Sonning Lock

Sonning Lock is a lock and associated weir situated on the River Thames at the village of Sonning near Reading, Berkshire, England. The first lock was built by the Thames Navigation Commission in 1773 and it has been rebuilt three times since then.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include The Mill at Sonning and St Andrew’s Church, Sonning.

The Mill at Sonning

Theater building

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The Mill at Sonning is a professional theatre and restaurant, converted from a circa-1800 flour mill on earlier foundations, on an island in the River Thames at Sonning Eye in the English county of Berkshire. The Mill at Sonning is situated 1,200 feet north of Sonning Lock.

St Andrew’s Church, Sonning

Church

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St Andrew's Church is Church of England parish church in a central position in the village of Sonning, close to the River Thames, in the English county of Berkshire. St Andrew’s Church, Sonning is situated 1,200 feet east of Sonning Lock.

Reading Blue Coat School

School

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Reading Blue Coat School is a co-educational private day school in Holme Park, Sonning, Berkshire. It is situated beside the River Thames, and was established in 1646 by Richard Aldworth, who named it "Aldworth's Hospital". Reading Blue Coat School is situated 970 feet south of Sonning Lock.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sonning and Sonning Eye.

Sonning

Village

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Sonning is a village and civil parish in Berkshire, England, on the River Thames, east of Reading. The village was described by Jerome K. Jerome in his book Three Men in a Boat as "the most fairy-like little nook on the whole river".

Sonning Eye

Hamlet

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Sonning Eye is a hamlet on the River Thames in the Sonning Common ward of South Oxfordshire, England, in the civil parish of Eye & Dunsden, at what is, since 1974, the southernmost tip of Oxfordshire.

Playhatch

Hamlet

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Playhatch is a hamlet in the civil parish of Eye & Dunsden in South Oxfordshire, England, about 2 miles northeast of Reading, Berkshire. It is situated immediately north of the junction of the A4155 and the B478.

Sonning Lock

Type: Lock
Description: lock on River Thames
Category: body of water
Location: Sonning, Wokingham, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.47296° or 51° 28′ 23″ north

Longitude

-0.91806° or 0° 55′ 5″ west

Open location code

9C3XF3FJ+5Q

OpenStreetMap ID

way 369411797

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=lock

Wikidata ID

Q7561977

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In Other Languages

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German: “Sonning Lock”

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Highlights include Reading Sailing Club and Sonning Eye.

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