St John’s Lock
St John's Lock, below the town of Lechlade, Gloucestershire, is the furthest upstream lock on the River Thames in England. The name of the lock derives from a priory that was established nearby in 1250, but which no longer exists.Photo: Bencherlite, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Lock
- Description: lock on the River Thames in Gloucestershire, England
- Also known as: “St.John’s Lock”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Trout Inn, Lechlade and St Lawrence Church, Lechlade.
The Trout Inn, Lechlade
Pub
Photo: Rodw, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Trout Inn is a pub next to the River Thames at Lechlade, Gloucestershire, England. The Grade II listed stone building consists of two two-storey structures, one late medieval and the other added in the 18th century. The Trout Inn, Lechlade is situated 420 feet northeast of St John’s Lock.
St Lawrence Church, Lechlade
Church
Photo: Hugh Llewelyn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Anglican St Lawrence Church, dedicated to St. Lawrence of Rome, is the Church of England parish church of Lechlade in Gloucestershire, England. The church building is Grade I listed and is described with admiration in Simon Jenkins's England's Thousand Best Churches. St Lawrence Church, Lechlade is situated 2,800 feet northwest of St John’s Lock.
Buscot Old Parsonage
Historic building
Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Buscot Old Parsonage is a historic building, which is situated 3,200 feet southeast of St John’s Lock.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lechlade and Buscot.
Lechlade
Town
Photo: Philip Pankhurst, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lechlade is a town at the edge of the Cotswolds in Gloucestershire, England, 55 miles south of Birmingham and 68 miles west of London. It is the highest point at which the River Thames is navigable, although there is a right of navigation that continues south-west into Cricklade, in the neighbouring county of Wiltshire.
Buscot
Village
Photo: Geoff Pick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Buscot is an English village and civil parish on the River Thames, about 1.5 miles south-east of Lechlade. Buscot was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire. Two houses there contain notable collections of paintings.
Little Faringdon
Village
Photo: Motacilla, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Little Faringdon is a village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire, about 1 mile north of Lechlade in neighbouring Gloucestershire. The 2001 Census recorded its population as 63.
St John’s Lock
- Category: body of water
- Location: Lechlade, Cotswold District, Gloucestershire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.68972° or 51° 41′ 23″ northLongitude
-1.67997° or 1° 40′ 48″ westOpen location code
9C3WM8QC+V2OpenStreetMap ID
way 369426803OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lockWikidata ID
Q7593598
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In Other Languages
From German to Japanese—“St John’s Lock” goes by many names.
- German: “St John’s Lock”
- Japanese: “セント・ジョンズ水門”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cheese Wharf and St Lawrence Church of England Primary School.
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