Grafton Lock
Lock on the River Thames in Oxfordshire, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Grafton Lock is a lock on the River Thames in Oxfordshire, England. It is on the northern bank between Kelmscott and Radcot, about 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the hamlet of Grafton. The lock was built by the Thames Conservancy in 1896.
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Waterway | River Thames |
County | Oxfordshire |
Maintained by | Environment Agency |
Operation | Manual |
First built | 1896 |
Length | 34.59 m (113 ft 6 in) [1] |
Width | 4.59 m (15 ft 1 in)[1] |
Fall | 1.11 m (3 ft 8 in)[1] |
Above sea level | 223' |
Distance to Teddington Lock | 118 miles |
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The weir is on the other side of the lock island at the upstream end.
Grafton Lock Meadow at the lock is a Site of Special Scientific Interest.