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
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51°40′14″N 1°16′09″W / 51.670535°N 1.269202°W / 51.670535; -1.269202
WaterwayRiver Thames
CountyOxfordshire
Maintained byEnvironment Agency
OperationHydraulic
First built1790
Latest built1905
Length36.57 m (120 ft 0 in) [1]
Width5.71 m (18 ft 9 in)[1]
Fall1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Above sea level167'
Distance to
Teddington Lock
85 miles
Abingdon Lock
River Thames
weir
weir
Sandford Lock and mill
Lock Wood Island
Nuneham Viaduct
weir
weir
Swift Ditch
Abingdon Lock & weir
River Thames
Abingdon Lock in action

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.

  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