County Lock
County Lock is a lock on the River Kennet in Reading town centre in the English county of Berkshire. It is now administered by the Canal & River Trust as part of the Kennet and Avon Canal.Photo: Bill Nicholls, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Reading Railway Station and Reading Abbey.
Reading Railway Station
Railway station
Photo: DavidTDC3377, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Reading railway station is a major transport hub in the town of Reading in Berkshire, England, it is 36 miles west of London Paddington. It is sited on the northern edge of the town centre, near to the main retail and commercial areas and the River Thames.
Reading Abbey
Photo: Chris j wood, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Reading Abbey is a large, ruined abbey in the centre of the town of Reading, in the English county of Berkshire. It was founded by Henry I in 1121 "for the salvation of my soul, and the souls of King William, my father, and of King William, my brother, and Queen Maud, my wife, and all my ancestors and successors." In its heyday the abbey was one of Europe's largest royal monasteries.
Madejski Stadium
Stadium
Photo: TheSportsDB, CC0.
The Madejski Stadium, currently known as the Select Car Leasing Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in Reading, Berkshire, England. It is the home of Reading Football Club, who play in EFL League One.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lower Earley and Caversham.
Lower Earley
Suburb
Photo: Rosalind Mitchell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lower Earley is a suburb of Earley, a town in Berkshire, England. Lower Earley is a predominantly lower-density residential area lying on the northern banks of the River Loddon.
Caversham
Suburb
Photo: Jystyn, Public domain.
Reading is a large, historic town in Berkshire in the South East of England. It is one of the largest towns without city status in the United Kingdom with just under 235,000 inhabitants.
Woodley
Town
Photo: Mike McMillan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Woodley is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Wokingham, in Berkshire, England. Woodley is 4 miles east of Reading and adjoined to Earley which is 2 miles to the west of the town and Woodley is 5 miles from Wokingham.
County Lock
- Type: River
- Description: lock on the River Kennet in the English town of Reading
- Categories: lock and body of water
- Location: Reading, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.4511° or 51° 27′ 4″ northLongitude
-0.9736° or 0° 58′ 25″ westOpen location code
9C3XF22G+FHOpenStreetMap ID
way 256190751OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=riverWikidata ID
Q3577622
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Satellite Map
Discover County Lock from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
“County Lock” goes by many names.
- French: “Brewery Gut”
- French: “Écluse de County”
- French: “écluse du comté”
- French: “Écluse du comté”
- French: “Écluse du Comté”
- “County Lock”
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Explore places such as Katesgrove and Coley.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include St Giles’s Mill Stream and Reading Borough Council Civic Offices.
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