Penton Hook Lock

Penton Hook Lock
Penton Hook Lock with the lock-keeper's house
Map
WaterwayRiver Thames
CountySurrey
(historically Middlesex, locally)
Maintained byEnvironment Agency
OperationHydraulic
First built1815
Latest built1909
Length81.28 m (266 ft 8 in) [1]
Width7.56 m (24 ft 10 in)[1]
Fall1.22 m (4 ft 0 in)[1]
Above sea level41 feet (12 m)
Distance to
Teddington Lock
14 miles (23 km)
Power is available out of hours
Penton Hook Lock
the Staines reach of the Thames
River Thames
Bell Weir Lock
Colne Brook
 M25  +  A30 
Holm Island
Hollyhock Island
Church Island
 A308  Staines Bridge
Wraysbury River
River Colne
Staines Railway Bridge
marina: Thorpe
weir
Penton Hook Lock
River Thames
above Chertsey Lock

Penton Hook Lock is the sixth lowest lock of forty four on the non-tidal reaches of the River Thames in England. It faces an island which was until its construction a pronounced meander (a hook) and is on the site of its seasonal cutoff. It is against the left bank marking the church parish medieval border of Laleham and Staines upon Thames in Surrey for many centuries. Until 1965 their county was Middlesex. At 266 ft (81 m) it is the third longest lock on the river.

A bend 1000 yards (900 metres) upstream of the lock, Silvery Sands, hosts Staines Regatta in the sport of rowing annually. On the opposite bank in Thorpe is Penton Hook Marina which occupies lakes once land used for gravel extraction.

  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