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.Photo: norman griffin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Mill at Sonning and St Andrew’s Church, Sonning.
The Mill at Sonning
Theater building
Photo: Mariegriffiths, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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
Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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
Photo: Rp2702, Public domain.
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
Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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
Photo: Jpbowen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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
Photo: Colin Bates, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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″ northLongitude
-0.91806° or 0° 55′ 5″ westOpen location code
9C3XF3FJ+5QOpenStreetMap ID
way 369411797OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lockWikidata ID
Q7561977
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In Other Languages
“Sonning Lock” goes by many names.
- German: “Sonning Lock”
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Highlights include Reading Sailing Club and Sonning Eye.
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