Clifton Lock

Clifton Lock
Clifton Lock - gates showing some ambivalence over board status (yellow or red)
Map
WaterwayRiver Thames
CountyOxfordshire
Maintained byEnvironment Agency
OperationHydraulic
First built1822
Length39.57 m (129 ft 10 in) [1]
Width5.79 m (19 ft 0 in)[1]
Fall1.03 m (3 ft 5 in)[1]
Above sea level153'
Distance to
Teddington Lock
79 miles
Clifton Lock
River Thames
weir
Sutton Pools
Culham Lock
Sutton Bridge
Appleford Railway Bridge
weir
Long Wittenham
weir
Clifton Lock
River Thames

Clifton Lock is a lock on River Thames in Oxfordshire, England. It is located south of the village of Clifton Hampden and north of Long Wittenham. It is at the start of the Clifton Cut, which bypasses the river to the north of Long Wittenham. The lock was completed in 1822 by the Thames Navigation Commissioners.

The main weir, which was built thirteen years later than the lock, runs across the old navigation of the river. A smaller weir runs just above the lock.

  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