Oriel Regatta 2025: river restriction notice
Published 13 May 2025
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When
Saturday 14 June 2025, 10am to 7pm.
Where
Iffley reach, Longbridges to the Head of the River Pub.
Details
The navigation channel will be on the right, non-towpath side of the river. This will be suitable for small crafts and any larger crafts will travel along the racecourse in between races.
Racing boats will use a buoyed channel between Longbridges and the Head of the River Pub on the left, towpath side of the river.
Whilst racing is in progress, the marshals may request boaters to moor at one of the designated mooring points and wait, for a period of no longer than 15 minutes until the current race has finished.
Regatta boards will mark the upstream and downstream ends of the course.
Racing will be held between 10:30am and 6:30pm.
You should keep to a safe speed and be aware of other boats near the event.
You should follow any instructions given from Environment Agency control points or patrol launches.
You are responsible for avoiding collisions. You should use all available means appropriate to the situation to avoid risk.
Swimming is not allowed on or near the course during the stated times.
All directions as to the left and right side of the river are given looking upstream.
Byelaws
Nothing contained in these directions shall supersede those parts of the Thames Navigation Licensing and General Byelaws 1993 and the UK Merchant Shipping (Distress Signals and Prevention of Collisions) Regulations 1996 as may be relevant. Particular attention should be paid to byelaws 24-42 of the Thames Navigation Licensing and General Byelaws 1993, Steering Sailing and Speed.
And Notice is hereby given, that it is provided by Byelaw 52 of the Thames Navigation Licensing and General Byelaws 1993 that:
The master of any vessel shall except in an emergency not pass any boat-race regatta public procession or gathering for the launch of a vessel or any other event or function which may cause a crowd to assemble on or by the river nor station his vessel thereon in such a manner as would risk obstructing impeding or interfering with such boat-race regatta procession launching event or function or endangering the safety of persons assembling on the river or preventing or interfering with the maintenance of order thereon.
The maximum penalty for breach of the Byelaws is £1,000.
Read our Thames Navigation Licensing and General Byelaws 1993.