Goring Lock
Lock and weir on the River Thames in Oxfordshire, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Goring Lock is a lock and weir situated on the River Thames in England at the Goring Gap in the Chiltern Hills. The lock is located on the Oxfordshire bank at Goring-On-Thames, with Streatley, Berkshire on the opposite side of the river. It is just upstream of Goring and Streatley Bridge. The lock was first built in 1787 by the Thames Navigation Commissioners
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Waterway | River Thames |
County | Oxfordshire |
Maintained by | Environment Agency |
Operation | Hydraulic |
First built | 1787 |
Latest built | 1921 |
Length | 54.68 m (179 ft 5 in) [1] |
Width | 6.40 m (21 ft 0 in)[1] |
Fall | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] |
Above sea level | 136' |
Distance to Teddington Lock | 65 miles |
Power is available out of hours |
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The weir runs back to an island under the bridge and then another weir goes from there to the Streatley bank.