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</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="text-align:center; background: #00B3FF;">Radcot Lock</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="padding-bottom:0.4em; border-bottom:solid 1px #aaa;"><div class="infobox-caption">Radcot Lock on the River Thames</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="padding-bottom:0.4em; border-bottom:solid 1px #aaa;"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Waterway</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="River_Thames" title="River Thames">River Thames</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">County</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Oxfordshire" title="Oxfordshire">Oxfordshire</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Maintained by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Environment_Agency" title="Environment Agency">Environment Agency</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Operation</th><td class="infobox-data">Manual</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First built</th><td class="infobox-data note">1892</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data">34.59 m (113 ft 6 in) <sup id="cite_ref-EnvAgency_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EnvAgency-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Width</th><td class="infobox-data">4.57 m (15 ft 0 in)<sup id="cite_ref-EnvAgency_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EnvAgency-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Fall</th><td class="infobox-data">1.48 m (4 ft 10 in)<sup id="cite_ref-EnvAgency_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EnvAgency-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Above sea level</th><td class="infobox-data">221'</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Distance to <br><a href="Teddington_Lock" title="Teddington Lock">Teddington Lock</a></th><td class="infobox-data">117 miles</td></tr></tbody></table>
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<p><b>Radcot Lock</b> is a <a href="Lock_(water_transport)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lock (water transport)">lock</a> on the <a href="River_Thames" title="River Thames">River Thames</a> in England just downstream of <a href="Radcot" class="mw-redirect" title="Radcot">Radcot</a>, <a href="Oxfordshire" title="Oxfordshire">Oxfordshire</a>, on the southern bank.
</p><p>The lock was built by the <a href="Thames_Conservancy" title="Thames Conservancy">Thames Conservancy</a> in 1892 on the site of an old weir and <a href="Flash_lock" title="Flash lock">flash lock</a>.
</p><p>The weir is on the other side of the lock island.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div>
<p>There was previously a weir on the site known as Clarke's, although the names Becks or Bucks were also used. It was removed in 1868 and the river was widened then. Proposals for the new pound lock and weir were raised in 1891 and implemented the following year.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>With the replacement of the historic paddle and rhymer weir(2013?) a combined fish and canoe pass was constructed, this currently (2018), is the only one of its
type on the entire River Thames.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Access_to_the_lock">Access to the lock</h2></div>
<p>The lock can be reached on foot from the southern end of Radcot Bridge, or by road on a longer route via Thrupp Turn. There is however no public vehicular access to the lock.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reach_above_the_Lock">Reach above the Lock</h2></div>
<p>About halfway along is <a href="Radcot_Bridge" title="Radcot Bridge">Radcot Bridge</a> the oldest surviving bridge on the river. The bridge crossing the main channel has a single arch, and was constructed in stone in the late 18th century.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The A4095 road which it carries also crosses a backwater, which was once the county boundary between Berkshire and Oxfordshire. The backwater bridge dates from the 13th and 14th centuries, and has three arches, the outer two being pointed, with the central one less so,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as a result of later rebuilding. There is a considerable amount of mooring at the backwaters here. Stone for the rebuilding of <a href="St_Paul's_Cathedral" title="St Paul's Cathedral">St Paul's Cathedral</a>, obtained from local quarries was loaded on rafts near the bridge.
</p><p>Above Radcot is a sharp bend called "Hell's Turn" or "Hell Gut", and further on a point known as "Schoolmaster's Hole".
</p><p>The <b><a href="Thames_Path" title="Thames Path">Thames Path</a></b>, which is on the opposite side of the river from the lock, follows the northern bank to Grafton Lock.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div>
<ul><li><a href="Locks_on_the_River_Thames" class="mw-redirect" title="Locks on the River Thames">Locks on the River Thames</a></li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div>
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</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/homeandleisure/recreation/135271.aspx">"Environment Agency Dimensions of locks on the River Thames"</a>. <i>web page</i>. Environmental Agency. 8 November 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">17 November</span> 2012</span>.</cite> Dimensions given in metres</span>
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<li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Fred. S. Thacker <i>The Thames Highway: Volume II Locks and Weirs</i> 1920 - republished 1968 David & Charles</span>
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<li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFHistoric_England1283582" class="citation web cs1"><a href="Historic_England" title="Historic England">Historic England</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://HistoricEngland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1283582?section=official-list-entry">"Details from listed building database (1283582)"</a>. <i><a href="National_Heritage_List_for_England" title="National Heritage List for England">National Heritage List for England</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">12 March</span> 2011</span>.</cite> Radcot Bridge</span>
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<li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFHistoric_England1053405" class="citation web cs1"><a href="Historic_England" title="Historic England">Historic England</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://HistoricEngland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1053405?section=official-list-entry">"Details from listed building database (1053405)"</a>. <i><a href="National_Heritage_List_for_England" title="National Heritage List for England">National Heritage List for England</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">12 March</span> 2011</span>.</cite> Old Radcot Bridge</span>
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<li id="cite_note-EnvAgency2-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-EnvAgency2_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-EnvAgency2_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"> <cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/homeandleisure/recreation/131811.aspx">"Environment Agency Distances between locks on the River Thames"</a>. <i>web page</i>. Environmental Agency. 8 November 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">19 November</span> 2012</span>.</cite> Distances given in km</span>
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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/13765">Photograph of Radcot Lock</a> at geograph.org.uk</li></ul>
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