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Teddington Lock is a complex of three locks and a weir on the River Thames between Ham and Teddington in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England. Historically in Middlesex, it was first built in 1810.
Teddington Lock on the River Thames. The first pound lock, built by the City of London, opened to river traffic here in 1811 and it was located beneath the steel footbridge by the lock.
Teddington Lock is the lowest lock on the Thames and therefore the waters are tidal below the lock. There are, in fact, three separate locks chambers - a chamber was first built here in 1811 but replaced with a new one a little way downstream in 1857. This is the 'launch' lock we see today.
- First Lock, 1810
- Rebuild, 1857
- Footbridges and Barge Lock
- World War II
- Boats
- Thames Path
- Sinuosity
- Sports Clubs on The Reach
The Navigation Act obtained in April 1771 by the Thames Navigation Commission did not allow them to build locks below Maidenhead Bridge, but from 1802, several plans for locks in the First District of the Thames, stretching from Staines to Teddington, were drawn up. Stephen Leach took over the post of Clerk of Works for the First District in 1802, ...
By 1827 the timber lock needed considerable repair and in 1829 the weir was destroyed by an accumulation of ice. It is noted that in 1843 the lock keeper prevented a steam vessel from ascending the lock. At that time steam vessels were limited to travel as far (upstream) as Richmond. As originally built, the lock had timber sides up to normal head ...
The footbridges were opened in 1889 and finally the barge lock, the largest lock on the river, was built in 1904–1905. 7,000 cubic yards (5,400 m3) of the extracted gravel was used to raise the level of Cross Deep Ait, a former ait adjacent to Swan Island downstream, to protect it from flooding. The footbridges are Grade II listed.
In 1940 Teddington Lock was the assembly point for an enormous flotilla of small ships from the length of the River Thames to be used in the evacuation of Dunkirk.
There are navigation transit markers between Kingston Bridge and Raven's Ait on the Hampton Court bank, to allow river users to check their speed. A powered boat may not pass except in emergencies between the markers in less than one minute. The reach is home to at least five sailing clubs, five rowingclubs, two skiffing and punting clubs, the Roya...
The Thames Path as its towpath follows the Surrey side to Kingston Bridge where it crosses to run alongside Hampton Court Park, before returning to what is traditionally (and in navigation use) termed the "Surrey side" at Hampton Court Bridge.
The river makes an acute inside angle on this reach — the two locks are less than half the distance apart by land.
Royal Canoe ClubKingston Rowing ClubWalbrook Rowing ClubTiffin School Boat ClubFeb 6, 2021 · Gianna Saccomani interviewed Gemma Riley to find out more about Teddington Lock and how it operates. There are 45 lock and weir sites on the non-tidal Thames but Teddington is the only site that is crewed 24 hours, as it is the first lock at the non-tidal point.
Teddington Locks c1905, the first lock on the left and the larger double or barge lock on the right. It opened on 11 June 1904. Down on the river the shallows continued to give much trouble and in 1775, for example, there were often 20 barges stranded in shallow water.
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From the head of navigation at Cricklade to the start of the tidal section at Teddington Lock, the river is managed by the Environment Agency, which has the twin responsibilities of managing the flow of water to control flooding and provide navigable water depths and also regulating and promoting navigation on the river.
