Boveney Lock

Boveney Lock
Boveney Lock, with a bridge across the Portage to private mooring. Windsor Racecourse can be seen on the far bank
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WaterwayRiver Thames
CountyBuckinghamshire
Maintained byEnvironment Agency
OperationHydraulic
First built1838
Latest built1898
Length45.59 m (149 ft 7 in) [1]
Width5.43 m (17 ft 10 in)[1]
Fall1.47 m (4 ft 10 in)[1]
Above sea level64 feet (20 m)
Distance to
Teddington Lock
26 miles (42 km)
Power is available out of hours.
Boveney Lock
River Thames
Headpile Eyot
Bray Lock
Pidgeonhill Eyot
M4 Bridge
Monkey Island
The Cut - to York Stream
Queens Eyot
Bray Marina
Windsor Marina
Clewer Mill Stream
Boveney Lock
(and boat rollers)
Race Course Yacht Basin
River Thames

Boveney Lock is a lock on the River Thames situated on the Buckinghamshire bank opposite the Windsor Racecourse and close to Eton Wick. Boveney is a village a little way upstream on the same side. The lock was first built in 1838 by the Thames Navigation Commission. The lock was rebuilt in 1898 closer to the Buckinghamshire bank, and a set of boat rollers were installed on the old site.

The weir is almost parallel to the lock, running across from the other side of the lock island.

  1. ^ a b c "Environment Agency Dimensions of locks on the River Thames". web page. Environmental Agency. 8 November 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2012. Dimensions given in metres