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| The ''']''' stays on the Oxfordshire bank to Sonning, where it crosses the bridge to the other side below Sonning Lock. | The ''']''' stays on the Oxfordshire bank to Sonning, where it crosses the bridge to the other side below Sonning Lock. | ||
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| Waterway | River Thames |
| County | Oxfordshire |
| Maintained by | Environment Agency |
| Operation | Hydraulic |
| First built | 1773 |
| Latest built | 1905 |
| Length | 133’ 4” (40.64m) |
| Width | 18’ 3” (5.56m) |
| Fall | 5’ 1” (1.55m) |
| Above sea level | 110' |
| Distance to Teddington Lock | 49 miles |
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Shiplake Lock is a lock and weir situated on the River Thames in England near the village of Shiplake, Oxfordshire. It is just above the points where the River Loddon joins the Thames and Shiplake Railway Bridge crosses the river. The lock was built by the Thames Navigation Commission in 1773 originally of fir, and replaced by oak in 1787. It was the first lock on the Thames to have hydraulic operation installed in 1961.
The weir is some distance upstream of the lock between the lock island and Berkshire bank.
Access to the lock
The lock can be reached from Lower Shiplake down Mill Road, and into Mill Lane, where it is a short walk across a field to the lock
Reach above the lock
The river skirts Shiplake on the Oxfordshire bank and eventually passes into Sonning. Phillimore Island is just above the lock, and further on there is a double bend with two large islands The Lynch, and Hallmead Ait followed by Buck Ait. Apart from a small development here, the river banks are open fields to Sonning Bridge. Sonning lock is ahead at the bridge, but there is a large backwater branching before the bridge on the Sonning Eye side.
The Thames Path stays on the Oxfordshire bank to Sonning, where it crosses the bridge to the other side below Sonning Lock.
See also
| Next lock upstream | River Thames | Next lock downstream |
| Sonning Lock 2.91 miles |
Shiplake Lock Grid reference: SU776786 |
Marsh Lock 2.98 miles |
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