- Grafton Lock
Infobox Waterlock
lock_name = Grafton Lock [ [http://www.visitthames.co.uk/uploads/a_users_guide_to_the_River_thames.pdf Statistics from Environment Agency "A User's Guide to the River Thames:Part II"] ]
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waterway =River Thames
county =Oxfordshire
maint =Environment Agency
operation = Manual
first = 1896
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length = 113’ 6” (34.59m)
width = 15’ 1” (4.59m)
fall = 3’ 8” (1.11m)
sealevel = 223'
enda =Teddington Lock
distenda = 118 miles
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extra=Grafton Lock is a lock on the
River Thames in England on the northern bank between Kelmscott andRadcot Oxfordshire . The lock was built by theThames Conservancy in 1896.The weir is on the other side of the lock island at the upstream end.
Grafton Lock Meadow at the lock is aSite of Special Scientific Interest .History
There was previously a weir with a
flash lock on the site known variously as Day's, East, New Lock or Lower Hart's. The name Lower Hart's was to avoid confusion with another Hart's Weir upstream which was eventually replaced byEaton Footbridge in 1936.The Thames Conservancy removed the weir in 1869, and the first suggestion for a permanent pound lock was made in 1892, four years before it opened. [Fred. S. Thacker "The Thames Highway: Volume II Locks and Weirs" 1920 - republished 1968 David & Charles]
Access to the lock
The lock can be reached on foot along the river or by road on a turning off Langley Lane which connects to the A4095.
Reach above the lock
On the southern bank the river passes
Eaton Hastings . On the north bank is Kelmscott andKelmscott Manor , the country retreat ofWilliam Morris .Further upstream the river is crossed by
Eaton Footbridge There are moorings at this point reflecting the history of the site which had a weir and flash lock until 1936.The
Thames Path follows the northern bank to Buscot Lock.See also
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Locks on the River Thames References
External links
* [http://thames.me.uk/s02180.htm Grafton Lock] at thames.me.uk
* [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/448842 Picture of Grafton Lock] at geograph.org.uk
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