 2021.]</ref> 

Most land is farmland, with woodland on the [[Goring Gap]] outcrop of the [[Chiltern Hills]]. Its riverside plain encloses the residential area, including a high street with shops, pubs and restaurants. [[Goring & Streatley railway station]] lies on the [[Great Western Main Line]], providing trains between London, {{stnlnk|Reading}}, and {{stnlnk|Didcot}}.

The village church is dedicated to St [[Thomas Becket]] with a nave that was built within 50 years of the saint's death, in the early 13th century, along with a later bell tower. Goring faces the smaller [[Streatley, Berkshire|Streatley]] across the Thames; the two are linked by [[Goring and Streatley Bridge]].