WHITCHURCH LOCK

'Whitchurch Lock' is a lock and weir situated on the River Thames in England. The lock is located in the Oxfordshire village of Whitchurch-on-Thames but the weir crosses the river to the Berkshire village of Pangbourne. Both lock and weir are owned and managed by the Environment Agency.
The long serving lock keeper is Brian Butcher who has worked on the river for more than forty years starting as an apprentice engineer for Bert Bushnell's hire fleet based in Maidenhead in the 1960s.

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Access to the lock

Reach above the lock

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Access to the lock

Whitchurch Lock is one of the few locks on the River Thames which has no public access other than by boat.

Reach above the lock

The reach passes along the Chiltern Hills, culminating in Goring Gap. On the Oxfordshire side are Hartslock beech woods, named after a lock that was removed in 1910. On the Berksire side is Child Beale Wildlife Park. The 'Thames Path' crosses Whitchurch Bridge into Oxfordshire and continues through Whitchurch away from the river as it goes round Coombe Park, returning to the river at Hartslock. It continues on the Oxfordshire river bank to Goring.

See also

★ Locks on the River Thames