Day's Lock

Day's Lock
Sculler waits to enter Day's Lock while a cruiser tries to come out sideways
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51°38′18″N 1°10′45″W / 51.63834°N 1.17919°W / 51.63834; -1.17919
WaterwayRiver Thames
CountyOxfordshire
Maintained byEnvironment Agency
OperationHydraulic
First built1789
Latest built1925
Length46.93 m (154 ft 0 in) [1]
Width6.45 m (21 ft 2 in)[1]
Fall1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)[1]
Above sea level149'
Distance to
Teddington Lock
76 miles
Day's Lock
River Thames
weir
Long Wittenham
Clifton Lock
Clifton Hampden Bridge
Day's Lock
Little Wittenham Bridge
River Thames

Day's Lock is a lock on the River Thames near Dorchester-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England on the Dorchester side of the river.

The pound lock was built in 1789 by the Thames Navigation Commissioner. The lock is across the river from the small village of Little Wittenham and is overlooked from the south by the hills of Wittenham Clumps, with a particularly good view from Round Hill.

The weir runs straight across the river from the other side of the lock island.

Day's Lock is the main gauging station for the measurement of the water flow in the River Thames.

The Thames Path crosses the river here.

The World Poohsticks Championships, on behalf of the RNLI, have taken place annually here since 1983.

  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