List of Locks and Weirs
The list of locks, weirs and ferries is given in upstream to downstream order, from source to sea. Most of the older flash locks have disappeared and there are only three ferries still operating (Weybridge, Hampton and Hammerton's). Nearly all of the older weirs and most of the current ones once had associated mills, fifteen of which are mentioned in the Domesday book, but very few of these survive. A few weirs had bucks for catching eels.
| Lock | Date | Recorded date of flash lock | Fall | Distance to next lock up | Earlier weirs in this reach | Ferries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St John's Lock | 1790 | 1775 | 0.85 m (2.8 ft) | |||
| Buscot Lock | 1790 | 1.69 m (5.5 ft) | 1.85 km (1.15 mi) | |||
| Grafton Lock | 1896 | 1762 (Day's/Lower Hart) | 1.11 m (3.6 ft) | 5.37 km (3.34 mi) | Farmer's, Harts | |
| Radcot Lock | 1892 | 1746 (Beck's, Clare's or Buck's) | 1.48 m (4.9 ft) | 2.98 km (1.85 mi) | Old Eye | |
| Rushey Lock | 1790 | 1.82 m (6.0 ft) | 4.23 km (2.63 mi) | Old Nan's | Rushey | |
| Shifford Lock | 1898 | 1762 | 2.23 m (7.3 ft) | 6.92 km (4.30 mi) | Tadpole (Kent), Thames, Ten foot, Shifford Upper, Duxford | Duxford |
| Northmoor Lock | 1.24 m (4.1 ft) | 7.63 km (4.74 mi) | Limbre's | Ridge's (Hart's) | ||
| Pinkhill Lock | 1791 | Pre-1791 | 1.05 m (3.4 ft) | 6.21 km (3.86 mi) | Ridge's (Langley), Ark, Skinner's | Bablock Hythe |
| Eynsham Lock | 1791 | 0.84 m (2.8 ft) | 2.38 km (1.48 mi) | |||
| King's Lock | 1890? | 1541 | 0.77 m (2.5 ft) | 4.37 km (2.72 mi) | Clay | |
| Godstow Lock | 1790 | 1.57 m (5.2 ft) | 1.81 km (1.12 mi) | |||
| Osney Lock | 1790 | 1227 | 1.89 m (6.2 ft) | 3.87 km (2.40 mi) | Medley (Binsey) | |
| Iffley Lock | by 1632 | 1585 | 0.81 m (2.7 ft) | 3.73 km (2.32 mi) | Folly | Iffley |
| Sandford Lock | 1632 (enlarged 1793) | 2.69 m (8.8 ft) | 2.7 km (1.7 mi) | |||
| Abingdon Lock | 1790 | 1316 | 1.89 m (6.2 ft) | 7.38 km (4.59 mi) | Nuneham | Thrupp |
| Culham Lock | 1638 (moved 1809) | 1580 | 2.41 m (7.9 ft) | 4.15 km (2.58 mi) | Culham old (1638 on Swift ditch), Swift | |
| Clifton Lock | 1812 | 1.03 m (3.4 ft) | 4.52 km (2.81 mi) | Culham | ||
| Day's Lock | 1789 | 1580 | 1.58 m (5.2 ft) | 4.8 km (3.0 mi) | Dorchester, Clifton | |
| Benson Lock | 1788 | 1746 | 1.87 m (6.1 ft) | 6.37 km (3.96 mi) | Shillingford, Keen Edge | |
| Cleeve Lock | 1787 | 1580 | 0.89 m (2.9 ft) | 10.46 km (6.50 mi) | Pollington's, Chalmore Lock, Moulsford (lock) | Leather Bottle, South Stoke, Littlestoke, Chalmore, Benson |
| Goring Lock | 1787 | 1538 | 1.77 m (5.8 ft) | 1 km (0.62 mi) | Streatley | |
