Fobney Lock

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The lock looking upstream

Fobney Lock is a lock on the River Kennet in the Small Mead area of Reading in the English county of Berkshire.

Fobney Lock was built between 1718 and 1723 under the supervision of the engineer John Hore of Newbury, and this stretch of the river is now administered by British Waterways and known as the Kennet Navigation. It has a rise/fall of 7 ft 8 in (2.24 m).[1] There is also an adjacent pumping station which ensures the lock has sufficient water levels.

Fobney Island, adjacent to the lock, is a wetlands nature reserve.[2]

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References

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See also

Next lock upstream River Kennet / Kennet and Avon Canal Next lock downstream
Southcote Lock Fobney Lock
Grid reference: SU705710
County Lock


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