Iffley Lock

Iffley Lock
Iffley Lock from downstream
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51°43′42.45″N 1°14′25.21″W / 51.7284583°N 1.2403361°W / 51.7284583; -1.2403361
WaterwayRiver Thames
CountyOxfordshire
Maintained byEnvironment Agency
OperationHydraulic
First built1631
Latest built1927
Length46.96 m (154 ft 1 in) [1]
Width6.47 m (21 ft 3 in)[1]
Fall0.81 m (2 ft 8 in)[1]
Above sea level178'
Distance to
Teddington Lock
91 miles
Iffley Lock
River Thames
weir
weir
Godstow Lock
Seacourt Stream
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Oxford Canal
Castle Mill Stream
Sheepwash Channel
Oxford station
 A420  Botley Road
Osney Lock and mill
moorings
Osney Rail Bridge
 A4144  Folly Bridge
River Cherwell
Railway bridge
weir
 B4495  Donnington Bridge
Iffley Lock and rollers
Hinksey Stream
 A423  Isis Bridge
River Thames

Iffley Lock is a lock on the River Thames in England near the village of Iffley, Oxfordshire. It is on the southern outskirts of Oxford. The original lock was built by the Oxford-Burcot Commission in 1631 and the Thames Navigation Commission replaced this in 1793. The lock has a set of rollers to allow punts and rowing boats to be moved between the water levels.

In addition the lock and weir streams there is stream further to the east which used to be the Mill Stream.

The weir is downstream of the lock, where the weir stream is joined by the mill stream.

  1. ^ a b c "Environment Agency Dimensions of locks on the River Thames". web page. Environmental Agency. 8 November 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2012. Dimensions given in metres