Old Windsor Lock

Old Windsor Lock is a lock on the River Thames in England on the right bank beside Old Windsor, Berkshire. The lock marks the downstream end of the New Cut, a meander cutoff built in 1822 by the Thames Navigation Commissioners which created Ham Island.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Friday Island and SS Peter and Andrew’s Church, Old Windsor.

Friday Island

Islet

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Friday Island is an island in the River Thames in England at Old Windsor, Berkshire. It is on the reach above Bell Weir Lock, just short of Old Windsor Lock.

SS Peter and Andrew’s Church, Old Windsor

Church

Photo: Bashereyre, Public domain.

The Church of St Peter and St Andrew is an historic Church of England parish church at Old Windsor in the English county of Berkshire. It is located at the end of Church Road near the River Thames. SS Peter and Andrew’s Church, Old Windsor is situated 940 feet southwest of Old Windsor Lock.

Ham Island

Island

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Ham Island is an inhabited man-made island of roughly 50 hectares in the River Thames in Old Windsor in England. It was a mature meander of the Thames until a channel was dug, the New Cut, to build Old Windsor Lock which reduced the navigable distance by two thirds.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sunnymeads and Wraysbury.

Sunnymeads

Village

Photo: Peter Trimming, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Wraysbury is a village and civil parish in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in England. It is under the western approach path of London Heathrow Airport.