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Environment Agency charging locations

9 places to charge.

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August 13, 2026

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About Environment Agency

Nine mains points beside locks on the non-tidal Thames, provided by the Environment Agency so electric launches can recharge overnight. The Thames has carried electric boats longer than any other river in Europe, and these points are why a launch can still cross it end to end.

How you use it

A 230 V 16 A blue round three-pin socket at the lock island. Pre-paid tickets from the lock keeper, requested before four in the afternoon on the day, with the mooring fee included in the price.

What to know

The Agency publishes no list of these points. The list that exists is kept by the Electric Boat Association, and that is where these places come from.

What you need aboard

The connector standards this operator uses, most common first.

Where it reaches

Waters covered

Passages that use this network

Every location

Charging locationTownWaterTypeConnectors and power
Benson LockBensonRiver ThamesShore powerCEE 16 A
Cookham LockCookhamRiver ThamesShore powerCEE 16 A
Goring LockGoring-on-ThamesRiver ThamesShore powerCEE 16 A
Molesey LockEast MoleseyRiver ThamesShore powerCEE 16 A
Old Windsor LockOld WindsorRiver ThamesShore powerCEE 16 A
Sandford LockSandford-on-ThamesRiver ThamesShore powerCEE 16 A
Shifford LockShiffordRiver ThamesShore powerCEE 16 A
Shiplake LockShiplakeRiver ThamesShore powerCEE 16 A
St John's LockLechladeRiver ThamesShore powerCEE 16 A

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If you operate these charge points and something here is wrong or out of date, tell us and we will fix it. We would rather hear it from you than from a press release, and we are always glad to learn about sites we have missed.