Editing Whitchurch Lock (section)

==Reach above the lock==
[[File:HartsLockWood02.JPG|thumb|left|View from near Gatehampton downstream towards Harts Lock Woods]]
[[File:WhichurchLock01.JPG|thumb|Whitchurch Lock from downstream]]
[[File:HartsLockWood01.JPG|thumb|upright|Basildon Park across the river from Harts Lock Woods]]

The reach passes along the [[Chiltern Hills]], culminating in [[Goring Gap]]. Halfway along the reach is the [[Gatehampton Railway Bridge]].

The hills on the Oxfordshire side are populated by houses at Whitchurch and are then covered by the Hartslock beech woods. This name derives from a lock among the islands below the hills. This had become disused by the time the pound locks were built, but the obstructions remaining from it were not removed until 1910.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> The river turns west away from the hills leaving flat meadows up to [[Goring-on-Thames|Goring]].

On the Berkshire side the river passes the river side at Pangbourne where there are seven distinctive Edwardian-style houses overlooking the river. These were built by D. H. Evans the shop owner and were nicknamed the "Seven Deadly Sins" as it was alleged that he kept a mistress in each of them.<ref>Paul Goldsack ''River Thames: In the Footsteps of the Famous'' English Heritage/Bradt 2003</ref> Beyond this point is [[Beale Park]] and set back from the river is [[Basildon Park]]. The river turns north again at the [[Goring Gap]] where the hills on the [[Streatley, Berkshire|Streatley]] side overshadow the river. Just before the Goring Lock is [[Goring and Streatley Bridge]].

[[Pangbourne College]] is based on this stretch of the river and the Pangbourne Junior Sculls take place on the reach in November.

The [[Thames Path]], having crossed Whitchurch Bridge, continues away from the river through the streets of Whitchurch and then through the woods. This is a section with steep inclines and long flights of steps. Once back to the river side at Hartslock, it continues on the Oxfordshire bank to Goring.