| Whitchurch Lock | 1787 | 1580 | 1.01 m (3.3 ft) | 6.55 km (4.07 mi) | Hart's lock | Gatehampton |
| Mapledurham Lock | 1777 | 1300 | 2.05 m (6.7 ft) | 3.67 km (2.28 mi) | ||
| Caversham Lock | 1778 | 1493 | 1.44 m (4.7 ft) | 7.08 km (4.40 mi) | Chawsey | Purley (2) |
| Sonning Lock | 1773 | 1580 | 1.63 m (5.3 ft) | 4.23 km (2.63 mi) | Breach's | |
| Shiplake Lock | 1773 | 1746 | 1.55 m (5.1 ft) | 4.68 km (2.91 mi) | Wargrave, Bolney | |
| Marsh Lock | 1773 | 1580 | 1.33 m (4.4 ft) | 4.8 km (3.0 mi) | Beggar's Hole (Bolney), Lashbrook, Wargrave | |
| Hambleden Lock | 1773 | 1338 | 1.44 m (4.7 ft) | 4.59 km (2.85 mi) | Aston | |
| Hurley Lock | 1773 | 1580 | 1.05 m (3.4 ft) | 5.89 km (3.66 mi) | Mednam | Medmenham |
| Temple Lock | 1773 | 1580 | 1.23 m (4.0 ft) | 1.03 km (0.64 mi) | Temple | |
| Marlow Lock | 1773 | 1585 | 2.16 m (7.1 ft) | 3.13 km (1.94 mi) | ||
| Cookham Lock | 1830 | 1.3 m (4.3 ft) | 6.44 km (4.00 mi) | Cookham Upper, Spade Oak | ||
| Boulter's Lock | 1772 (moved 1828) | 1580 | 2.39 m (7.8 ft) | 3.35 km (2.08 mi) | My Lady, Hedsor | |
| Bray Lock | 1845 | 1328 | 1.46 m (4.8 ft) | 3.43 km (2.13 mi) | ||
| Boveney Lock | 1838 | 1375 | 1.47 m (4.8 ft) | 5.1 km (3.2 mi) | Boveney | |
| Romney Lock | 1797 | 2.01 m (6.6 ft) | 3.75 km (2.33 mi) | Gill's bucks | Windsor | |
| Old Windsor Lock | 1822 | 1300 | 1.74 m (5.7 ft) | 4.83 km (3.00 mi) | Datchet | |
| Bell Weir Lock | 1817 | 1300 | 1.82 m (6.0 ft) | 4.94 km (3.07 mi) | Magna Carta Island | |
| Penton Hook Lock | 1815 | 1.22 m (4.0 ft) | 4.33 km (2.69 mi) | Savory's | Tims', Egham | |
| Chertsey Lock | 1813 | 1.22 m (4.0 ft) | 3.13 km (1.94 mi) | Laleham | ||
| Shepperton Lock | 1813 | 2.03 m (6.7 ft) | 3.32 km (2.06 mi) | |||
| Sunbury Lock | 1812 | 1623 | 1.87 m (6.1 ft) | 4.75 km (2.95 mi) | Ballinger's | Shepperton Church, Weybridge |
| Molesey Lock | 1815 | 1.87 m (6.1 ft) | 4.79 km (2.98 mi) | Hampton | ||
| Teddington Lock | 1811 | 2.68 m (8.8 ft) | 7.74 km (4.81 mi) | Kingston | Surbiton, Ravens Ait, Thames Ditton | |
| Richmond Lock | 1894 | 2 m (6.6 ft) | 4.9 km (3.0 mi) | Hammerton's, Twickenham |
Additionally, Blake's Lock is located on a reach of the River Kennet that is administered by the Environment Agency as part of the River Thames, and is often counted as a Thames Lock. It is the only manual Thames lock below Oxford.
The tide flows as far as Teddington Lock: the weir at Richmond Lock is only used at low tide, to maintain the water level above it.
Chalmore Lock (1838) was removed in 1883.
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