Romney Lock

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Romney Lock
Waterway	River Thames
County	Berkshire
Maintained by	Environment Agency
Operation	Hydraulic
First built	1798
Latest built	1980
Length	256' 6" (78.5m)
Width	24' 5" (7.45m)
Fall	6' 7" (2.01m)
Above Sea Level	60'
Distance to Teddington Lock	23 miles
Power is available out of hours

Romney Lock
legend River Thames Mill Stream Boveney Lock (and boat rollers) Race Course Yacht Basin Site of old mill Cuckoo Weir A332 Queen Elizabeth Bridge -- (Windsor & Eton Bypass) Windsor Railway Bridge Baths Island Deadwater Ait Firework Ait Windsor Bridge moorings Site of old mill weir Romney Lock Jubilee River -- (from Boulter's Lock) Black Potts Railway Bridge River Thames

Romney Lock is a lock on the River Thames in England near Windsor and Eton. It is on the Windsor side of the river next to a boatyard and adjoins Romney Island, a long strip of land in the middle of the river. The first lock was built of oak by the Thames Navigation Commission in 1798. It was rebuilt by the Thames Conservancy in 1869 and rebuilt again in 1979/80.

The weir is some distance upstream at the end of Romney Island and runs across the river to Cutlers Ait. There were plans to install a small hydro electric generation station here to supply electricity to Windsor Castle, but as of December 2007, these plans appear to have been abandoned.

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 Windsor down a long single track road which starts behind Windsor and Eton Riverside railway station.

[edit] Reach above the lock

Eton College is on the opposite bank from the lock, beyond Ait. Upstream of it is the town of Eton itself where Windsor Bridge crosses. That side of the river is then an extent of open fields. Windsor Railway Bridge and Queen Elizabeth Bridge are upstream of Windsor Bridge and after them, set back a bit, is the village of Eton Wick. On the Windsor side, the river skirts the town and after Windsor Bridge is the small island called Firework Ait and a little further on, Deadwater Ait is close to the bank. The larger Baths Island then carries Windsor Railway Bridge. After Queen Elizabeth Bridge is Clewer and the river then doubles back on itself at Windsor Racecourse before the run in to Boveney lock. The amount of rowing activity on the reach has been reduced by the recent creation of Dorney Lake near Dorney.

The Thames Path follows the track on the Windsor side to Windsor and then crosses Windsor Bridge to the Eton side, where it continues to Boveney Lock.

[edit] See also

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

[edit] External links

Proposals for hydro power scheme

Next lock upstream	River Thames	Next lock downstream
Boveney Lock 2.33 miles	Romney Lock Grid reference: SU970779	Old Windsor Lock 3.00 miles