Old Windsor Lock

Old Windsor Lock is a lock on the River Thames in England on the right bank beside Old Windsor, Berkshire. The lock marks the downstream end of the New Cut, a meander cutoff built in 1822 by the Thames Navigation Commissioners which created Ham Island. The lock and a wider footbridge give access to the island. Two weirs are associated; the smaller adjoins and the larger is upstream. The lock is the ninth lowest of the forty-five on the river.

Old Windsor Lock
Old Windsor Lock from the upstream side
WaterwayRiver Thames
CountyBerkshire
Maintained byEnvironment Agency
OperationHydraulic
First built1822
Latest built1954
Length54.55 m (179 ft 0 in)
Width7.36 m (24 ft 2 in)
Fall1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Above sea level53
Distance to
Teddington Lock
20 miles
Power is available out of hours
Old Windsor Lock
River Thames
moorings
site of old mill
weir
Romney Lock
Jubilee River
-- (from Boulter's Lock)
Black Potts Railway Bridge
B470 Victoria Bridge
Sumptermead Ait
B3021 Albert Bridge
Ham Lane bridge
Old Windsor Lock
River Thames
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