Abingdon Lock

Abingdon Lock
Abingdon Lock with Abingdon downstream in the distance. The silver parasols are to shade the lock-keeper while operating the controls. Yellow boards on the gates indicate a high stream
51°40′14″N 1°16′09″W / 51.670535°N 1.269202°W / 51.670535; -1.269202
Waterway	River Thames
County	Oxfordshire
Maintained by	Environment Agency
Operation	Hydraulic
First built	1790
Latest built	1905
Length	36.57 m (120 ft 0 in) [1]
Width	5.71 m (18 ft 9 in)[1]
Fall	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Above sea level	167'
Distance to Teddington Lock	85 miles

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Legend
River Thames weir weir Sandford Lock and mill Lock Wood Island Nuneham Viaduct weir weir Swift Ditch Abingdon Lock & weir River Thames

Abingdon Lock is a lock on the River Thames in England, less than 1 mile east and upstream of Abingdon, Oxfordshire, on the opposite bank of the river. It was originally built in 1790 by the Thames Navigation Commission.

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.