Thursday, 12 May 2011

Distances between locks on the Thames and other cool stuff


this is a picture of Cricklade bridge. The very start of our journey!

There is a fantastic resource by www.visitthames.co.uk. It tells you the distances and approximate travel time between locks.



Cool interactive brochure
there is a very cool interactive brochure from visitthames, including a map of the river.
click here.

River conditions
Click here to find out about the latest river conditions. which is supported by the Environment Agency.

The table
Here is the table from the webs-site, click on the above link to see the latest version

The distances and times between each lock are shown below. The time is based on a 8kmh (approx 5mph) speed.

Location

Distance to next lock downstream - km

Distance to next lock downstream - miles

Time to lock downstream at 8 km/h

Cricklade Bridge

18.88

11.73

St John's Lock

1.85

1.15

15

Buscot Lock

5.37

3.34

41

Grafton Lock

2.98

1.85

23

Radcot Lock

4.23

2.63

32

Rushey Lock

6.92

4.30

52

Shifford Lock

7.63

4.74

58

Northmoor Lock

6.21

3.86

47

Pinkhill Lock

2.38

1.48

18

Eynsham Lock

4.37

2.71

33

King's Lock

1.81

1.13

14

Godstow Lock

3.87

2.40

30

Osney Lock

3.73

2.32

28

Iffley Lock

2.70

1.68

21

Sandford Lock

7.38

4.58

56

Abingdon Lock

4.15

2.58

32

Culham Lock

4.52

2.72

34

Clifton Lock

4.80

3.07

36

Day's Lock

6.37

3.96

48

Benson Lock

10.46

6.50

79

Cleeve Lock

1.00

0.62

8

Goring Lock

6.55

4.07

50

Whitchurch Lock

3.67

2.28

28

Mapledurham Lock

7.08

4.40

54

Caversham Lock

4.23

2.63

32

Sonning Lock

4.68

2.91

36

Shiplake Lock

4.80

2.59

36

Marsh Lock

4.59

3.24

35

Hambleden Lock

5.89

3.66

45

Hurley Lock

1.03

0.64

8

Temple Lock

2.7

1.68

22

Marlow Lock

6.44

4.00

49

Cookham Lock

3.35

2.08

26

Boulters Lock

3.43

2.13

26

Bray Lock

5.10

3.17

39

Boveney Lock

3.75

2.33

29

Romney Lock

4.83

3.00

37

Old Windsor Lock

4.94

2.92

36

Bell Weir Lock

4.33

2.84

35

Penton Hook Lock

3.13

1.95

24

Chertsey Lock

3.32

2.06

25

Shepperton Lock

4.75

2.95

36

Sunbury Lock

4.79

2.98

36

Molesey Lock

7.74

4.81

59

Teddington Lock

0.39

0.24

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