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Many locks also have moorings that can be used overnight, and some include electric charging points for electric powered boats. All the locks have obvious access from the Thames Path, except for Whitchurch Lock which is within an island and only accessible by boat; Cookham Lock requires a 1km diversion from the Thames Path; and Marlow Lock ...
The weir runs across from the Abingdon side to the lock island, and has a pedestrian walkway across it. According to a tablet above the front door, the current lock-keeper's house dates from 1928. Ice creams and refreshments have been sold from the door of the house for at least 30 years.
There is a full list of locks and weirs on the River Thames. Pages in category "Locks on the River Thames" The following 47 pages are in this category, out of 47 total.
Clifton Lock is a lock on River Thames in Oxfordshire, England. It is located south of the village of Clifton Hampden and north of Long Wittenham. It is at the start of the Clifton Cut, which bypasses the river to the north of Long Wittenham. The lock was completed in 1822 by the Thames Navigation Commissioners.
Boulter's Lock is a lock and weir on the River Thames in England north-east of Maidenhead town centre, Berkshire. The present 1912-built lock replaces those at this point of the river to the immediate east dating from the late 16th century and that of 1772 built by the Thames Navigation Commission .
Culham Lock is a lock on the River Thames in England close to Culham, Oxfordshire. It is on a lock cut to the north of the main stream, which approaches the large village of Sutton Courtenay . The lock was built of stone by the Thames Navigation Commission in 1809.
The total fall in level through the locks from Godalming to the Thames is 88 ft 6 in (26.97 m). The pound gate below Thames lock is used when Thames water level is low; it may have been added because the Thames was still slightly tidal at this point when the navigation was built. Thames lock was rebuilt with concrete walls in 1863, an early ...
The distance between Benson Lock and Cleeve Lock downstream is 6.5 miles (10.4 km) - the longest distance between locks on the River Thames. [2] The weir runs from the lock island level with the lock across to the Benson side. There is a footbridge over the weir which replaced the ferry which operated here previously. The Thames Path crosses ...