Sonning Lock
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Sonning Lock is a lock and weir situated on the River Thames at the village of Sonning near Reading, Berkshire, England. It is owned and managed by the Environment Agency.
[edit] Quotations
- "The floral tastes of the lock-keeper generally make Sonning Lock very bright and gay."
- — Charles Dickens (1882)
- Is there a spot more lovely than the rest,
- By art improved, by nature truly blest?
- A noble river at its base running,
- It is a little village known as Sonning.
- — James Sadler (1845–1885), Sonning lock keeper
[edit] See also
- Locks on the River Thames
- Sonning Bishop's Palace, nearby
- Blake's Lock on the River Kennet upstream
| Next lock upstream | River Thames | Next lock downstream |
| Caversham Lock | Sonning Lock Grid reference: SU752754 |
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