Rushey Lock

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Rushey Lock
Waterway	River Thames
County	Oxfordshire
Maintained by	Environment Agency
Operation	Manual
First built	1790
Latest built	1898
Length	113’ 6” (34.59m)
Width	15’ 1” (4.59m)
Fall	6’ 0” (1.82m)
Above Sea Level	216'
Distance to Teddington Lock	114 miles

Rushey Lock is a lock on the River Thames in England. It is on the northern bank of the river in Oxfordshire, a considerable distance from any village, the nearest being Buckland Marsh, a hamlet on the road to Buckland to the south of the river.

The lock was built in stone in 1790 by the Thames Navigation Commission.

The weir is adjacent to the lock on the other side of the lock island.

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

[edit] Access to the lock

There is a road to the lock from Tadpole Bridge downstream

[edit] Reach above the lock

The river is very twisty along this reach. A short way before Radcot Lock is Old Man's Bridge which is on the site of a former weir.

The Thames Path follows the southern bank to Radcot Lock.

[edit] See also

• Locks on the River Thames

[edit] External links

• Photograph of Rushey Lock at geograph.org.uk
• The Thames Path: Tadpole Bridge to Lechlade -- Rushey Lock is about half-way down this article, with several pictures

Rushey Lock
legend River Thames Radcot Lock & weir Old Man's Bridge Rushey Lock & weir River Thames

Next lock upstream	River Thames	Next lock downstream
Radcot Lock 2.63 miles	Rushey Lock Grid reference: SP323000	Shifford Lock 3.30 miles