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| The first discussions about creating a lock here were started in 1793. It was finally completed in 1822 by the ]. | The first discussions about creating a lock here were started in 1793. It was finally completed in 1822 by the ]. | ||
| The current lock is an electrically operated hydraulic pound lock, although it still looks much the same as it did in the ]. | The current lock is an electrically operated hydraulic pound lock, although it still looks much the same as it did in the ]. | ||
| ==Access to the Lock== | |||
| The lock is at the end of a long track which starts on the ] to Abingdon just after it leaves Clifton Hampden. On the way to the lock, this track meets another track from the end of the High Street Clifton Hampden. | |||
| ==Reach above the lock== | ==Reach above the lock== | ||
Revision as of 16:13, 8 January 2008
| Clifton Lock | |
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| Waterway | River Thames |
| County | Oxfordshire |
| Maintained by | Environment Agency |
| Operation | Hydraulic |
| First built | 1822 |
| Length | 129’ 10” (39.57m) |
| Width | 19’ 0” (5.79m) |
| Fall | 3’ 5” (1.03m) |
| Above sea level | 153' |
| Distance to Teddington Lock | 79 miles |
Clifton Lock is a lock on River Thames in Oxfordshire, England. It is located south of the village of Clifton Hampden and north of Long Wittenham. It is at the start of the Clifton Cut, which bypasses the river to the north of Long Wittenham. The first discussions about creating a lock here were started in 1793. It was finally completed in 1822 by the Thames Navigation Commissioners. The current lock is an electrically operated hydraulic pound lock, although it still looks much the same as it did in the 19th century.
Access to the Lock
The lock is at the end of a long track which starts on the A415 road to Abingdon just after it leaves Clifton Hampden. On the way to the lock, this track meets another track from the end of the High Street Clifton Hampden.
Reach above the lock
The Clifton cut takes the river for nearly a mile before it resumes its natural course. The reach is relatively dull and uninteresting, crossed about halfway along by the Appleford Railway Bridge. Just after Sutton Bridge, Oxfordshire the river again divides between an old course via Sutton Courtenay and the Culham Cut. The Thames Path follows the northern bank all the way to Culham Lock.
See also
External links
- About the Thames — Clifton Lock
- View from Clifton Lock from geograph.org.uk
| Next lock upstream | River Thames | Next lock downstream |
| Culham Lock 3.81 miles |
Clifton Lock Grid reference: SU547947 |
Day's Lock 2.98 miles |
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