Chertsey Lock

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Chertsey Lock
Chertsey lock with Chertsey Bridge beyond
Waterway	River Thames
County	Middlesex
Maintained by	Environment Agency
Operation	Hydraulic
First built	1813
Latest built	1913
Length	200' 8" (61.16m)
Width	21' 0" (6.40m)
Fall	4' 0" (1.22m)
Above Sea Level	37'
Distance to Teddington Lock	13 miles
Power is available out of hours

Chertsey Lock is a lock on the River Thames in England, on the northern Middlesex bank near Chertsey (which is on the opposite side of the river) in north-west Surrey. The lock is about 200 yards upstream of the picturesque Chertsey Bridge. It was built by the City of London Corporation in 1813 and rebuilt in 1866 and 1913.

The lock adjoins a small thin island connecting to Chertsey Weir, which is not pedestrianised.

Contents 1 Access to the lock 2 Reach above the lock 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Access to the lock

The lock is easily accessible, being on the Middlesex bank, immediately adjacent to Thames Side road and a short distance from Chertsey Bridge and the Kingfisher pub.

[edit] Reach above the lock

Shortly upstream of the lock, the river is crossed by the M3 Chertsey Bridge carrying the M3 Motorway high overhead. The Middlesex bank has gravel pits out of sight and then park land until it reaches Laleham, where there are riverside houses. The Surrey bank is wild and open with a reservoir and pumping station beyond it. There is then a stretch of housing interspersed with boatyards, until short of Penton Hook. Before Penton Hook Lock, the backwater curves round Penton Hook Island to some marinas. This is the start point of the Abbey river backwater which rejoins the Thames below Chertsey Lock. Burway Rowing Club is based at Thameside at Laleham on the reach and Burway Junior Regatta and Burway Head races take place from the area beneath the M3 Motorway Bridge.

Chertsey Lock
legend River Thames marina weir Penton Hook Lock Abbey River Intake Channel to Queen Mary Reservoir Burway Ditch M4 motorway Abbey River weir Chertsey Lock B375 Chertsey Bridge Road River Thames

The Thames Path follows the Middlesex bank all the way to Penton Hook lock.

[edit] See also

• Locks on the River Thames
• Rowing on the River Thames

[edit] External links

• [1] River Thames guide

Next lock upstream	River Thames	Next lock downstream
Penton Hook Lock 1.95 miles	Chertsey Lock Grid reference: TQ053668	Shepperton Lock 2.06 miles