Temple Lock

Temple Lock
Temple Lock looking downstream toward Temple Mill Island
Map
WaterwayRiver Thames
CountyBuckinghamshire
Maintained byEnvironment Agency
OperationHydraulic
First built1773
Latest built1890
Length41.02 m (134 ft 7 in) [1]
Width5.46 m (17 ft 11 in)[1]
Fall1.23 m (4 ft 1 in)[1]
Above sea level92'
Distance to
Teddington Lock
39 miles
Temple Lock
River Thames
Upper Towpath footbridge
Hurley Lock
Site of mill
Lower Towpath footbridge
moorings
moorings
Temple footbridge
Temple Lock
Site of Temple Mill
Temple Mill Island
River Thames
Looking upstream towards the footbridge

Temple Lock is a lock and weir situated on the Buckinghamshire bank of the River Thames near Temple Mill Island opposite Temple Meadows and not far from Hurley, Berkshire. It was first built by the Thames Navigation Commissioners in 1773.

The weir runs across from the lock to the Berkshire bank a short distance upstream of the lock.

  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