Benson Lock

Benson Lock
The keeper's house and lock at Benson Lock
Waterway	River Thames
County	Oxfordshire
Maintained by	Environment Agency
Operation	Hydraulic
First built	1788
Latest built	1870
Length	40.56 m (133 ft 1 in) [1]
Width	5.46 m (17 ft 11 in)[1]
Fall	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Above sea level	144'
Distance to Teddington Lock	72 miles

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Legend
River Thames Day's Lock Little Wittenham Bridge Dorchester bridge River Thame -- -- (navigable by small boats) Shillingford Bridge Benson Lock weir Old mill River Thames

Benson Lock is a lock on the River Thames in England, close to Benson, Oxfordshire but on the opposite bank of the river. The first pound lock here was built by the Thames Navigation Commission in 1788 and it was replaced by the present masonry lock in 1870. The distance between Benson Lock and Cleeve Lock downstream is 6.5 miles (10.4 km) - the longest distance between locks on the River Thames.^[2]

The weir runs from the lock island level with the lock across to the Benson side. There is a footbridge over the weir which replaced the ferry which operated here previously. The Thames Path crosses the river here.