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The Non-Tidal Locks of
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NOTE: Every year I stick a bit of paper near the dashboard with a list of locks, when we go on our annual upriver cruise, because even after almost thirty years sailing or cruising the river Thames, I can never remember them all! Sad but true. Now all I (and you) have to do is print out this web page. Voila!You will notice the table runs downriver. A nuisance since many of us start by going up! However it will be correct when we return back downriver. Also the distances in columns six and seven do not relate (add up). They came from different sources/maps/books, so I claim no responsibility at all! Finally, I personally cannot think in metres, so I shall be adding feet and inches soon, as is correct for all vintage craft (and sailors). I shall eventually add bridge heights too (in feet). |
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| No. | Lock Name |
Length |
Width |
Fall |
Distance to next lock downstream |
Miles from Teddington Lock |
Next town/village downstream |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44 | St John's |
33.60m |
4.52m |
0.85m |
1.15 miles |
123 |
Lechlade (above) |
| 43 | Buscot |
33.47m |
4.47m |
1.69m |
3.34 miles |
122 |
Kelmscott |
| 42 | Grafton |
34.59m |
4.59m |
1.11m |
1.85 miles |
118 | Radcot |
| 41 | Radcot |
34.59m |
4.57m |
1.48m |
2.63 miles |
117 |
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| 40 | Rushey |
34.59m |
4.59m |
1.82m |
3.30 miles |
114 |
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| 39 | Shifford |
34.64m |
4.59m |
2.23m |
4.74 miles |
110 | Newbridge |
| 38 | Northmoor |
34.59m |
4.59m |
1.24m |
3.86 miles |
105 |
Bablock Hythe |
| 37 | Pinkhill |
34.59m |
4.90m |
1.05m |
1.48 miles |
101 |
Eynsham |
| 36 | Eynsham |
34.51m |
4.97m |
0.84m |
3.71 miles |
100 |
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| 35 | King's |
34.46m |
4.97m |
0.77m |
1.13 miles |
97 | |
| 34 | Godstow |
33.52m |
4.95m |
1.57m |
2.40 miles |
96 | Oxford |
| 33 | Osney |
34.64m |
5.25m |
1.89m |
2.32 miles |
93 |
Oxford |
| No. | Lock Name |
Length |
Width |
Fall |
Distance to next lock downstream |
Miles from Teddington Lock | Next town/village downstream |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | Iffley |
46.96m |
6.47m |
0.81m |
1.68 miles |
91 |
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| 31 | Sandford |
53.03m |
6.62m |
2.69m |
4.66 miles |
89 |
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| 30 | Abingdon |
36.57m |
5.71m |
1.89m |
2.58miles |
85 | Abingdon |
| 29 | Culham |
38.87m |
5.33m |
2.41m |
3.81 miles |
82 |
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| 28 | Clifton |
39.57m |
5.79m |
1.03m |
2.98 miles |
79 | Clifton Hampden |
| 27 | Day's |
46.93m |
6.45m |
1.58m |
3.96 miles |
76 | Shillingford |
| 26 | Benson |
40.56m |
5.46m |
1.87m |
6.50 miles |
72 | Wallingford |
| 25 | Cleeve |
40.71m |
5.53m |
0.69m |
0.62 miles |
66 | Goring |
| 24 | Goring |
54.68m |
6.40m |
1.77m |
1.07 miles |
65 | Goring (Beale Park) |
| 23 | Whitchurch |
41.22m |
5.48m |
1.01m |
2.28 miles |
61 | Pangbourne |
| 22 | Mapled'ham |
61.69m |
6.42m |
2.05m |
4.40 miles |
59 | Reading |
| 21 | Caversham |
40.03m |
5.46m |
1.44m |
2.63 miles |
55 | Caversham |
| No. | Lock Name |
Length |
Width |
Fall |
Distance to next lock downstream |
Miles from Teddington Lock | Next town/Village downstream |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | Sonning |
47.57m |
5.46m |
1.63m |
2.91 miles |
52 | Sonning |
| 19 | Shiplake |
40.64m |
5.56m |
1.55m |
2.98 miles |
49 | Wargrave |
| 18 | Marsh |
41.19m |
6.42m |
1.33m |
2.85 miles |
46 | Henley-on |
| 17 | Hambleden |
61.00m |
7.70m |
1.44m |
3.66 miles |
43 | Medmenham |
| 16 | Hurley |
39.82m |
6.07m |
1.05m |
0.64 miles |
40 | Hurley |
| 15 | Temple |
41.02m |
5.46m |
1.23m |
1.95 miles |
39 | Marlow |
| 14 | Marlow |
46.10m |
6.07m |
2.16m |
4.00 miles |
37 | Bourne End |
| 13 | Cookham |
55.77m |
7.62m |
1.30m |
2.08 miles |
33 | (Cliveden Reach) |
| 12 | Boulter's |
60.80m |
6.47m |
2.39m |
2.13 miles |
31 | Maidenhead |
| 11 | Bray |
40.94m |
5.46m |
1.46m |
3.17 miles |
29 |
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| 10 | Boveney |
45.59m |
5.43m |
1.47m |
2.33 miles |
26 | Windsor |
| No. | Lock Name |
Length |
Width |
Fall |
Distance to next lock downstream |
Miles from Teddington Lock | Next town/Village downstream |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Romney |
78.50m |
7.45m |
2.01m |
3.00 miles |
23 | Datchet |
| 8 | Old Windsor |
54.55m |
7.36m |
1.74m |
2.92 miles |
20 | Egham |
| 7 | Bell Weir |
78.51m |
7.44m |
1.82m |
2.84 miles |
17 | Staines |
| 6 | Penton Hook |
81.28m |
7.56m |
1.22m |
1.95 miles |
14 | Chertsey |
| 5 | Chertsey |
61.16m |
6.40m |
1.22m |
2.06miles |
13 | Weybridge |
| 4 | Shepperton |
53.16m |
6.04m |
2.03m |
2.95 miles |
10 | Walton-on- |
| 3 | Sunbury |
62.78m |
7.41m |
1.87m |
2.98 miles |
8 | Sunbury |
| 2 | Molesey |
81.78m |
7.56m |
1.85m |
4.81 miles |
5 | Kingston |
| 1 | Teddington |
54.22m |
7.41m |
2.68m |
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