| Whitchurch Lock | |
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 Whitchurch Lock with head gates open | |
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| Waterway | River Thames |
| County | Oxfordshire |
| Maintained by | Environment Agency |
| Operation | Hydraulic |
| First built | 1787 |
| Latest built | 1876 |
| Length | 41.22 m (135 ft 3 in) [1] |
| Width | 5.48 m (18 ft 0 in)[1] |
| Fall | 1.01 m (3 ft 4 in)[1] |
| Above sea level | 130' |
| Distance to Teddington Lock | 61 miles |
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Whitchurch Lock is a lock and weir on the River Thames in England. It is a pound lock, built by the Thames Navigation Commissioners in 1787. It is on an island near the Oxfordshire village of Whitchurch-on-Thames and is accessible only by boat.
The weir crosses the river to the Berkshire village of Pangbourne .
- ^ 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