FLOATING DOWN THE RIVER

THE RIVER THAMES - LOCK STATISTICS

Locks between Lechlade and Oxford

Name

Length

Width

Fall

Distance to next lock downstream

Date of First Pound Lock

Telephone Number

St John's

33.60m

4.52m

0.85m

1.15 miles

1790

01367 252309

Buscot

33.47m

4.47m

1.69m

3.34 miles

1790

01337 252434

Grafton

34.59m

4.59m

1.11m

1.85 miles

1896

01367 810251

Radcot

34.59m

4.57m

1.48m

2.63 miles

1892

01367 240676

Rushey

34.59m

4.59m

1.82m

4.30 miles

1790

01367 870218

Shifford

34.64m

4.59m

2.23m

4.74 miles

1898

01367 870247

Northmoor

34.59m

4.59m

1.24m

3.86 miles

1896

01865 862923

Pinkhill

34.59m

4.90m

1.05m

1.48 miles

1791

01865 881452

Eynsham

34.51m

4.97m

0.84m

2.71 miles

1928

01865 881324

King's

34.46m

4.97m

0.77m

1.13 miles

1928

01865 553403

Godstow

33.52m

4.95m

1.57m

2.40 miles

1790

01865 445784

Osney

34.64m

5.25m

1.89m

2.32 miles

1790

01865 247050


Locks between Oxford and Reading

Name

Length

Width

Fall

Distance to next lock downstream

Date of First Pound Lock

Telephone Number

Iffley

46.96m

6.47m

0.81m

1.68 miles

c.1631

01865 777277

Sandford

53.03m

6.62m

2.69m

4.58 miles

c.1631

01865 775889

Abingdon

36.57m

5.71m

1.89m

2.58miles

1790

01235 523044

Culham

38.87m

5.33m

2.41m

2.81 miles

1809

01235 522061

Clifton

39.57m

5.79m

1.03m

2.98 miles

1822

01865 407821

Day's

46.93m

6.45m

1.58m

3.96 miles

1789

01865 407768

Benson

40.56m

5.46m

1.87m

6.50 miles

1788

01491 835255

Cleeve

40.71m

5.53m

0.69m

0.62 miles

1787

01491 872608

Goring

54.68m

6.40m

1.77m

4.07 miles

1787

01491 872687

Whitchurch

41.22m

5.48m

1.01m

2.28 miles

1787

0118 984 2448

Mapled'ham

61.69m

6.42m

2.05m

4.40 miles

1778

0118 941 7776

Caversham

40.03m

5.46m

1.44m

2.63 miles

1778

0118 957 5764


Locks between Reading and Windsor

Name

Length

Width

Fall

Distance to next lock downstream

Date of First Pound Lock

Telephone Number

Sonning

47.57m

5.46m

1.63m

2.91 miles

1773

0118 969 3992

Shiplake

40.64m

5.56m

1.55m

2.98 miles

1773

0118 940 3350

Marsh

41.19m

6.42m

1.33m

2.85 miles

1773

01491 572992

Hambleden

61.00m

7.70m

1.44m

3.66 miles

1773

01491 571269

Hurley

39.82m

6.07m

1.05m

0.64 miles

1773

01628 824334

Temple

41.02m

5.46m

1.23m

1.95 miles

1773

01628 824333

Marlow

46.10m

6.07m

2.16m

4.00 miles

1773

01628 482867

Cookham

55.77m

7.62m

1.30m

2.08 miles

1830

01628 520752

Boulter's

60.80m

6.47m

2.39m

2.13 miles

1772

01826 624205

Bray

40.94m

5.46m

1.46m

3.17 miles

1845

01828 621650

Boveney

45.59m

5.43m

1.47m

2.33 miles

1838

01753 862764


Locks between Windsor and Teddington

Name

Length

Width

Fall

Distance to next lock downstream

Date of First Pound Lock

Telephone Number

Romney

78.50m

7.45m

2.01m

3.00 miles

1798

01753 860296

Old Windsor

54.55m

7.36m

1.74m

2.92 miles

1822

01753 861822

Bell Weir

78.51m

7.44m

1.82m

2.84 miles

1817

01784 432333

Penton Hook

81.28m

7.56m

1.22m

1.95 miles

1815

01784 452657

Chertsey

61.16m

6.40m

1.22m

2.06miles

1813

01932 562208

Shepperton

53.16m

6.04m

2.03m

2.95 miles

1813

01932 221840

Sunbury

62.78m

7.41m

1.87m

2.98 miles

1812

01932 782089

Molesey

81.78m

7.56m

1.85m

4.81 miles

1815

020 8979 4482

Teddington Launch

54.22m

7.41m

2.68m

-

1811

020 8940 8723

Teddington Skiff

15.08m

1.77m

2.68m

-

1858

020 8940 8723

Teddington Barge

198.12m

7.54m

2.68m

-

1904

020 8940 8723

Lock on Tidal Thames

Name

Length

Width

Fall

Date Built

Telephone Number

Richmond

76.00m

8.00m

Varies - depends on height of tide

1894

020 8940 0634

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