Clifton Lock is one of a long flight of locks on the River Thames (below Oxford); it was rebuilt after it collapsed in 1955 just past the junction with The River Don.
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.

Facilities: water (cans only).
This is a lock with a rise of 3f5.
| Appleford Railway Bridge | 1 mile, 6 furlongs | |
| Clifton Lock Weir Entrance No 2 | 5¼ furlongs | |
| Clifton Cut Bridge | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Clifton Lock Short Term Moorings | ¾ furlongs | |
| Clifton Lock Weir Entrance No 1 | ¼ furlongs | |
| Clifton Lock | ||
| Clifton Lock Weir Exit No 2 | ¾ furlongs | |
| Moorings above Clifton Hampden Bridge | 3 furlongs | |
| Clifton Hampden Bridge | 5¼ furlongs | |
| Moorings above Day's Lock | 3 miles, 2¾ furlongs | |
| Day's Lock Weir Entrance | 3 miles, 3¼ furlongs | |
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Wikipedia has a page about Clifton Lock
Clifton Lock is a lock on River Thames in Oxfordshire, England. It is located south of the village of Clifton Hampden and north of Long Wittenham. It is at the start of the Clifton Cut, which bypasses the river to the north of Long Wittenham. The lock was completed in 1822 by the Thames Navigation Commissioners.
The main weir, which was built thirteen years later than the lock, runs across the old navigation of the river. A smaller weir runs just above the lock.
























![South end of Clifton Lock. There is an OS flush bracket [[4317265]] in the concrete block in the centre of the image by Roger Templeman – 19 January 2015](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/31/73/4317399_07ee9f78_120x120.jpg)





