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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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 .
The greater lock is against the general south (right, towpath or Surrey) bank of the river which is for 500 m north-east here [n 2]; a middle lock being that most regularly used spans a long thin island which has lawns, places for boat owners to sit and a lock keeper's cabin and short thin island which is a thin wedge of concrete and a broad canoe/kayak stepped portage facility.
Sunbury Lock is a lock complex of the River Thames in England near Walton-on-Thames in north-west Surrey, the third lowest of forty four on the non-tidal reaches. The complex adjoins the right , southern bank about 1 ⁄ 2 mile (0.80 km) downstream of the Weir Hotel.
A pound lock was built on the Swift Ditch by the Oxford-Burcot Commission in 1635 making it then the navigation route. In 1788 several citizens of Abingdon wanted to divert navigation back to the current course, possibly taking into account the Wilts & Berks Canal which was to connect to the current navigation channel at Abingdon within ten years.
The first lock was built of stone by Daniel Harris for the Thames Navigation Commission in 1790. [ 2 ] Across the weir pool is a large Environment Agency complex which monitors the River Thames, while a small office building exists on the front lawn opposite from the lock house.