Shepperton Lock

Shepperton Lock
Shepperton lock (2005)
Map
51°22′55.5″N 00°27′31″W / 51.382083°N 0.45861°W / 51.382083; -0.45861
WaterwayRiver Thames
CountySurrey
Maintained byEnvironment Agency
OperationHydraulic
First built1813
Latest built1899
Length53.16 m (174 ft 5 in) [1]
Width6.04 m (19 ft 10 in)[1]
Fall2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)[1]
Above sea level33 ft (10 m)
Distance to
Teddington Lock
10 miles
Power is available out of hours
Shepperton Lock
River Thames above Chertsey Lock
Abbey River (backwater of Thames)
weir
Chertsey Lock
B375 Chertsey Bridge
marina
Pharaoh's Island
Hamhaugh & Shepperton Lock Islands
weirs and Shepperton Lock
Thames Lock (River Wey Navigation)
weir of River Wey
weir of River Wey
navigable River Wey
River Thames above Sunbury Lock

Shepperton Lock is a lock on the River Thames, in England by the left bank at Shepperton, Surrey.[n 1] It is across the river from Weybridge which is nearby linked by a passenger ferry.

In 1813, the City of London Corporation built the pound lock and the short cuts (cuttings) – the nearer expanded an existing meander cutoff, beyond which lies a fresh cutting and old main stream of the river. These each have associated weirs. Shepperton Weir is between Shepperton Lock Island and Hamhaugh Island; and Shepperton Upper Weir is between Hamhaugh Island and the Hamm Court area of Addlestone, Surrey on the opposite bank.

Upstream of the lock island is the Thames Court pub/restaurant on the near bank, downstream of Pharaoh's Island which was given to Lord Nelson after the Battle of the Nile in 1798. The lock is the fifth from the estuary of the river of a total of forty-five.

  1. ^ a b c "Environment Agency Dimensions of locks on the River Thames". web page. Environmental Agency. 8 November 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2012. Dimensions given in metres


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