Whitchurch Lock
Whitchurch Lock is a lock and weir on the River Thames in England. It is a pound lock, built by the Thames Navigation Commissioners in 1787. It is on an island near the Oxfordshire village of Whitchurch-on-Thames and is accessible only by boat.Photo: Nancy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Pangbourne railway station and Whitchurch Bridge (Only The Southern Abutment And Part Of The Southern Span Are In Berkshire).
Pangbourne railway station
Railway station
Photo: Chris j wood, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pangbourne railway station serves the village of Pangbourne in the county of Berkshire, and across the River Thames the village of Whitchurch-on-Thames, in Oxfordshire. Pangbourne railway station is situated 820 feet southwest of Whitchurch Lock.
Whitchurch Bridge (Only The Southern Abutment And Part Of The Southern Span Are In Berkshire)
Bridge
Photo: Graham Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Whitchurch Bridge (Only The Southern Abutment And Part Of The Southern Span Are In Berkshire) is situated 600 feet east of Whitchurch Lock.
The Swan Hotel
Pub
Photo: Ian S, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Swan Hotel is a pub, which is situated 630 feet southwest of Whitchurch Lock.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pangbourne and Tidmarsh.
Pangbourne
Village
Photo: Chris j wood, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Tidmarsh
Village
Photo: Pam Brophy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tidmarsh is a village and civil parish in the West Berkshire district, in the ceremonial county of Berkshire, England. Its development is mainly residential and agricultural, and is centred on the A340 road between Pangbourne and Theale.
Whitchurch Hill
Village
Photo: Pam Brophy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Whitchurch Hill is a village in the Chiltern Hills in Oxfordshire, about 5.5 miles northwest of Reading, Berkshire, near Whitchurch-on-Thames. The Church of England parish church of Saint John the Baptist was designed by the architect Francis Bacon and built in 1883.
Whitchurch Lock
- Type: Lock
- Description: lock and weir situated on the River Thames in England
- Category: body of water
- Location: Pangbourne, West Berkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.48685° or 51° 29′ 13″ northLongitude
-1.08774° or 1° 5′ 16″ westOpen location code
9C3WFWP6+PWOpenStreetMap ID
way 346023365OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lockWikidata ID
Q16248811
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In Other Languages
“Whitchurch Lock” goes by many names.
- German: “Whitchurch Lock”
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