Blakes's Lock
Waterway	River Kennet
County	Berkshire
Maintained by	Environment Agency
Operation	Manual
First built	1802
Length	122' 8" (37. Kennet Fluss2 dbjpg|150px]] The upper reaches of the River Kennet near Avebury The Berkshire (ˈbɑːkʃə or /ˈbɑːkʃɪə/ say Baak-shuh/-sheer sometimes abbreviated to Berks) is a Home County in the South The Environment Agency (Asiantaeth yr Amgylchedd is a Non-Departmental Public Body of the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs and an Assembly 39m)
Width	18' 11" (5. 75m)
Fall	3' 6" (1. 07m)
Above Sea Level	120'
Distance to Teddington Lock	55 miles
Distance to Bristol Harbour	87 miles

Blakes Lock
legend Kennet and Avon Canal Kings Road bridge Forbury Road bridge Kings Road bridge Gas Works Road bridge weir Blakes Lock Paddington - Reading Rly River Thames

Blake's Lock is a lock situated on the River Kennet in Reading, Berkshire, England. Teddington Lock is a lock (or lock complex and Weir on the River Thames in England at Ham in the western suburbs of London. Bristol Harbour is the Harbour in the city of Bristol, England The Kennet and Avon Canal is a Canal in southern England The name may refer to either the route of the original Kennet and Avon Canal Company, which linked the A lock is a device for raising and lowering boats between stretches of water of different levels on river and canal Waterways. Kennet Fluss2 dbjpg|150px]] The upper reaches of the River Kennet near Avebury The Reading (ˈrɛdɪŋ as Redding) is a town in England, located at the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, midway between Berkshire (ˈbɑːkʃə or /ˈbɑːkʃɪə/ say Baak-shuh/-sheer sometimes abbreviated to Berks) is a Home County in the South England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland It is on the short reach of the River Kennet which is administered as if it were part of the River Thames and is hence owned and managed by the Environment Agency. The Thames ( is a major River flowing through southern England. The Environment Agency (Asiantaeth yr Amgylchedd is a Non-Departmental Public Body of the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs and an Assembly

Blake's was originally a flash lock, and once owned by the then Kennet & Avon Company. Early locks were designed with a single gate known as a flash lock. It was converted to a timber-constructed pound lock in 1802 to improve navigation from the Thames into the River Kennet enabling boats to travel all the way to the Bristol area. A pound lock is type of lock that is used almost exclusively nowadays on Canals and Rivers A pound lock has a chamber (the pound) with Bristol ( ˈbrɪstəl is a city, Unitary authority and ceremonial county in South West England, west of London The lock retains its manual beams (not the originals, new beams were fitted in 2006), so far avoiding the progress towards hydraulic power. ^{[1] [2]}

Next to the lock is the riverside museum which tells the story of Reading's two rivers - the Kennet and the Thames. The museum occupies two former industrial buildings, the Screen House and the Turbine House. ^[3]

• Contact Telephone Number: 0118 957 2251^[4]

References

See also

• Locks on the River Thames
• Locks on the Kennet and Avon Canal

External links

• Satellite Photograph of Blake's Lock at Google Maps UK

Next lock upstream	River Kennet / Kennet and Avon Canal	Next lock downstream
County Lock	Blake's Lock Grid reference: SU727735	Sonning Lock (on River Thames)

The English River Thames is navigable from Lechlade to the sea and this part of the river falls 71 metres (234 feet Wikipedia_talkFeatured_lists#Proposed_change_to_all_featured_lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->There are a total of 105 locks Kennet Fluss2 dbjpg|150px]] The upper reaches of the River Kennet near Avebury The The Kennet and Avon Canal is a Canal in southern England The name may refer to either the route of the original Kennet and Avon Canal Company, which linked the County Lock is a lock on the River Kennet in Reading town centre in the English county of Berkshire. The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using Latitude and Longitude Sonning Lock is a lock and associated Weir situated on the River Thames at the village of Sonning near Reading, Berkshire The Thames ( is a major River flowing through southern England.

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