Pinkhill Lock

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Pinkhill Lock
Waterway	River Thames
County	Oxfordshire
Maintained by	Environment Agency
Operation	Manual
First built	1791
Latest built	1898
Length	113’ 6” (34.59m)
Width	16’ 1” (4.90m)
Fall	3’ 6” (1.05m)
Above Sea Level	199'
Distance to Teddington Lock	101 miles

Pinkhill Lock
legend River Thames Northmoor Lock & weir weir Pinkhill Lock River Thames

Pinkhill Lock is a lock on the River Thames in England. It is close to Farmoor, Oxfordshire.

The lock was first built of stone in 1791 by the Thames Navigation Commission. The stone lock keeper's house dates from 1932. The lock is named after a farm in the area.

The weir is on the other side of the island and carries a public footbridge.

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

[edit] Access to the lock

The lock can be reached from Farmoor on a track behind the reservoir.

[edit] Reach above the lock

The river winds past Farmoor Reservoir and Bablockhythe where there used to be a ferry. This part of the river was frequented by Matthew Arnold and his "Scholar Gipsy".

The Thames Path crosses the river at the lock heads inland on the western bank towards Stanton Harcourt, and rejoins the river at Bablockhythe. It then continues on the western bank to Northmoor Lock.

[edit] See also

• Locks on the River Thames
• Crossings of the River Thames

[edit] External links

• Weir behind Pinkhill Lock at geograph.co.uk

Next lock upstream	River Thames	Next lock downstream
Northmoor Lock 3.86 miles	Pinkhill Lock Grid reference: SP440071	Eynsham Lock 1.48 miles
Next crossing upstream	River Thames	Next crossing downstream
Hart's Weir Footbridge	Pinkhill Lock	Swinford Toll Bridge
Next crossing upstream	Thames Path	Next crossing downstream
northern bank Newbridge	Pinkhill Lock	southern bank Fiddler's Island