Godstow Lock

Godstow Lock
Map
WaterwayRiver Thames
CountyOxfordshire
Maintained byEnvironment Agency
Operationhydraulic
First built1790
Latest built1924
Length33.52 m (110 ft 0 in) [1]
Width4.95 m (16 ft 3 in)[1]
Fall1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)[1]
Above sea level190'
Distance to
Teddington Lock
96 miles
Godstow Lock
River Thames
Eynsham Lock & weir
Wharf Stream
River Evenlode
Seacourt Stream
Oxford Canal
Dukes Lock
(on Dukes Cut)
railway bridge
A40 road bridge
King's Lock
weir
weir and old mill
A34 road bridges
Godstow Bridge
weir
weir
Godstow Lock
Seacourt Stream
River Thames

Godstow Lock is a lock on the River Thames in Oxfordshire, England. It is between the villages of Wolvercote and Wytham on the outskirts of Oxford. The first lock was built of stone by Daniel Harris for the Thames Navigation Commission in 1790.[2] It is the lock furthest upstream on the river which has mechanical (electro-hydraulic) operation - every lock upstream of Godstow utilises manual beam operation instead.

The main weir is a short way upstream but there is another weir at Godstow Bridge just above the Trout Inn. These feed into a backwater (Wolvercote Mill Stream) which has come from above King's Lock by Wolvercote.

  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
  2. ^ Davies & Robinson, 2003, page 94