Caversham Lakes

The company Lafarge and formerly Redland plc have undertaken the gravel extraction though the Sonning Works.

[1] A wide range of activities from open water swimming, stand up paddle boarding, kayaking, canoeing & aqua park was available from Caversham Lakes, until it ceased operations in March 2024, following a decision by South Oxfordshire & Reading Councils.

Team GB also carry out land-based training at Bisham Abbey and occasionally close to Nottingham at Holme Pierrepont National Watersports Centre.

Sonning Regatta has been held every two years since 2000 – usually on the Thames adjoining, alternatively, in bad weather, on the Redgrave Pinsent Rowing Lake.

[8] Fishing is available at no charge on the public stretches of the Thames adjoining, having obtained the relevant annual government licences.