Chertsey Lock Weir Entrance
Chertsey Lock Weir Entrance is on the River Thames (below Oxford) near to Sunderland Tunnel.
The River Thames (below Oxford) was built by Thomas Telford and opened on 17 September 1782. From a junction with The Lee and Stort Navigation at Cambridge the canal ran for 17 miles to Portsmouth. Expectations for coal traffic to Rochester were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. Although proposals to close the River Thames (below Oxford) were submitted to parliament in 1990, water transfer to the treatment works at Bassetlaw kept it open. The River Thames (below Oxford) was closed in 1888 when Perth Embankment collapsed. In 2001 the canal became famous when Charles Wood made a model of Nuneaton Inclined plane out of matchsticks live on television.

| Penton Hook Lock Weirs Entrance | 1 mile, 7 furlongs | |
| Penton Hook Lock | 1 mile, 6¼ furlongs | |
| Penton Hook Lock Weir Exit | 1 mile, 5½ furlongs | |
| Intake Channel to the Queen Mary Reservoir | 1 mile, 4 furlongs | |
| Chertsey Bridge (Motorway) | ¾ furlongs | |
| Chertsey Lock Weir Entrance | ||
| Chertsey Lock | 1 furlong | |
| Chertsey Lock Weir Exit | 1½ furlongs | |
| The Bridge PH (Chertsey) | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Chertsey Bridge | 2 furlongs | |
| Bates Wharf Marina | 3¼ furlongs | |
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![The Thames just upstream of Chertsey Weir. Looking downstream towards the head of the weir. The view upstream from this spot is not quite as pretty [[853626]]. by David Lally – 02 June 2009](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/62/34/1623453_6b8764fc_120x120.jpg)

![The Thames just upstream of Chertsey Weir. Not much changed in fifteen years and six days [[1623453]]. by David Lally – 08 June 2024](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/79/52/7795295_d806ed6c_120x120.jpg)


![Thames Side opposite Chertsey Weir. Shows the location of [[5879422]]. by Mike Quinn – 11 July 2018](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/87/94/5879426_425727a4_120x120.jpg)

![Coal tax boundary post no.88, Thames Side. The location of this post is shown in [[5879426]] and [[5879428]]. See also [[5879424]].There were originally nearly 280 coal tax posts located around London, of which about 210 are still extant; around 180 of these (85%) are 3 ft high white-painted square bollards with a pyramidal top, decorative raised bands, and the shield from the City of London’s arms, like this one. Photos of the coal tax posts on Geograph are at http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=86542993&page=1 . The posts were erected under the Coal and Wine Duties (Continuation) Act of 1861 to mark the points at which duty had to be paid on coal being transported to London. The boundary was set at that of the Metropolitan Police District, and the resulting revenue was used by the Corporation of the City of London to fund public works. For further info see http://www.coaldutyposts.org.uk/cityposts.html . by Mike Quinn – 11 July 2018](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/87/94/5879422_b3502082_120x120.jpg)
![Coal tax boundary post no.88, Thames Side (detail). See [[5879422]] and [[6255656]]. Here, most of the cross on the shield has been painted black, rather than the customary red - see, for example, the adjacent post [[5879410]]. by Mike Quinn – 11 July 2018](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/87/94/5879424_c07643a6_120x120.jpg)

![Thames Side opposite Chertsey Weir (2). Shows the location of [[5879422]]. by Mike Quinn – 11 July 2018](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/87/94/5879428_bd98bcf1_120x120.jpg)

















