Radcot Lock

Radcot Lock is a lock on the River Thames in England just downstream of Radcot, Oxfordshire, on the southern bank.

Radcot Lock
Radcot Lock on the River Thames
WaterwayRiver Thames
CountyOxfordshire
Maintained byEnvironment Agency
OperationManual
First built1892
Length34.59 m (113 ft 6 in)
Width4.57 m (15 ft 0 in)
Fall1.48 m (4 ft 10 in)
Above sea level221'
Distance to
Teddington Lock
117 miles
Radcot Lock
River Thames
Grafton Lock & weir
A4095 Radcot Bridge
moorings
moorings
Radcot Lock & weir
River Thames

The lock was built by the Thames Conservancy in 1892 on the site of an old weir and flash lock.

The weir is on the other side of the lock island.

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