Old Windsor Lock

Old Windsor Lock
Old Windsor Lock
Old Windsor Lock
Old Windsor Lock from the upstream side
Waterway River Thames
County Berkshire
Maintained by Environment Agency
Operation Hydraulic
First built 1822
Latest built 1957
Length 179' 0" (54.55m)
Width 24' 2" (7.36m)
Fall 5' 9" (1.74m)
Above sea level 53
Distance to
Teddington Lock
20 miles
Power is available out of hours
[v · Legend
Urban straight track
River Thames
Urban junction to left Unknown BSicon "ueABZ3lg" Urban track turning from right
Urban straight track Unknown BSicon "uxWEIRg" Waterway with marina/wharf on left
moorings
Urban straight track Unused straight waterway Unused water mill
site of old mill
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weir
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Romney Lock
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Jubilee River
Urban straight track Unused straight waterway Unknown BSicon "uxWEIRg"
-- (from Boulter's Lock)
Waterway under railway bridge Unused waterway under railway bridge Unused waterway under railway bridge
Black Potts Railway Bridge
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Unknown BSicon "ueABZrg" Unused transverse waterway Unused waterway turning right
Waterway under minor road
B470 Victoria Bridge
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Sumptermead Ait
Waterway under minor road
B3021 Albert Bridge
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Waterway under track or footbridge Urban straight track
Ham Lane bridge
Waterway with unused branch to left Unused waterway turning from right Urban straight track
Unknown BSicon "uFGATEu" Unknown BSicon "uxWEIRg" Urban straight track
Old Windsor Lock
Unknown BSicon "uJUNCld" Unknown BSicon "ueABZ3rf" Waterway turning to right
Urban straight track
River Thames

Old Windsor Lock is a lock on the River Thames in England close to Old Windsor on the side of the river towards the town.[1] The lock marks the start of the New Cut, built in 1822 by the Thames Navigation Commissioners, which created Ham Island in the hook of the old river. The lock connects to Ham Island and there is a footbridge across the lock cut.

There is a small weir beside the lock, but the main weir is some way upstream at the top end of Ham Island.

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History

The old name for the site of the lock was "Top of Caps" and the first suggestion for a lock at "Capps" was in 1770. However it was not until 1822 that the lock cut and lock were built. No weir was built at the time, although there was already an obstruction called "Newman's Bucks" at the islands that are now at the top of the lock cut. Of these islands, only that called Lion Island remains. The first lock keeper was dismissed after various demeanors which included digging through the bank of the lock cut and thereby causing the collapse of the new lock cut bridge. The weir was constructed in 1836. In 1868 there was discussion of removing the lock, but instead it was extended with a tumbling bay added. In 1871 the lock cut bridge was rebuilt with the right reserved to lay sewage pipes across it.[2] The lock was rebuilt in 1957.

Access to the lock

The lock is only accessible by foot and can be reached from the end of a long spur road leading to The Manor and The Priory from Old Windsor.

Reach above the lock

River Thames at Datchet
Windsor Castle from the river

The Cut is about half a mile long and is crossed by Ham Bridge going to Ham Island. Lion Island is at the top of the cut where the streams separate. Then Albert Bridge crosses the river and on the Windsor side, the river winds round farmland at Princes Consort farm and Windsor Castle Home Park. On the opposite side is the town of Datchet with Sumptermead Ait along the side of the river. There follows Victoria Bridge and then a golf course, followed by Black Potts Railway Bridge. The railway bridge is supported by Black Potts Ait, behind which the Jubilee River rejoins the Thames. There are then the playing fields of Eton College. The area known as Black Potts up to Romney Island has been a popular fishing area, with Isaak Walton and Charles II both recorded as fishing there.

Thames Path

The Thames Path should continue on the towpath on the Windsor side, but this has been closed off and walkers are forced to cross Albert Bridge, take the metalled road through Datchet and Sumptermead Ait and return over Victoria Bridge.

See also

Old Windsor Lock from below
  • Locks on the River Thames

References

  1. ^ Statistics from Environment Agency A User's Guide to the River Thames:Part II
  2. ^ Fred. S. Thacker The Thames Highway: Volume II Locks and Weirs 1920 - republished 1968 David & Charles
Next lock upstream River Thames Next lock downstream
Romney Lock
3.00 miles
Old Windsor Lock
Grid reference: SU994748
Bell Weir Lock
2.92 miles


Coordinates: 51°27′48″N 0°34′9″W / 51.46333°N 0.56917°W / 51.46333; -0.56917


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