Culham Lock, Sutton Courtenay

Name: Culham Lock
Address: Sutton Courtenay, United Kingdom

#1 among attractions in Sutton Courtenay

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Culham Lock is a lock on the River Thames in England close to Culham, Oxfordshire. It is on a lock cut to the north of the main stream, which approaches the large village of Sutton Courtenay. The lock was built of stone by the Thames Navigation Commission in 1809. ()

Coordinates: 51°39'1"N, 1°16'3"W

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Sutton Courtenay United Kingdom

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Culham Lock – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Thames Path, St Helen's Church, All Saints' Church, Culham Bridge.

1.4 miNE
Hiking, Hiking trail
Thames Path
35 min walk • The Thames Path is a National Trail following the River Thames from its source near Kemble in Gloucestershire to the Thames Barrier at Charlton, south east London. It is about 184 miles long. A path was first proposed in 1948 but it only opened in 1996. The Thames Path's entire length can be walked, and a few parts can be cycled.
1.4 miNW
Romanesque architecture, Church
St Helen's Church, Abingdon
35 min walk • St Helen's Church is a Church of England parish church in Abingdon on the bank of the River Thames in Oxfordshire, England. The church is thought to occupy the site of the Anglo-Saxon Helenstowe Nunnery.
0.5 miSW
Church
All Saints' Church
12 min walk • The Church of All Saints, Sutton Courtenay is the Church of England parish church of Sutton Courtenay, England. Extant since at least the 12th century, the church has been Grade I listed since 1966. It is in the centre of the village, near the northeast corner of the village green.
0.7 miNW
Bridge
Culham Bridge, Abingdon
18 min walk • Culham Bridge is a medieval bridge crossing a present backwater of the River Thames in England at Culham, Oxfordshire, near the town of Abingdon.
1.3 miNW
Island
Nag's Head Island, Abingdon
35 min walk • Nag's Head Island is an island in the River Thames in England at Abingdon. It sits in the middle of the two Abingdon Bridges on the reach above Culham Lock. The part of the island on the upstream side of the bridge is occupied by the Nag's Head public house, which gave the island its name, a nag being a useless horse.
1.4 miNW
Monastery
Helenstowe Nunnery, Abingdon
35 min walk • Helenstowe Nunnery was an Anglo-Saxon nunnery at Abingdon in the English county of Berkshire. Helenstowe is said to have been founded by a certain Lady Cilla in the 670s.
1.1 miN
Island
Andersey Island, Abingdon
28 min walk • Andersey Island is a 273-acre area of flood-meadow and former flood-meadow south-east of Abingdon Bridge, Abingdon, Oxfordshire on the reach above Culham Lock in which parish it lies however maintaining close links with Abingdon by virtue of its current amenities.
1 miNW
Sport, Sport venue
Abingdon Rowing Club, Abingdon
26 min walk • Abingdon Rowing Club is a rowing club on the River Thames based on Wilsham Road in Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire.