Caversham Lock

Caversham Lock
Caversham lock in 2012
51°27′39″N 0°57′51″W / 51.4607°N 0.9641°W / 51.4607; -0.9641
Waterway	River Thames
County	Berkshire
Maintained by	Environment Agency
Operation	Hydraulic
First built	1778
Latest built	1875
Length	40.03 m (131 ft 4 in)[1]
Width	5.46 m (17 ft 11 in)[1]
Fall	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Above sea level	120'
Distance to Teddington Lock	55 miles

v t e Caversham Lock
Legend
River Thames Mapledurham Lock + weir Mapledurham Mill island marina island Poplar Island Appletree Eyot St Mary's Island Caversham Bridge Pipers Island Fry's Island Christchurch Bridge Reading Bridge Reading railway station Caversham Lock & weir moorings weir Heron Island bridge River Thames

Caversham Lock is a lock and main weir on the River Thames in England at Reading, Berkshire. Both the lock and main weir are connected to De Bohun Island (colloquially known as Lock Island). The Thames Navigation Commissioners built the original lock in 1778. Additional sluices north of View Island and Heron Island form the whole weir complex. A footbridge, known as The Clappers, passes over the weir and all three islands to connect Lower Caversham to Reading.

The weir is upstream of the lock and in the mid-channel. Kings Meadow, Reading, and buildings comprising homes and office blocks adjoin to the south of the lock itself. The island contains a typical lock-keeper's house, a crane depot, small boatyard, and large boathouse owned by the Environment Agency for occasional use by that authority and police in river patrol and maintenance of boats.

The head of water provided by the weir is used by Reading Hydro to generate up to 46 kW of electricity.^[2]