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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. It was built by the Thames Navigation Commissioners in 1773 orinally 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.

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

• Locks on the River Thames

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