Dorney Lake

Dorney Lake
Aerial view of Dorney Lake in 2007
Dorney Lake is located in Buckinghamshire
Dorney Lake
Dorney Lake
LocationDorney, Buckinghamshire, England
Coordinates51°29′36″N 0°39′56″W / 51.4933°N 0.6655°W / 51.4933; -0.6655
TypeArtificial lake, rowing lake
Basin countriesUnited Kingdom
Built2006
Max. length2.2 kilometres (1.4 miles)

Dorney Lake (also known as Eton College Rowing Centre, and as Eton Dorney as a 2012 Summer Olympics venue) is a purpose-built rowing lake and Meetings & Events Venue in England. It is near the village of Dorney, Buckinghamshire, and is around 3 km (2 miles) west of Windsor and Eton, close to the River Thames.

The lake is privately owned and financed by Eton College, which spent £17 million developing it. Additional grants, totalling £500,000, were obtained from Sport England, UK Sport, the DCMS and SEEDA in order to build the lake's finish tower. The project was completed in 2006, after 10 years of construction.[1] The facilities are hired out for rowing, as well as for canoeing, Hospitality, dragon boating, and triathlon.