# Temple Lock

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{{Short description|Lock and weir on the River Thames in Buckinghamshire, England}}
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{{Infobox waterlock
|lock_name   = Temple Lock
|image= TempleLock02.JPG
|caption= Temple Lock looking downstream toward Temple Mill Island
|waterway = [River Thames](/source/River_Thames)
|county = [Buckinghamshire](/source/Buckinghamshire)
|maint   = [Environment Agency](/source/Environment_Agency)
|operation = Hydraulic
|first    = 1773
|latest   = 1890
|length = {{convert|41.02|m|ftin|abbr=on}} <ref name="EnvAgency" >{{cite web |url=http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/homeandleisure/recreation/135271.aspx |title=Environment Agency Dimensions of locks on the River Thames |date=8 November 2012 |work=web page |publisher=Environmental Agency |accessdate=17 November 2012}} Dimensions given in metres</ref>
|width = {{convert|5.46|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref name="EnvAgency" />
|fall = 1.23&nbsp;m (4&nbsp;ft 1&nbsp;in)<ref name="EnvAgency" />
|sealevel = 92'
|enda = [Teddington Lock](/source/Teddington_Lock)
|distenda = 39 miles
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right|thumb|Looking upstream towards the footbridge
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'''Temple Lock''' is a [lock](/source/lock_(water_transport)) and [weir](/source/weir) situated on the [Buckinghamshire](/source/Buckinghamshire) bank of the [River Thames](/source/River_Thames) near [Temple Mill Island](/source/Temple_Mill_Island) opposite Temple Meadows and not far from [Hurley, Berkshire](/source/Hurley%2C_Berkshire). It was first built by the [Thames Navigation Commissioners](/source/Thames_Navigation_Commissioners) in 1773.

The weir runs across from the lock to the Berkshire bank a short distance upstream of the lock.

==History==
left|thumb|upright|Warning notices at the lock
There are references to a [flash lock](/source/flash_lock) and winch in the 16th century. There was also a ferry at the lock.

The pound lock was built in 1773, the sixth downstream of the eight constructed after the passing of the 1770 navigation act. Like the others it had to be rebuilt in 1782 and though estimates were obtained for stone and timber, timber was chosen because it was cheaper.

In 1890 a new lock was built alongside the original one.<ref>Fred. S. Thacker ''The Thames Highway: Volume II Locks and Weirs'' 1920 - republished 1968 David & Charles</ref>

==Access to the lock==

The lock is on the Buckinghamshire bank and can only be reached on foot along the towpath from [Marlow](/source/Marlow%2C_Buckinghamshire) or Hurley.

==Reach above the lock==
left|thumb|Weir at Temple Lock
The reach is one of the shortest on the river with little of note on it. There was formerly a ferry at the top of the lock cut taking the towpath across the river. In 1989 the [Temple Footbridge](/source/Temple_Footbridge) was built across the river at this point to replace the ferry which had ceased operation in 1953.

===Thames Path===
The [Thames Path](/source/Thames_Path)  crosses [Temple Footbridge](/source/Temple_Footbridge) from the Buckinghamshire to Berkshire side. The path then crosses back across footbridges between the islands at Hurley where Hurley lock is located.

==See also==
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*[Locks on the River Thames](/source/Locks_on_the_River_Thames)

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{{River lock start|River=[River Thames](/source/River_Thames)}}
{{River lock line|upstream=[Hurley Lock](/source/Hurley_Lock)<br/> {{convert|1.03|km|abbr=on}} <ref name="EnvAgency2" >{{cite web |url= http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/homeandleisure/recreation/131811.aspx |title=Environment Agency Distances between locks on the River Thames |date=19 November 2012 |work=web page |publisher=Environmental Agency |accessdate=21 November 2012}} Distances given in km</ref>|downstream=[Marlow Lock](/source/Marlow_Lock)<br/> {{convert|2.7|km|abbr=on}}<ref name="EnvAgency2" />|location=SU838843}}
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Coord|51.5521|N|0.793965|W|display=title}}

Category:Locks of Buckinghamshire
Category:Locks on the River Thames
Category:Weirs on the River Thames

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