River Evenlode

Evenlode
River
The Evenlode at Ascott-under-Wychwood
Country	England
Counties	Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire
Tributaries
- left	River Glyme
Towns/Villages	Stow-on-the-Wold, Ascott-under-Wychwood, Chadlington, Charlbury, Cassington
Source
- location	Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, Cotswold Hills
Mouth	River Thames
- location	Above King's Lock
Discharge	for Cassington Mill
- average	3.70 m3/s (131 cu ft/s)
- max	26.7 m3/s (943 cu ft/s) 28 December 1979
- min	0.12 m3/s (4 cu ft/s) 25 August 1976

The River Evenlode is a river in England which is a tributary of the Thames in Oxfordshire. It rises near Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire in the Cotswold Hills and flows south-east passing near Stow-on-the-Wold, Charlbury, Bladon, and Cassington, and its valley provides the route of the southern part of the Cotswold Line.

The River Evenlode passes through many villages and towns in Oxfordshire including Ascott-under-Wychwood, Chadlington and Charlbury. The river joins the Thames approximately one mile down river from Cassington on the reach above King's Lock 3 miles (5 km) north-west of Oxford.

The river is largely privately owned, used for fishing and other leisure activities. The Environment Agency has undertaken restoration work, as of 2008, to recover from the effects of excessive dredging. Powered craft are not allowed on the river. Hilaire Belloc commemorated the river in some of his poetry.

See also

• List of rivers in England
• Tributaries of the River Thames

References

Next confluence upstream	River Thames	Next confluence downstream
River Windrush (north)	River Evenlode	Dukes Cut (for Oxford Canal) (north)