Culham Lock

Culham Lock
Culham lock from upstream
Map
WaterwayRiver Thames
CountyOxfordshire
Maintained byEnvironment Agency
OperationHydraulic
First built1809
Length39.87 m (130 ft 10 in) [1]
Width5.33 m (17 ft 6 in)[1]
Fall2.41 m (7 ft 11 in)[1]
Above sea level161'
Distance to
Teddington Lock
82 miles
Culham Lock
River Thames
weir
weir
Abingdon Lock & weir
Swift Ditch
A415 Bridge St, Abingdon
River Ock
Wilts & Berks Canal
Andersey Island
marina
A415 Abingdon Road
Proposed W&B link
New Wilts and Berks Jn
weir
Sutton Pools
Culham Lock
Abingdon Road bridges
River Thames

Culham Lock is a lock on the River Thames in England close to Culham, Oxfordshire. It is on a lock cut to the north of the main stream, which approaches the large village of Sutton Courtenay. The lock was built of stone by the Thames Navigation Commission in 1809.

The associated weirs are on the old course of the river under the massive causeway which separates the millstream from picturesque Sutton Pools. The causeway is very old and was thought to have been built by Saxon labour.

  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