Sunbury Lock is a lock complex of the River Thames in England near Walton-on-Thames in north-west Surrey, the third lowest of forty four on the non-tidal...
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Walton-on-Thames, trees, high brick walls and a patch of meadow before Sunbury Lock. Sports and public regattas The stretch is home to two sailing and three...
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Sunbury-on-Thames, known locally as Sunbury, is a town on the north bank of the River Thames in the Borough of Spelthorne, Surrey, England, 13 mi (21 km)...
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Sunbury Lock Ait is the ait (island) in the River Thames in England adjacent to Sunbury Lock between Walton-on-Thames, and Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey. It...
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Bridge in 1754 by Canaletto and in 1805 by Turner. Shepperton Lock and nearby Sunbury Lock were built in the 1810s, to facilitate river navigation. Urbanisation...
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near part of Old Shepperton, on the reach above Sunbury Lock, 200 metres downstream from Shepperton Lock. Before 1890 the island was known as Folly Eyot...
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of the lock. Leach then took charge of the work, which was undertaken by contractors Joseph Kimber and John Dows who also built Sunbury Lock. Work at...
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Islands in the River Thames (section Lock islands)
canal to contain the lock and turning the land between that and the river into an island. In many cases the lock island contains the lock keeper's house and...
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of Richmond upon Thames, England, on the reach between Molesey Lock and Sunbury Lock. The island was a typical ait used for growing osiers added to by...
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Molesey Boat Club is a rowing club between Molesey Lock and Sunbury Lock on the River Thames in England. The club was founded in 1866 where its boathouse...
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